100,000 protest at presidential palace
The surge of anger across Egypt points to a long standoff between Morsi and a newly united opposition.
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Software guru McAfee says to seek asylum in Guatemala
Mars redux: NASA to launch another mega-rover
If you thought NASA's latest Mars landing was a nail-biter, get ready for a sequel.
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Suspect being questioned in deadly NYC subway push
Police questioned a suspect Tuesday in the death of a New Yorker who was pushed onto the tracks and photographed just before a train hit him.
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Sen. Marco Rubio just finished paying off student loan debt
He announced Tuesday that he had finally finished paying off his student loan debt this year using proceeds from sales of his autobiography.
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Powerful typhoon kills at least 74 in Philippines
Torrential floods from a powerful typhoon engulfed emergency shelters and an army truck carrying soldiers and villagers.
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Earliest known dinosaur discovered
Researchers have found what could be the earliest known dinosaur to walk the Earth lurking in the corridors of London's Natural History Museum.
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Netflix to get Disney films in TV distribution deal
Walt Disney gave a much needed boost to Netflix, becoming the first major Hollywood studio to use the video service to bypass premium channels.
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Middle school wrestler lets boy with cerebral palsy win match
Justin Kievit, a middle-school wrestler from Tennessee, showed off his sportsmanship when he matched up against a boy who has cerebral palsy.
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Palestinians ask U.N. for settlement intervention
The Palestinians will ask the U.N. Security Council to call for an Israeli settlement freeze, President Mahmoud Abbas and his advisers decided Tuesday, as part of an escalating showdown over Israel's new plans to build thousands more homes on war-won land in and around Jerusalem.
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L.A. police: 4 arrests in killings of 4 outside home A man accused of gunning down four people outside an overcrowded, unlicensed boarding house in Los Angeles was arrested at a Las Vegas casino-hotel along with three alleged accomplices, police said Tuesday. Read More ...
Woman, 116, listed as 'world's oldest' dies in Ga.
The woman who was listed as the world's oldest person died Tuesday in a Georgia nursing home at age 116.
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Micro-bots could make a lot of macro-jobs much easier Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing the world's smallest chain robot, less than the size of a dime, designed to link up to others like them and shape-shift into a range of micro-tools. Put together, four of these machines, with a specialized engine and covered with rings and fittings, look like a tiny, [...] Read More ...
Video: Fake dinosaur unleashed in ‘Jurassic Prank’ How do you think you would react if a T. rex suddenly appeared, jumping out of hiding in your own neighborhood? That's a question most of us will thankfully never know the answer to. But a few dozen people in Columbus, Ohio, got close to the real thing, being surprised by an animatronic dinosaur set [...] Read More ...
French clock fetches record $6.8 million at auction NEW YORK (Reuters) - An 1835 French clock sold for a record $6.8 million on Tuesday, the highest price ever paid for a clock at auction. The Duc d'Orléans Breguet Sympathique had been estimated by Sotheby's to sell for more than $5 million. Last auctioned in 1999 when it was sold by the Time Museum in Rockford, Illinois for $5,777,500 - a record price at the time - the gold and red tortoiseshell quarter-striking clock was the highlight of Sotheby's watches and clocks sale. The sale totaled $11.7 million and also set records for any work by Breguet as well as for any French timepiece. ... Read More ...
Time-lapse video shows dozens of planes landing at airport in 25 seconds Photography and film professor Cy Kuckenbaker has created a time-lapse video collage showing every plane landing at San Diego International Airport on the day after Thanksgiving from 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. In an interview with PetaPixel, Kuckenbaker says he was inspired to create the video after seeing a montage by Ho-Yeol Ryu at Hannover [...] Read More ...
Scientists working to predict next supervolcanic eruption Could a supervolcano someday erupt in the U.S., burying most of North America in ash, dimming the sun and sending the continent into a volcanic winter? That's the focus of the Discovery Channel's "Volcano Time Bomb," part of the network's Curiosity series. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a supervolcano is one that possesses "a [...] Read More ...
New DVR tech gets very personal It won't be long before our televisions are watching us. You don't have to be paranoid or even a privacy expert to find this development a little creepy. Verizon has filed a patent on a new DVR technology that works by filming and recording viewers in order to send them targeted ads through their TV's. [...] Read More ...
Share the story behind your holiday photo Heidi, Christmas 1982. Castle Grayskull, Christmas 1982. I don't remember Heidi, not really. She was our family's first dog, a Dachshund my parents adopted about 1968. Only two memories of Heidi linger for me. The second, and saddest, is of her last visit to the vet in the mid '80s when we had to put [...] Read More ...
Photos: Cool home furnishings for man’s best friend
The Beagle House, by the Dutch architecture firm of MVRDV, is both a hideaway and an interactive plaything for the breed. “The curved shape invites the dog to enter the house, stimulates play, and offers a comfortable and quiet space,” says its designer. (Photo by Hiroshi Yoda / Architecture for Dogs )
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