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Forget modest cuts. Climate report says we need ‘negative emissions’
The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the final installment of its mammoth Fifth Assessment Report on global climate change Sunday. The report amounts to a distillation of the most important climate science and policy findings It also lays … Continue reading
The Internet hates that Jamie Dornan won’t do ’50 Shades’ frontal
Seriously, though, what’s the point? Fifty Shades of Grey fans were not happy on Sunday upon learning that Jamie Dornan, who will play the lead role of Christian Grey in the upcoming movie adaptation, announced he would not do frontal … Continue reading
America’s most WTF campaign ads of 2014
Election Tuesday is almost here. But before everyone heads to the polls, let’s take a walk down memory lane with some of the most WTF campaign ads that politicians in the United States came up with this election season See … Continue reading
Shots fired at state TV station in Burkina Faso
Gunfire erupted outside the headquarters of state television in Burkina Faso on Sunday as an opposition politician tried to announce she was in control of the West African country, days after the longtime president was forced out. At least one … Continue reading
Airports are testing a scanner to let your water bottle through security
Throwing away a new bottle of water is a common sight at airport security, but a scanner that can tell the difference between a latte and a liquid explosive could put an end to that. The Insight100 Liquid Explosive Detection … Continue reading
The body collector from Ukraine
MARINOVKA, Ukraine — In eastern Ukraine, he is known as ‘The Body Collector.’ Every few days, he drives out to the front lines with a motley crew of Ukrainian men to collect the corpses of the fallen — a sometimes … Continue reading
Of course there’s a Movember-themed ‘Frozen’ parody called ‘Let It Grow’
Let it grow, Mo Bros. YouTube user Richard Annett pays homage to Movember by performing a parody of Frozen‘s “Let It Go,” which naturally centers on his majestically bearded face — complete with an interpretive dance. Raising money for prostate … Continue reading
New ultrasound chip could be a leap forward in cheap medical imaging
A scanner the size of an iPhone that you could hold up to a person’s chest and see a vivid, moving, 3D image of what’s inside is being developed by entrepreneur Jonathan Rothberg. Rothberg says he has raised $100 million … Continue reading
Tom Magliozzi, beloved co-host of NPR show ‘Car Talk,’ dead at 77
Tom Magliozzi, the much-loved co-host of the National Public Radio show Car Talk, died Monday from complications of Alzheimer’s disease, according to NPR. For decades, Magliozzi (above, left) and his brother Ray hosted Car Talk on NPR as “Click and … Continue reading
Christian Bale bails on Steve Jobs job
LOS ANGELES — He had one Jobs job, but Christian Bale bailed. In a take-this-job-and-shove-it decision that launched a thousand punny tweets, the erstwhile Dark Knight will not tackle the Apple co-founder biopic written by Aaron Sorkin and produced by … Continue reading
