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We Haven't Walked on Mars Yet, But People Are Already Selling Pieces of It
The commute isn’t ideal and the amenities are scant, but for the thousands of people who wish to live on Mars, the options are growing.Last August, over 200,000 people applied to be one of the first...
View ArticleMore MERS Virus Cases Pop Up in Saudi Arabia; Death Toll at 121
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has identified 18 new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), it said late on Wednesday, pushing the total number of infections in the country so far to...
View ArticleUkraine Rebels Will Proceed with Referendum Despite Putin's Call
DONETSK, Ukraine/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Pro-Moscow separatists in eastern Ukraine ignored a public call by Russian President Vladimir Putin to postpone a referendum on self-rule, declaring they would go...
View ArticleHouse Votes to Hold IRS's Lois Lerner in Contempt Over Conservative Targeting
(Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a resolution finding former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions...
View ArticleIsrael’s Aggressive Spying in the U.S. Mostly Hushed Up
When White House national security advisor Susan Rice’s security detail cleared her Jerusalem hotel suite for bugs and intruders Tuesday night, they might’ve had in mind a surprise visitor to Vice...
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Starting 5: Clowney Time, Durant's Perfect Storm and Roy Hibbert Awakens!
1. Draft PunkThe Mock Draft season officially comes to a close today as the actual NFL draft commences at Radio City Music Hall. Who will be the first to post a "Way Too Early 2015 Mock Draft?"2....
View ArticleVideo: Syrian Rebels Destroy Hotel in Massive Blast After Tunneling
Video has emerged of a massive explosion on Thursday that leveled the Carlton Hotel in Aleppo, Syria. The hotel was used as a military base by Syrian government troops, according to state media and...
View ArticleBig Boy Toys: Encore 'Radio' Makes the World Your Jukebox
Some 35 years ago, I had what one might call a near-Alexander Graham Bell moment. While waiting in my Rambler for a friend to emerge from his house, I twiddled the car radio knob, looking for some...
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Venezuela Arrests Hundreds of Youths in Crackdown on Protests
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan security forces on Thursday rounded up hundreds of youth activists camped in public spaces as part of protests against President Nicolas Maduro, an effort to snuff out...
View ArticleMagnitude 6.8 Earthquake Shakes Mexico City
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A 6.4 magnitude earthquake shook Mexico City on Thursday, rattling buildings and prompting office evacuations, but there were no immediate reports of damage.The U.S. Geological...
View ArticleNewsweek Rewind: V-E Day, When the War in Europe Ended
For the 69th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, we decided to revisit Newsweek's coverage of the end of World War II on the continent. The May 14, 1945, issue of the magazinewas dedicated to V-E...
View ArticleOne Billion People Still Defecate in Public, U.N. Warns
One billion people worldwide still practice "open defecation" and they need to be told that this leads to the spread of fatal diseases, U.N. experts said on Thursday at the launch of a study on...
View ArticleFlights of Fancy: Why Airline Ticket Prices Make No Sense
Everyone knows airline pricing is based on supply and demand. Fares are more expensive during peak travel seasons like summer and to prime destinations like European capitals. So if a flight to Rome...
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Why Napoleon’s Still a Problem in France
Under a clear blue sky, the Emperor Napoleon, wearing his trademark black felt bicorne hat, green tunic, white breeches and riding boots, emerges at the top of a stone staircase and, with a steady gaze...
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Body Recount in Iraq
On the night of April 16, mortar shells fell as they have fallen every night since January 2, 2014, in Fallujah, Iraq, a key city in the Sunni-dominated western province of Anbar, where jihadists and...
View ArticleGirls Gone Ancient with Museum Hack
A little after 7 p.m. on a recent Friday, eight young women in cocktail dresses and heels strutted into New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Led by two tour guides, they made their way to the...
View ArticleA Penny Dreadful for Your Screams
John Logan is a mix-and-match kind of guy. A Tony Award–winning playwright (Red) who’s been nominated for three screenwriting Oscars (Gladiator, The Aviator, Hugo), he’s the sort of moviegoer who might...
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Kiev's Molotov Museum
If the violence is over in Kiev (and many think it is, at least for now), then the former battleground of Maidan, the city’s central square, stands to become the world’s biggest new open-air museum: an...
View ArticleAdjust Your Set
Dear Supreme Court: Please blow up television so we can start over.In this era of ubiquitous high-speed networks, we need over-the-air, linear, appointment-driven broadcast TV the way we need zeppelins...
View ArticleFlower Power
Plants are ready to move past their traditional status as air-cleaning adornments. With their ability to survive in varying climates and temperatures, repair their own material and leave no carbon...
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