100 percent of Syria’s Internet just shut down
TweetIt appears that the Syrian government may have just taken a drastic measure it has conspicuously avoided over the nearly two years of fighting: cutting itself off from the Internet. Renesys, a...
View ArticleAfghanistan: teenage girl killed by spurned suitors
TweetThe girl, Geesa, was attacked earlier this week by two men from the spurned family as she went to collect water from a stream in her village in northern Afghanistan. The attack came after her...
View ArticleNASA - MESSENGER Finds New Evidence for Water Ice at Mercury's Poles
TweetNew observations by the MESSENGER spacecraft provide compelling support for the long-held hypothesis that Mercury harbors abundant water ice and other frozen volatile materials in its permanently...
View ArticlePsy Will Make $7.9 Million This Year From 'Gangnam Style'
TweetThe Associated Press reports that Psy will cobble together that amount from a variety of sources, most notably commercial endorsements, which will generate $4.6 million. Psy's commercial...
View ArticleEmotional Viral Video Looks Back at 'What Brought Us Together' in 2012
TweetPosted to YouTube on Tuesday, the six-minute video is a montage of major moments over the past year, from silly to serious. Set to the music of This Will Destroy You's "The Mighty Rio Grande," It...
View ArticleNew Species of Spider Named After President Obama [VIDEO]
TweetBarack Obama now officially has a species of spider named after him. President Obama made an appearance in a Spider-Man comic back in 2008, and this picture of him adorably getting caught in a...
View ArticlePsy and Bieber Face Off as 'Gangnam Style' Hits a Billion Views
TweetOn the day Mayans predicted the world to end, Psy's Korean dance hit "Gangnam Style" surpassed 1 billion YouTube views, beating Justin Bieber and everyone else to the milestone.While Bieber has...
View ArticleThese Are the Worst Case Scenarios for New Year's Eve
TweetHappy New Year! It is the last day of 2012, and many of you are (or were) finding ways to celebrate. Some are prepping for a big night out, while others choose to keep it casual.Regardless, we can...
View ArticleWatch This Spectacular Tour of the International Space Station
TweetA lot of us dreamed about being astronauts and traveling to space during our childhood. Needless to say, most of us have never come close to that dream. Thankfully, the Internet has made the...
View ArticleUN: More People Have Cellphones Than Clean Toilets
TweetWe're all aware technology has penetrated into far corners of the globe. But here's one stat that's difficult to digest: There are now more people who have mobile phones than access to clean...
View ArticleArmy War-Games North Korea Collapse
TweetCrippling sanctions, starving soldiers, and an antiquated, rickety military collectively push the idea of a concerted North Korean strike to the fringes of credibility. Planners in Washington...
View ArticleEgypt sentences Muslim to death over Copt attack
TweetCAIRO - A Muslim man was sentenced to death in Egypt on Monday for killing two people in a dispute with Christians in a southern town, state media said, in a case that underlines sectarian...
View ArticleSchoolgirl given razor blade to self harm, supervised by a teacher.
TweetTeachers were told to give the female pupil access to sterilised Bic safety razor blades and to escort her to a bathroom where she could cut herself. They were ordered to wait outside the bathroom...
View ArticleRegional leader shot dead in India's capital - Central & South Asia
TweetThree unknown assailants have shot dead a leader belonging to one of India’s prominent regional parties at his farmhouse in the country's capital, New Delhi. He was 62.Deepak Bharadwaj...
View Article19-Year-Old Student Develops Ocean Cleanup Array That Could Remove 7,250,000...
Tweet19-year-old Boyan Slat has unveiled plans to create an Ocean Cleanup Array that could remove 7,250,000 tons of plastic waste from the world’s oceans. The device consists of an anchored network of...
View Article10,000-Year-Old Wooly Mammoth Found in Mexico
TweetAfter weeks of excavation, scientists outside of Mexico City have uncovered one of the most well-preserved wooly mammoths ever found.
View ArticleBMW Electric Cars Reimagined as Lounge Furniture
TweetThe Bouroullec brothers devised Quiet Motion, a lounge installation for the 2013 Salone del Mobile furniture design fair. The design started with the Bouroullecs identifying some key attributes of...
View ArticleN. Korean missile launchpad moved into firing position
TweetA North Korean missile launcher has moved into the firing position with rockets facing skyward, Kyodo reports, citing a Japan defense official.The Japanese government is on high alert, citing...
View ArticleNASA-backed fusion engine could cut Mars trip down to 30 days
TweetNASA, and plenty of private individuals, want to put mankind on Mars. Now a team at the University of Washington, funded by the space agency, is about to start building a fusion engine that could...
View Article'Very high' chance North Korea will fire missile, U.S. and South Korea say
TweetU.S. defense officials are "highly confident" that North Korea is planning the imminent launch of a medium-range missile, echoing warnings from South Korea that the probability of Pyongyang...
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