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Nov 14 2009
Doctors in Iraq’s war-ravaged enclave of Falluja are dealing with up to 15 times as many chronic deformities in infants and a spike in early life cancers that may be linked to toxic materials left over from the fighting. The extraordinary rise in...
Oct 3 2009
The youngest of five children, he was only 8 when his father died. For three decades, he’d carried with him mere snapshots of memories: Family time at Christmas. Riding on the back of Dad’s motorcycle. Tommie Stephney’s love for...
Aug 24 2009
A large wave fueled by Hurricane Bill swept a group of surf-watchers into the sea at a Maine park Sunday, including a 7-year-old girl who died after the Coast Guard pulled her from the churning waters.
Oct 3 2008
As Sarah Palin braces for her vice-presidential debate tonight with Joe Biden, a new TIME poll shows the Alaska Governor is surprisingly unpopular among likely women voters.
Oct 3 2008
If you’re an authoritarian government that closely monitors your citizens’ online communications, here’s a tip from Ars Technica: tell your minions not to store the logs on publicly-accessible servers.
Oct 3 2008
Inventor Casey Jones says the £350 gadget uses ultrasound technology to recreate the effects of decades of ageing by colliding alcohol molecules inside the bottle.
Oct 3 2008
With the economic downturn, many job markets seem in peril. However, investment in energy efficiency and renewable-energy strategies could create 2 million jobs in two years, economists claim.
Oct 3 2008
The commanding general in Afghanistan didn’t merely state that Surge tactics won’t work! He also said that tribal involvement in the COIN strategy wouldn’t work either! Absolutely right on infrastructure in Afghanistan though! Know...
Oct 3 2008
Here is a worrying thought. Or maybe not. One rich philanthropist could take it into his head to re-engineer the planet’s climate. It might only cost a few billion dollars, and even in these days of financial meltdown there are people around with...
Oct 2 2008
France says an oft-noticed smell emitted by Apple’s Mac Pro desktop computers is caused by a combination of toxins, including benzene, which is known to cause leukemia.