Scientists Develop Antarctic Ice Dating Technique Using Krypton
Using a form of krypton, a chemical created when cosmic rays hit the planet, scientists have developed a new technique to more accurately date ancient Antarctic ice which could help them understand the...
View ArticleParents Search for 234 Nigerian Scholgirls Abducted by Islamist Militants
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Parents of girls abducted by Islamist militants were searching for their daughters in a remote forest, they told the state governor on Monday, adding that 234 were still...
View ArticleA Sports Fan’s Guide to the Tribeca Film Festival
If there is one valid complaint about this year’s Tribeca Film Festival it is that we cannot all procure tickets to see Zombeavers. The film, as you may be aware, is the seminal work in the genre known...
View ArticleCourt Orders U.S. to Release Memo on Drones, Killing of U.S. Citizen
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court ordered the U.S. Department of Justice to turn over key portions of a memorandum justifying the government's targeted killing of people linked to terrorism,...
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Pick Your Poison
Is Syria violating President Barack Obama’s famous “red line” on the use of chemical weapons—again?Both sides in the Syrian civil war are increasingly accusing each other of the recent illegal use of...
View ArticleRich Food, or the Day Michael Rockefeller Met the Cannibals
Want to capture the reader’s attention? Construct an opening that is so intense, so captivating, so interesting that no human with a beating heart can put the book down.Award-winning travel writer Carl...
View ArticleFirst Sign of South Korea Ferry Disaster Was Call From a Frightened Boy
SEOUL (Reuters) - The first distress call from a sinking South Korean ferry was made by a boy with a shaking voice, three minutes after the vessel made its fateful last turn.He called the emergency 119...
View ArticleU.S. Force in Afghanistan May Be Cut to Less Than 10,000 Troops
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan may drop well below 10,000 - the minimum demanded by the U.S. military to train Afghan forces - as the longest war in American history...
View ArticleMurder in Juarez
David Farrington, a U.S. Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS) service agent, has been vexed by a troubling question for the past several years. He has reason to suspect a colleague deliberately failed to...
View ArticleSupreme Court Upholds Michigan Affirmative Action Ban
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a Michigan law that bans the use of racial preferences in state university admissions.On a 6-2 vote, with Justice Elena Kagan recused, the court...
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Starting Five for Tuesday
1. Boston MarathonWhile Meb Keflezighi (2:08:37) became the first American male to win the race since 1983, former Heisman Trophy-winning Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie crossed the finish line...
View ArticleTwo Tribeca Film Festival Movies Depict Growing Up in the Inner City
Youth, poverty, neglect. Aspiration, desperation. Dark skin. These are the combustible ingredients of two intriguing, if imperfect, movies at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival: Five Star and True Son. The...
View ArticleUkraine President Demands Action in East After Politician Killed
KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ukraine's acting president Oleksander Turchinov called on Tuesday for government forces to relaunch an offensive against pro-Russian rebels after a local politician from his own...
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The Charmed Life of Cloud Nothings’ Dylan Baldi
It’s a perfect spring afternoon in New York, one of the first after a punishingly long winter, and Cloud Nothings’ frontman Dylan Baldi is sitting on a park bench by the Williamsburg waterfront. Clad...
View ArticleVice Reporter Simon Ostrovsky Detained in Eastern Ukraine by Pro-Russia Gunmen
American filmmaker Simon Ostrovsky has been taken into custody in Slaviansk, an eastern Ukrainian town under control of pro-Russian gunmen. Ostrovsky is a reporter for Vice Media, a Brooklyn-based...
View ArticleItaly to Declassify Documents on 'Years Of Lead' Violence
ROME (Reuters) - Italy will declassify secret documents about terrorist bombings between the 1960s and 1980s during a period known as the "Years of lead", the government announced on Tuesday.The...
View ArticleToday in Tabs: A Good Day for the Meritocracy
Github finally released the results of its exhaustive internal investigation into the departure of Julie Ann Horvath and her accusations of bullying. In an unusual move, Github CEO and Co-founder Chris...
View ArticleFirst PLO Delegation Since 2007 War Arrives in Gaza for Unity Talks
GAZA (Reuters) - Palestine Liberation Organization delegates arrived in Gaza on Tuesday to discuss unity with militant group Hamas for the first time since their 2007 conflict, in a potential boost for...
View ArticleU.S. Monitoring North Korea for Potential Nuclear Test
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Tuesday it was closely monitoring the situation on the Korean peninsula after reports that North Korea may be planning another nuclear test and urged...
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Getting Over Our Preference for Perfect Produce
Lift, squeeze, sniff. It’s a ritual millions of us perform every day in the produce aisle of the grocery store, rejecting the blemished and irregular in search of an ideal seldom found on any farm....
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