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Tech Startups Bring Science to Marijuana Dispensaries
Despite the mixed legal and social history of cannabis in the United States, all signs point to a 21st century in which the plant takes its place on the pharmacy shelf. In 1996, California voters...
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"Jihad is not a man-only duty. Women must do their part as well," Abu Ahmad, a spokesman for ISIS in Syria told Syria Deeply.In the city of Raqqa, where last week ISIS ambushed and killed more than 50...
View ArticleWho Fired on Gaza's Shifa Hospital?
In the ongoing Israel-Gaza war, one place is being fought over with a particularly intense focus. On Monday, a rocket strike landed near Gaza’s Shifa Hospital, the largest medical complex in the Gaza...
View Article'Hungary’s Mussolini' Vows to Make the EU Member an 'Illiberal State'
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban has prompted outrage from liberal and left leaning opposition after he announced his intention over the weekend to follow in Russia and China’s footsteps to create...
View ArticleCatfight at the Anti-Feminist Corral: Felines Join the Anti-Feminist Debate
Last summer, a Tumblr blog appeared called Women Against Feminism, spawning debate on Twitter as #womenagainstfeminism. It featured user-submitted images of women holding up signs explaining why they...
View ArticleIsraeli Troops, Using Sniffer Dogs and Robots, Hunt for Gaza Tunnels
GAZA STRIP (Reuters) - Israeli Colonel Tomer was literally tipped off to the tunnel snaking under a Palestinian village when the tank-churned earth gave way under the weight of one of his behemoth...
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Photos: West Africa's Fight Against Ebola
DAKAR (Reuters) - Liberia announced on Wednesday the closure of all schools across the country and the quarantine of a number of communities in a bid to halt the worst Ebola outbreak on record...
View ArticleHow a Simple Blood Test Could Predict Suicide Risk
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have discovered a gene that may signal a person’s predisposition to attempt suicide.In a study published Wednesday in The American Journal...
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Octopus Broods Eggs for a Record 4½ Years, Then Dies, Scientists Report
An octopus in the deep sea was observed brooding its eggs for four-and-a-half years, longer than any other known animal, a paper published on Wednesday in the Public Library of Science, or PLOS ONE,...
View ArticleTwitter CEO Gets Called Out for Lackluster Abuse Policies During Live Twitter...
A live Q&A with Twitter CEO Dick Costolo took an unexpected turn when the top executive was met with hundreds of tweets charging him with failing to respond to abuse and harassment reports on the...
View ArticleDrug-Defying Malaria Cases Found in Southeast Asia
It seems straight out of The X-Files, but the news is terrifyingly real: Drug-resistant malaria-carrying parasites have been found in Cambodia-Thailand border regions, according to a study published...
View ArticleTel Aviv Diary: Israelis Wonder Why Hamas Isn’t Pleading for a Ceasefire
Tel Aviv—This was a day of treading water in Tel Aviv. It was the 23rd Day of war. On the one hand, it has been another day without rockets on Tel Aviv, although rockets were fired at its suburbs. But,...
View ArticleThe Four Worst Gaza Atrocities: The Blame Game
The death toll in Gaza continues to rise since Israel began Operation Protective Edge on July 8. More than 1,200 Palestinians have been killed, around 74 percent of them civilians, including 243...
View ArticleU.S. Gives Israel More Grenades and Mortar Rounds for Gaza Offensive
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has allowed Israel, waging an offensive in the Gaza Strip, to tap a local U.S. arms stockpile in the past week to resupply it with grenades and mortar rounds, a...
View ArticleGadget Lust: Dodge Charger SXT Is a Muscle Car That’ll Make Your Heart Go...
Being from Detroit confers upon the claimant instant bad-ass status, deserved or not, as if surviving into adulthood is some kind of accomplishment unto itself. I don’t try to deter people from so...
View ArticleAxel Kicillof Is Argentina's Secret Weapon Against Default
Give Argentina high marks for high theater.As Latin America’s third-largest economy teeters on the brink of default Wednesday evening, it is pinning its hopes on the star power and persuasive skills of...
View ArticleHouse Republicans Vote to Sue Obama Over Obamacare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday cleared the way for the launch of a lawsuit accusing President Barack Obama of overstepping his authority in...
View ArticleNFL's Redskins Launch Site in Attempt to Quell Racist Allegations
Washington, D.C.’s resident football team has been under fire for its name, which—according to most major dictionaries—is a derogatory slur directed against Native Americans. Yesterday the team...
View ArticleQuora Question: What Are the Top Survival Tips in a Warzone for a Fresh Recruit?
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...
View ArticleCivilian Casualties in Gaza 'Too High,' Pentagon Says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon called on Israel on Thursday to do more to protect civilian life during its military operations in Gaza, saying the conflict was taking too high a toll on...
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