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www.bbc.co.uk Scientists report that compounds present in breath are unique to individuals - a "breathprint" - and could be exploited in a range of medical applications.
www.foodisfreeproject.org Come to our Food is Free build days and learn with us as we line entire blocks with low-maintenance garden beds made from salvaged materials. These beds will provide free food to anyone in the community!
www.allgov.com Accused of perpetrating a “profound evil,” former Pennsylvania judge Mark Ciavarella Jr. has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for illegally accepting money from a juvenile-prison developer while he spent years incarcerating thousands...
www.wired.com Twice a year, the Materials Research Society challenges scientists to turn images of their materials into art. Here are the spring 2013 first-place winners, as well as a selection of our other favorites.
www.nytimes.com Mr. Blank’s films are considered timeless, well-crafted essays on subjects like garlic and it devotees, Mardi Gras, gaptoothed women and polka enthusiasts.
In an agreement announced today, the City of New York will pay more than $365,000 to settle a lawsuit...
hbo.vice.com Thousands of North Koreans cross the border into China illegally every year. Living in perpetual fear of being discovered, with all odds against them, defectors still do everything they can to leave. If arrested in communist Laos, they may...
hbo.vice.com Thousands of North Koreans cross the border into China illegally every year. Living in perpetual fear of being discovered, with all odds against them, defectors still do everything they can to leave. If arrested in communist Laos, they may...
www.rawstory.com President Barack Obama’s drug czar toed a strict line on marijuana Wednesday, saying federal laws will prevail regardless of state-level efforts to legalize pot.
www.govtrack.us House Vote #117 in 2013, in the United States Congress.
rt.com A top Swedish judge has defended the release of classified information by WikiLeaks, pointing out the case against Assange has turned into a legal “mess.”
gmo-awareness.com When you take a moment to reflect on the history of product development at Monsanto, what do you find? Here are twelve products that Monsanto has brought to market. See if you can spot the pattern....
usnews.nbcnews.com The fertilizer plant that exploded on Wednesday, obliterating part of a small Texas town and killing at least 14 people, had last year been storing 1,350 times the amount of ammonium nitrate that would normally trigger safety oversight...
discovermagazine.com Your ancestors' lousy childhoods or excellent adventures might change your personality, bequeathing anxiety or resilience by altering the epigenetic expressions of genes in the brain.
www.zerohedge.com Back on July 3, we made an explicit and very simple prediction: "now that the natural succession path at the BOE has been terminally derailed, it brings up those two other gentlemen already brought up previously as potential future heads...
www.aclu.org Everyone knows the IRS is our nation’s tax collector, but it is also a law enforcement organization tasked with investigating criminal violations of the tax laws....
www.huffingtonpost.com The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has launched a nationwide campaign to assess police militarization in the United States. Starting Wednesday, ACLU affiliates in 23 states are sending open records requests to hundreds of...
rt.com Bahrain’s security forces used stun grenades and teargas to disperse anti-government demonstrators in the west coast town of Malkiya after a women’s protest was banned by authorities.
warisacrime.org We live in times of great paradox, designed to fool most of the people almost all of the time. Elections swing on women's reproductive rights, and the candidate who broadcasts that he is the most favorable to those rights has a kill list...
www.eff.org Yesterday, the US House prepared for the debate on the privacy-invading "cybersecurity" bill called CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. The rules committee hearing was the last stop before the bill is voted on by the...
www.businessinsider.com Leading America to the "dark side."
www.japantimes.co.jp Alarming outbreaks of sectarian violence pitting Buddhists against Muslims in Myanmar cast an ominous cloud over that nation's democratic transition from military rule. Reading shocking reports of killings, arson and mayhem ...
www.wired.com A legal fight over the government's use of a secret surveillance tool has provided new insight into how the controversial tool works and the extent to which Verizon Wireless aided federal agents in using it to track a suspect.
www.occupymonsanto360.org GMOs are seemingly everywhere in today's food supply. Here's how to avoid them as well as fully boycotting their corporate backers responsible for them.
www.ted.com There is a corruption at the heart of American politics, caused by the dependence of Congressional candidates on funding from the tiniest percentage of citizens. That's the argument at the core of this blistering talk by legal scholar Lawrence...
