Slithering stone mystery solved 09:26 After a half-century of speculation, scientists have finally uncovered what drives the “slithering stones” in Death Valley, California, ...Read More
Pleiades star cluster is a bit farther away than thought 09:15 Guest post by Christopher Crockett The Pleiades, a cluster of young stars in the constellation Taurus, is 444 ligh...Read More
Medical charity MSF wants U.N. to take lead on Ebola epidemic 08:54 By Marine Pennetier PARIS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council must lead efforts to stop the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, a senior ...Read More
Guinean security forces break up riot in Ebola-racked south 07:54 CONAKRY (Reuters) - Riots broke out in Guinea's second-largest city Nzerekore over rumours that health workers had infected peopl...Read More
Ebola in mind, US colleges screen some students 07:49 BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — College students from West Africa may be subject to extra health checks when they arrive to study in the United ...Read More
Inside Google’s Secret Drone-Delivery Program 07:43 A zipping comes across the sky. A man named Neil Parfitt is standing in a field on a cattle ranch outside Warwick, Australia. A white ...Read More
The Best Time to Sell Your Used iPhone Is RIGHT NOW 07:38 It’s the worst-kept secret on the planet. We now know that Apple is announcing something on Sept. 9 , and the smart money is that ...Read More
Reaction to iBirth Announcement Shows Humanity Is Not Yet Doomed 17:38 (Andreas Kleinke) It appears that the Internet is not populated entirely by jerks. Yesterday we published Alyssa Bereznak’s story ...Read More
Artist Miranda July Releases Bizarre Messaging App 17:36 Filmmaker and artist Miranda July released her own messaging app on Thursday. It’s called Somebody , and July released it at the Veni...Read More
UN: Ebola disease caseload could reach 20,000 17:32 The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is accelerating and could grow six times larger to infect as many as 20,000 people, the World Healt...Read More