Spanish Chain Zara Forced to Apologise for Children’s ‘Holocaust Shirt’
The Spanish fashion chain Zara has apologised after a children's jumper sparked an international outcry and accusations of anti-Semitism for its resemblance to the striped uniforms Jewish concentration...
View ArticleThe Sparrow Rolling Bag Is Designed to Roll Through the TSA
Perhaps the least-welcoming sight at an airport is the blue-gloved hands of sullen TSA agents as they reach for your belongings. Maybe it’s having to wear latex gloves all day that makes them such a...
View ArticleFreed U.S. Journalist Peter Theo Curtis Comes Home to Boston
Peter Theo Curtis, the freed American journalist held captive in Syria for 22 months, has returned home to the United States.Curtis, 45, was captured in 2012 and held by Syrian organization Jabhat...
View ArticleRussia Likely Directing Offensive in Ukraine, U.S. Says
UPDATE 3:09 PM ET: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday new military incursions on Ukraine's eastern border indicate a Russian-directed counteroffensive is likely underway in two...
View ArticleWho Was the American Who Died Fighting for ISIS?
An American man from San Diego has died fighting for the terrorist organization variously known as the Islamic State (IS), ISIS, ISIL, and now QSIS, NBC News first reported.Douglas McAuthur McCain was...
View ArticleJunk Food Isn't Only Addictive, It Makes You Avoid Trying New Foods
The world is getting sicker and sicker, because of what's on our dinner plates. According to the World Health Organization, global obesity and overweight rates have doubled since 1980. What that means:...
View ArticleGovernment Physicists Think We May Be Living in a 2-D Hologram
It sounds like an Onion headline, but it’s the strange truth: A handful of government physicists believe that we may be existing in a two-dimensional hologram. Yesterday Fermilab, a U.S. Department of...
View ArticleWant to See the Earth After Global Warming? Move to the City
The conditions of climate change—elevated temperatures, increased carbon dioxide levels and the accumulation of nitrogen in the biosphere—are difficult to replicate in a laboratory setting. This has...
View ArticleSnap (chat), Crackle, Pop! Messenger App Now Valued at $10 Billion
The messenger app Snapchat, which the kiddos often use to send cat videos and selfies to pals, is now valued at a whopping $10 billion. According to a Wall Street Journalreport, Snapchat has gathered...
View ArticleWill the GOP Shut Down the Government Over Immigration?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conservatives in the U.S. Congress who object to President Barack Obama's immigration policies are threatening to tie a must-pass budget bill to the issue, making for a possible...
View ArticleXenon Gas Could Erase Traumatic Memories
People who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be tormented by memories of something terrible that resurface again and again. There is no widely agreed upon way to easily and quickly...
View ArticleMonarch Butterflies Have Declined 90%; Conservationists Seek Extra Protection
In the last 20 years, the population of monarch butterflies in the eastern U.S. has declined by 90 percent, greatly worrying environmentalists and researchers. Today, three major conservation groups...
View ArticleTel Aviv Diary: How Soon Before Islamic State Attacks Israel?
Today I had not planned to write. After 50 days of war, it was clear that the war was over – at least, for the moment. This ceasefire will most likely hold until the Cairo talks fail. I felt it was too...
View ArticleControversy Over Student Nail Varnish Date Rape Drug Detector
Four students from North Carolina State University have invented a nail varnish that detects common date rape drugs by changing colour.The all-male group of undergraduates, Ankesh Madan, Stephen Gray,...
View ArticleUkrainian Leader Says Russian Forces are in the Country as Key Town Falls
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday that Russian forces entered his country and the military conflict was worsening after Russian-backed separatists swept into a key...
View Article8,000 Young Tunisian Men Are Eager to Join Islamic State
The reasons for James Foley’s execution were as explicit as the act was savage; Foley was killed in response to the US bombing of the Islamic State’s positions around Mosul. However, the motivations...
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Richard Leakey Tries to Save the Elephants—Again
Richard Leakey has returned to Kenya’s Maasai Mara game reserve, and one of the first social calls he makes is to the local Maasai elders. He says it is traditional in African society that if a known...
View ArticleEbola Frontline: Treatment Centers Are Closing, But Ebola Patients Have...
On Tuesday, the World Health Organization announced they were withdrawing their staff from the Kailahun treatment center, in the Sierra Leone region most devastated by Ebola. The decision was made...
View ArticlePressure on British PM After Sharp Rise in EU Immigration
The number of European Union citizens moving to Britain has risen significantly, data showed on Thursday, putting pressure on Prime Minister David Cameron and his pledge to cut immigration - a key...
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Leakey’s Last Stand: The Final Battle of Africa's Elephant King
Richard Leakey has returned to the Masai Mara, and one of the first social calls he makes is to the local Maasai elders. He says it is traditional in African society that if a known elder – the Swahili...
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