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Science

WATCH: Could tiny charged water droplets lower your electric bill?

The activities of bantam water droplets in just one region of a power plant could…

Sixty-one percent of open-access science journals accept hilariously flawed ‘paper’ for publication

Today, Science reported that a fake article that “[a]ny reviewer with more than a high-school…

Study: Readers of literary fiction can read emotions, too

People who read literary fiction are better than readers of popular fiction or nonfiction at…

Bioethicists worried over patent on ‘designer babies’

European bioethicists raised the red flag Thursday over an American patent for a method that…

Doctors still overprescribing antibiotics despite danger of superbugs

US doctors prescribe antibiotics to six out of 10 patients with a sore throat, even…

Tech News

Thirteen alleged members of Anonymous indicted on hacking charges

Thirteen alleged members of the loosely organized hacker collective known as Anonymous were indicted Thursday…

Millions of credit card numbers and passwords stolen in Adobe hack

Adobe announced late Thursday that it suffered a major security breach that jeopardizes the personal…

Silk Road, notorious haven for illegal online commerce, seized by U.S. authorities

There is a dark side to the Internet, and it can be used for evil…

Media

O’Reilly: Obamacare is a ‘vicious motorcycle gang’ coming after your daughter

Fox News host Bill O’Reilly took fear mongering to a new level on Thursday when…

Watch: Rita Moreno reflects on life as an entertainer and Hollywood stereotypes

The remarkable career of an entertainment legend. Actress Rita Moreno has put her life story…

Mia Farrow admits Frank Sinatra may have fathered her son

American actress and celebrity campaigner Mia Farrow has admitted Frank Sinatra, and not Woody Allen,…

U.S. News

New York to boost young girls’ self-esteem with ‘body-beautiful’ campaign

In a city plastered with images of stick-thin models, New York is waging a new…

Vietnam independence hero who defeated American and French armies General Giap dead at 102

Vietnam’s legendary General Vo Nguyen Giap, whose guerrilla tactics defeated the French and American armies,…

Tropical Storm Karen targets U.S. Gulf Coast

Tropical Storm Karen churned toward the US Gulf Coast Friday, with forecasters warning of weekend…

Government shutdown halts FDA food inspections. Should you worry?

Government shutdown halts FDA food inspections. Should you worry? (via The Christian Science Monitor) Food…

Pennsylvania governor: Gay marriage is like sibling incest

After his lawyers previously compared gay couples to children, Pennsylvania’s governor offered an arguably worse…

O’Reilly: Obamacare is a ‘vicious motorcycle gang’ coming after your daughter

Fox News host Bill O’Reilly took fear mongering to a new level on Thursday when…

World

‘Wicked’ mother Amanda Hutton gets 15 years over insect-infested ‘mummified’ four-year-old son

A mother who starved her four-year-old son to death — and whose body was discovered two years later in a…

Japan nuclear regulator berates Fukushima operator

Japan’s atomic watchdog summoned the boss of Fukushima operator TEPCO on Friday for a public dressing-down over sloppy standards at…

Pope Francis calls on the Church to divest itself of ‘worldliness’

Pope Francis on Friday called for the Catholic Church and its faithful to rid themselves of earthly concerns like St…

Sarkozy’s ex-wife ‘berated’ Libya’s Gaddafi: ‘Don’t stand so close to me!’

Cécilia Attias — who divorced former-French president Nicolas Sarkozy shortly after his 2007 election victory — claims in a new…

Brazilian police accused of torturing bricklayer to death and hiding his body

Ten Brazilian policemen may face trial after being accused of torturing a bricklayer to death and then hiding the body,…

Police probing missing Maddie case to analyse phone data

British police on Friday said they would conduct a “targeted attack” on mobile phone data of people who were near…

Poland’s Catholic Church rejects damages request in pedophile case

Poland’s powerful Roman Catholic Church on Thursday rejected a first-ever request for damages by a victim of a convicted paedophile…

Russia charges all 30 Greenpeace activists with piracy

Russian investigators said Thursday they had charged all 30 crew members of Greenpeace’s Arctic Sunrise ship with piracy over a…