A New York artist who installed photo-taking software on computers at two Apple stores had his computers seized by the Secret Service as part of a computer fraud investigation, reports Mashable . Over three days in June, Kyle McDonald installed software on 100 computers at the two New York stores so…
Continue reading …Scientists have long theorized that sexual reproduction was better, evolutionarily speaking, than its asexual counterpart—and now they’ve got some evidence. Researchers in Britain found that sexually-reproducing worms were better at staying “one evolutionary step ahead” of parasites than asexual versions of the same worm, NPR reports. That sheds light…
Continue reading …Rupert Murdoch, who yesterday shut down the 168-year-old News of the World , faces the worst PR crisis of his six-decade career, reports the Washington Post . So far, the scandal is threatening to derail Murdoch’s $12 billion bid for British Sky Broadcasting. It could even force Murdoch to testify before the…
Continue reading …Three kids in Colorado saw Fourth of July fireworks in a whole different light. A bartender at a Chili’s restaurant accidentally served tequila to the children—ages 8, 6, and 1—before they went to a fireworks display, reports Huffington Post . Their mother ordered them a fruit smoothie to share,…
Continue reading …Michele Bachmann isn’t going to make a big deal about the comment from a Tim Pawlenty aide that her “sex appeal” is helping on the campaign trail. “Well, listen, I’m 55 years old. I’ve given birth to five kids and I’ve raised 23 foster kids, so that sounds like good…
Continue reading …Polar bears have as much claim to Irish descent as any St. Patrick’s day marcher, according to a DNA study of ancient bear bones. All polar bears alive today have the maternal DNA of the extinct Irish brown bear, the researchers found, suggesting that the two species interbred during the…
Continue reading …The way President Obama is talking lately, it sounds an awful lot like he’s accepted the “economic fallacies” of Republicans, writes Paul Krugman in the New York Times . He seems more concerned about cutting the deficit and slashing spending than creating jobs. It’s possible this is part of some grand…
Continue reading …Hundreds of thousands of protesters poured onto the streets of Hama to decry the Assad regime today—right after a visit from US and French ambassadors. The pair came to the city yesterday, and left before protests began today, but their mere presence was a strong symbolic show of support…
Continue reading …A 25-year-old Australian man was gored in the leg and six other people were injured today as daredevils ran with fighting bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamploma. The second of eight mad dashes at Spain’s most famous summer festival featured bulls known for being fast and prone to…
Continue reading …Diane Sawyer has released the first installment of her emotional interview with Jaycee Dugard , in which the kidnap survivor discusses the birth of her first child in her backyard prison. It was “very painful,” Dugard says. “But then I saw her. She was beautiful. I felt like I wasn’t alone…
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