Nov. 30: A St. Andrew’s Day Salute to Scottish Inventors
It?s St. Andrew?s Day, the national day of Scotland. So we offer a toast to the great inventors who have applied Scottish ingenuity to their work over the years, helping craft the modern world in the...
View ArticleModified Pinball Machine Creates Chaotic Lithographs
Bored of the standard printing process, artist Sam van Doorn has created STYN, a playfully chaotic design tool made from lithographic ink and a pinball machine. … Read More
View ArticleTransgender Latinas Find A Refuge In Queens
Two years ago, smugglers buried a woman named Joselyn in Matamoros, a Mexican border city that attracts immigrants waiting to cross into the United States. Several men encased her body in dirt, covered...
View ArticleThe DARPA Vacuum
It is a good bet that all these technologies are being used for a handful of specific, unknown objectives, and that cover stories provided by publications like Wired are solely for public consumption....
View Article‘Citizens shouldn’t pay for costs of long healthcare waiting times’
Forcing public healthcare providers to pay fines for long waiting times, rather than leaving citizens to suffer, would help improve Sweden's public system, argues liberal commentator Nima...
View ArticleRussian response to US Magnitsky Act passes 1st reading in parliament
A general view of the Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament (Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin)The Russian Duma has passed the first reading of a bill "On Measures of Influence on Persons Involved in...
View ArticleDetails on Nvidia’s Tegra 4 processor leak online, packing 72-core GPU
Chinese tech site Chip Hell has leaked what they claim are details about Nvidia’s next generation mobile processor. Codenamed “Wayne”, the Tegra 4 is said to be built using a 28-nanometer...
View ArticleLetters: Commons sense
The Guardian, Wednesday 19 December 2012 21.00 GMT In calling for MPs to spend more time in the Commons chamber rather than in select committees, Geoffrey Wheatcroft (Comment 1f40 , 15 December)...
View ArticleThe 36 Best Political GIFs Of The Year
A look back at the most GIF'd year in the history of the electoral process. Source: intrepidgirlblogger Source: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md8a3coDVZ1rtxen9o1_500.gif Source: topherchris.com...
View ArticleIs a showdown brewing between Israel and the U.S.?
Here’s the question no one is asking as 2012 ends, especially given the effusive public support the Obama administration offered Israel in its recent conflict with Hamas in Gaza: Will 2013 be a year of...
View ArticleAnti-NDAA Bill Introduced in Nevada
The Nevada Chapters of PANDA (People Against the National Defense Authorization Act, the NDAA) announce the introduction of BDR 728, … Read More
View ArticleReason TV Replay: Grandma Got Indefinitely Detained (A Very TSA Christmas)
As Americans get ready to travel for the holidays, here is a look back at last year's Christmas-themed Remy-ReasonTV collaboration. Here is the original text from the Dec 19, 2011 video:In seasons...
View ArticleAnimal Photos Of The Week: Reindeer, Orangutans And More Pictures From Around...
Happy holidays, everybody! If you are near the New York City area and want to bring in an extra dose of yuletide cheer, consider adopting one of these adorable pets from the New York Animal Care &...
View ArticleMan-made tornadoes may produce green energy (PHOTOS)
Man-made tornadoes may produce green energy (PHOTOS)Get short URLLink copied to clipboardemail story to a friendprint versionPublished: 27 December, 2012, 17:18 TAGS:Ecology, SciTech, Canada, Science A...
View Article‘The Writers’ Room’: Sundance Channel And Entertainment Weekly Present New...
Sundance Channel announced the arrival of their new original non-fiction series, “The Writers’ Room," during the 2013 Television Critics' Association winter press tour in Pasadena, Calif., this...
View ArticleSteubenville city officials launch blog to share the “most accurate...
In a surprising and defensive move, city and police officials of Steubenville, Ohio have launched a blog to "disseminate the most accurate information" regarding the high school football team's alleged...
View ArticleEducators working on the side for Apple: report
Local education officials in Sweden are moonlighting for an Apple-supported project which promotes the company's products in Swedish schools, leading to concerns the extra gig presents a conflict of...
View ArticleMatisse stolen in Stockholm found in UK
A Matisse painting stolen 25 years ago from the Museum of Modern Art (Moderna museet) in Stockholm has turned up in Britain, where a dealer had hoped to sell it on behalf of an elderly Polish client,...
View ArticleMint the coin, even if Republicans impeach
Surely there are plenty of foolish things that have been said in the discussion of the debt limit, a possible default by the United States government, and the idea of minting a platinum coin to prevent...
View ArticleProtestors and Former Detainees Mark Guantanamo Anniversary in London
Human Rights Groups emphasise that rule of law and due process have been further eroded under Obama … Read More
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