Enlarge image i Nuclear bomb tests like this one, conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1957, are helping scientists understand how the human body works. Photo courtesy of National Nuclear Security Administration / Nevada Site Office Nuclear bomb tests like this one, conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1957, are helping scientists understand […]
Enlarge image i Not all countries in Europe shun horse meat, as the sign above this butcher shop in Paris attests. But horse-eating Europeans still don’t like being swindled. Jacques Brinon/AP Not all countries in Europe shun horse meat, as the sign above this butcher shop in Paris attests. But horse-eating Europeans still don’t like
Enlarge image i This image shows asteroid 2012 DA14 and the Eta Carinae Nebula, with the white box highlighting the asteroid’s path. The image was taken using a 3″ refractor equipped with a color CCD camera. The telescope is located at the Siding Spring Observatory in Australia and is maintained and owned by iTelescope.net. Aaron
Enlarge image i Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., works in his Capitol Hill office on Feb. 7. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., works in his Capitol Hill office on Feb. 7. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Remember Sen. Marco Rubio’s paean to his Florida neighborhood in giving the Republican response to the State of the Union
Enlarge image i Scientists found that darkness worked far better than they expected as a treatment for kittens with lazy eye. Bill Rhodes/Flickr Scientists found that darkness worked far better than they expected as a treatment for kittens with lazy eye. Bill Rhodes/Flickr When it comes to treating a lazy eye, there’s evidence that turning
A cloture vote on the nomination of former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel for defense secretary failed in the Senate, today. Enlarge image i Former Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., who has been nominated to be the next secretary of defense. Ron Sachs /DPA /LANDOV Former Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., who has been nominated to be the
As the nation watched anxiously to see how the manhunt in California for accused cop-killer Christopher Jordan Dorner would turn out, a harrowing situation at an Alabama middle school thankfully ended peacefully. AL.com reports that a man entered the school in Chelsea, Ala., Tuesday afternoon and “held several students at gunpoint.” But the father of
Four years ago, my husband revealed one of his more peculiar qualities: He’s freaked out by the sight of sliced cantaloupe. The melon seeds, all clustered together, make his skin itch and his stomach churn. Then he gets obsessed and can’t stop talking about it. A bit concerned by his behavior, I started researching it
Enlarge image i Wendy Brown of Schenectady, N.Y., holds a sign before an Occupy Albany rally pushing for a raise in New York’s minimum wage on May 29, 2012. Mike Groll/AP Wendy Brown of Schenectady, N.Y., holds a sign before an Occupy Albany rally pushing for a raise in New York’s minimum wage on May
Women walk past the polio vaccine dispensary in Kano, Nigeria, where gunmen killed female health workers last Friday. Aminu Abubakar/AFP/Getty Images The global effort to eradicate polio has reached a bizarre stage: More people have been gunned down recently over the disease than actually infected with it. On Friday, nine polio vaccinators in northern Nigeria
Enlarge image i iStockphoto.com As reported on Tuesday’s Morning Edition, KRTV in Great Falls, Montana was apparently the victim of hackers who broke in and broadcast a warning of attacking zombies. The station now says that it was a hoax, fortunately. But in the future, how can a viewer at home identify a similar alert
Enlarge image i Waitress Gaynell James serves up calas cake from the kitchen at The Old Coffeepot Restaurant in the French Quarter of New Orleans on Jan. 28, 2013. Gerald Herbert/AP Waitress Gaynell James serves up calas cake from the kitchen at The Old Coffeepot Restaurant in the French Quarter of New Orleans on Jan.