Seismologists hunting for ways to predict earthquakes in advance have stumbled on a potential breakthrough — detecting ozone generated by rocks fracturing deep underground.
Seismologists hunting for ways to predict earthquakes in advance have stumbled on a potential breakthrough — detecting ozone generated by rocks fracturing deep underground.
An unusually sophisticated analysis of cave lion bones is revealing what the creatures ate and why they may have disappeared.
Two new studies confirm, once again, that drug-resistant staph or MRSA — normally thought of as a problem in hospitals — is showing up in animals and in the meat those animals become. Superbug blogger Maryn McKenna weighs in.
With homemade costumes inspired by comic book characters, real-life superheroes are springing up around the country to fight crime and sometimes handle more mundane tasks like handing out sandwiches to the hungry. Author Jon Ronson meets up with Zero and other members of the New York Initiative in this excerpt from his e-book about real-life superheroes.
An obscure Pentagon agency intended to fight illicit drugs has quietly become one of the biggest sources of federal money for private security contractors. Over $3 billion in an upcoming contract will go to everything from training Mexican helicopter pilots to mentoring Azeri naval commandos to designing websites for the Pakistani government. Introducing the Counter Narco-Terrorism Program Office, the epicenter of an outsourced global fight against nearly anything the office wants fought.
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Ben Roberts? new photos of the Occupy tents in London are telling of the difference in U.K. and U.S. government response to the movement so far. Unlike the rash of tent-clearing seen in recent weeks at U.S. Occupy locations, the London Occupy tents are still going strong after an eviction deadline last week …
Artist Christian Marclay strings film footage of clocks into a 24-hour video that tracks your watch, minute by minute.
Peace, love, consumerism.
Since the launch of Sputnik in 1957, more than 16,000 objects have been left circling Earth. What are the chances that a hot metal bit will hit you?
