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New Generation of Bio-Hackers Make DNA Misbehave
In a corner of Genspace, a community biology lab in Brooklyn, New York, a woman in jeans and T-shirt splices the DNA of a bioluminescent jellyfish into the genes of an E. coli bacterium to make living...
View ArticleNew York Artist Debuts Her Own Armpit 'Perfume' in Harper's Bazaar
The perfume strip for Eau de M by Martynka interrupted the May editorial pages of Harper’s Bazaar much like the issue’s other perfume ads. A beautiful woman lies on her stomach in a bathtub with her...
View ArticleUzbekistan’s Most-Famous Pop Star Needs Her Dad to Spring Her From House Arrest
Right up until her father ordered her arrest, Gulnara Karimova lived a charmed life. Under the stage name GooGoosha, she was Uzbekistan’s most famous pop star, performing “Bésame Mucho” with Julio...
View ArticleThe Strange, Luxurious London Lives of Ex-Royals
How bright his future seemed as a young man. In 1964, when Constantine of Greece was 23, he succeeded his father as king and married a beautiful young Danish princess. Yet three years later, King...
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Nonsensical Sentences for White Collar Criminals
It was supposed to be another victory lap for Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, whose insider-trading winning streak hit 79 after a jury found hedge fund trader Mathew Martoma of SAC Capital...
View ArticleToday in Tabs: The Real Victim
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View ArticleSusan Collins Becomes Fourth Republican Senator to Back Gay Marriage
Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) became the fourth Republican senator to publicly support marriage equality on Wednesday. Collins announced her position in Maine’s Bangor Daily News, right after LGBT...
View ArticleToday in Tabs: Phoning It In (Reprise)
Note: Today's tabs are somewhat abbreviated because I'm in New York and not paying that much attention to the tabs. To be totally honest: I'm not even sorry.Lol what the hell is this— Lisa McIntire...
View ArticleSudan Releases Christian Convert But Insists She Stay in the Country
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A Sudanese woman who was spared the death penalty for converting to Christianity but was then detained as she tried to leave the country was released from custody on Thursday, on...
View ArticleUnprecedented Ebola Outbreak Requires ‘Drastic Action,’ WHO Says
The World Health Organization (WHO) called for“drastic action” Wednesday to address the unprecedented Ebola outbreak in West Africa, and announced it would convene a meeting of the health ministers of...
View ArticleIsrael Names Two Hamas Militants as Key Suspects in Kidnappings
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel on Thursday named two Hamas Islamists as leading suspects in the June 12 kidnappings of three Israeli teenagers, in the most concrete report yet of results after weeks of...
View ArticleMalaysia Jet Passengers Likely Suffocated, Australia Says
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The passengers and crew of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 most likely died from suffocation and coasted lifelessly into the ocean on autopilot, a new report released by...
View ArticleFederal Judge Upholds Colorado Gun Laws, Dismisses Lawsuit
DENVER (Reuters) - A federal judge upheld gun laws on Thursday introduced by Colorado in the wake of deadly shooting rampages there and in Connecticut, dismissing a lawsuit brought by sheriffs, gun...
View ArticleLiberals and Conservatives Both Love Following the Leader, Studies Say
Conservatives and liberals have something annoying common: They both love to follow their leaders, studies published Friday in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin claim.In one paper,...
View ArticleRussia Promises 'Grave Consquences' After Ukraine Signs EU Trade Deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Ukraine signed on Friday an historic free-trade agreement with the European Union that has been at the heart of months of violence and upheaval in the country, drawing an immediate...
View ArticleSatellite Images Show 'Mass Executions' in Iraq's Tikrit: Rights Group
LONDON (Reuters) - Photograph and satellite imagery indicate that Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) insurgents have carried out mass executions in the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit, Human...
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The Conflicted Thoughts of Iraq Veterans Watching Iraq Collapse
As the Iraqi army falls to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and insurgents seize control of major cities throughout the nation, a lengthy war that long ago faded to the background of American...
View ArticleU.S. Reduces Nigeria Surveillance Flights Seeking Abducted Girls
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States reduced its surveillance flights to help find more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militants after building a body of intelligence and after...
View ArticleDid the Supreme Court Just Set Up a Constitutional Crisis?
Just when you thought Washington couldn’t become more dysfunctional, enter the Supreme Court.On Thursday, the nine justices of the court unanimously limited the president’s power to make temporary...
View ArticleQuora Question: What's the History of the Islamic Insurgency in Iraq?
Quora Questions are part of a partnership between Newsweek and Quora, through which we'll be posting relevant and interesting answers from Quora contributors throughout the week. Read more about the...
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