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Top news on 18 October 2009 |
Labs-on-a-chip that you can shrink to fit - tech - 17 Octobe
Shrink-to-fit microfluidic chips could be used to make affordable, single-use diagnostic tools
Report on Weed use Prompts Call for Legalization
A report released Thursday that shows the number of pot smokers in the world has grown to more than 160 million people.
The rehabilitation of Boy George
Something?s changed. He was always a chameleon himself, a professional one like his idol David Bowie, but the alteration in him looks far more profound than a shift of image. . Generally, my attitude is, I put myself in those situations because of drugs. I never would have made those decisions if I had not been high.
Horrific Torture of Child 'Witches' by African Churches
The 9-year-old boy's family pastor had accused him of being a witch, and his father then tried to force acid down his throat as an exorcism. It spilled as he struggled, burning away his face and eyes. The emaciated boy barely had strength left to whisper the name of the church that had denounced him -- Mount Zion Lighthouse. A month later, he died.
Caught! Daughter Having Sex, Shoots Boyfriend in the Balls
Wade Edwards arrived at his Apopka, Florida home in mid-afternoon to find his 16-year-old step-daughter. Unfortunately, she was in bed. Naked. With 18-year-old Julian Harp. Also naked. So dad being a dad, he closed her bedroom door and went to load his gun.
The Science of Spending Stimulus Money Wisely
The federal stimulus included $18 billion for scientific research, but experts disagree on whether this is compatible with the intent of Congress to create jobs quickly.
6 Excellent Apps To Help You Create Automatic Reminders
These are very helpful for you to manage your tasks on time and you will never forget anything again.
Young fan costs Liverpool the premier league title?
LIVERPOOL fan left red-faced after ball he threw onto pitch led to his side letting in goal
Is iPhone Bad for the Videogame Industry?
More than a 85,000 apps -- many of them games for a buck. Why that should have some publishers scared.
World Will Not End in 2012
A Nasa scientist has condemned film producers over a viral marketing campaign that suggests the world will come to and end in 2012.
Pricing the Kids Out
Baseball was once called the national pastime not only because it?s a great sport but because it was a sport that was affordable for nearly all American families. Alas, no more.
Uncharted 2 sells over 300,000 copies on day one in America
Uncharted 2 becomes the 3rd fastest-selling PS3 game of all time in America, week one worldwide sales expected to exceed one million units
Exclusive: I Helped Richard Heene Plan a Balloon Hoax
For the first time, 25-year-old researcher Robert Thomas reveals to Gawker how earlier this year he and Richard Heene drew up a master plan to generate a massive media controversy using a weather balloon. To get famous, of course.
Siblings must play in the dark
A time when most kids get called into the house is safe for them because they have albinism, a genetic condition that means they lack the normal protective pigmentation in the skin, eyes and hair.
An Innocent Man Freed from Kafkaesque Mexican Justice System
In Mexico's dysfunctional legal system, an arrest most often leads to a conviction. How one street vendor, wrongly convicted of murder and railroaded into jail, won his freedom.
US Senate Passes Bill Fining Tourists In The Name Of Tourism
On Wednesday the US Senate passed the Travel Promotion Act, which as a piece of legislation seems at least well-named. "Travel" is good. "Promotion" is usually at least interesting. So you'd think that this would be something positive. Yeah right:
Used Wine Crates Make Glowing Light Boxes
Who says trash can't be art? Wine makes the whole world more beautiful. Seriously, can you argue otherwise, given wine bottle cheese boards, used cork accoutrement ? and now, these stunning light boxes from artist Tracey Johnson? They?re made out of used wine crates and a little bit of magic.
Digg's New Front Page Ads - Where The Wild Things Are
Is it genius, or a total failure? As you can see in the first such ad, for the new Warner Brothers film Where The Wild Things Are, the movie studio picked three previously popular stories on Digg about the movie. Each already had several hundred diggs before the studio wrapped it in the ad unit.
China - Kingdom of the Dwarves
In China, it's a small world after all. The Kingdom of Dwarves theme park features singing, dancing and costumed "little people."
Felony Franks and other restaurants help ex-cons help you
If nobody hires ex-cons, then we shouldn't be shocked when they return to lives of crime. So, for the good of Chicago, go pick up a couple of hotdogs at Felony Franks. James Andrews, who owns the West Side dog joint, makes it a point to hire people who have done time, seeing it as a service to a community that's been struggling with crime.
Congress Approves DOE Funding for Three-Wheeled Vehicles
Just having got Congressional approval, the bill now heads over to get signed into law by Obama. The president says he plans on doing exactly that, which means the last hurdles for three wheeler funding appear to have been cleared.
The Past 5,000 Years Mark a New Epoch in Human Evolution
We are more different genetically from people living 5,000 years ago than they were different from Neanderthals. A study examining data from an international genomics project describes the past 40,000 years as a time of supercharged evolutionary change, driven by exponential population growth and cultural shifts.
Racism Is Still Alive In America
A Louisiana judge, Keith Bardwell, from the Tangipahoa parish is yet another symptom that racism is still a problem in America in 2009, despite the election of the first African-American President. Justice of the peace Bardwell is now in the middle of a growing controversy....
Holy Crap! Franken ANNIHILATES KBR attorney during testimony
In a follow-up to the "30 Republican Senators Don't Oppose Rape" story, here's Sen. Al Franken's devastating grilling of an attorney representing Halliburton/KBR during Senate testimony after the vote.
Remembering the earthquake that stopped the World Series
Remembering the Big Loma Prieta Quake that put a stop to the World Series and changed that San Francisco area Forever!
24 years of Windows package design
A history of Microsoft's OS in card and plastic
25 Amazing Ancient Beasts
There seems to be no end to the odd creatures that scientists find by digging up fossils. Here we celebrate some of the coolest extinct fish, mammals, dinosaurs, birds and other beasts by showcasing the artistic representations that reveal what they might have looked like.
The Incredible Shrinking Mortgage Market
Making money in real-estate is all about timing. Despite the fact that many people lost not only their shirts but their homes in the mortgage meltdown, real-estate has historically been considered a safe investment. But if current trends continue, there may be more bust than boom.
Five Favorite Web Applications of Designers
Webapps?compared to their desktop counterparts?have the distinct advantage of being flexible in terms of the environment they have to run in; if you have a web browser and an internet connection, you?re good to go. This are the 5 most popular web applications that designers voted on.
Polling: Republican Base Voters Living In Another World
A new focus-group of Republican base voters by the Democracy Corps (D), the consulting and polling outfit headed up by James Carville and Stan Greenberg, presents a picture of the GOP base as being motivated by a fundamentally different worldview than folks in the middle or on the Dem side -- and they see the country as being under a dire threat.
BlackBerry Storm2 [Review]
The BlackBerry Storm2 9550 finally delivers on the original Storm 9530's promise. It's a powerful device with an innovative click screen that really works and it feels finished instead of like an engineering prototype.
Why America Should Pay More Attention to Korean Cars
The Koreans have arrived! (This is is a good thing, and Hyundai deserves some respect.)
You can now hail a taxi using Twitter, at least in London.
While it may sound gimmicky, an eco-friendly taxi company is meeting customers where they're at--which apparently, is on Twitter.
USPS worker busted for stealing 2,200 GameFly games
A United States Postal worker has admitted in federal court that he stole 2,200 videogames addressed to Philadelphia-area GameFly customers.
Dead Man on Balcony Mistaken for Halloween Prop for a Week
Authorities called to an apartment complex in Marina Del Rey last night discovered the body of a man slumped on a third-floor balcony. The deceased, said to be about 75, had suffered a gunshot wound, thought to be self-inflicted. The twist: Neighbors had seen the body, in plain view, over the much of the week but dismissed it as a Halloween prop.
The 22 Least Necessary Monopoly Special Editions
Some might argue that the only edition of Monopoly that needed to be made was the original Monopoly. Holy *****. I thought the Betty Boop one was the worst Monopoly edition ever. I've just been proven wrong 17 times.
3 ways to turn trash into cash
Don't toss that busted iPod. Don't just take those old books and CDs to a thrift store. These online outlets might give you cool cash for your castoffs.
Maldives Government Holds Underwater Cabinet Meeting
The government of the Maldives has held its first underwater cabinet meeting to attract international attention to the dangers of global warming.
WSJ.com - CDC Sees H1N1 Vaccine Production Delays
U.S. health officials said fewer doses of the H1N1 vaccine will be available by the end of the month because the vaccine is taking longer to make than expected.
How to Give a Root Canal to a Polar Bear
Carefully. Anoki, the 500-pound patient was a first, even for veterinary dental surgeon Dr. Ira R. Luskin, who already counts lions and antelopes among his patients.
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