Maasai face eviction from ancestral lands to make way for Dubai hunting firm

Tanzania plans to reduce Maasai areas by 40 percent, citing ‘overgrazing.’ A mass protest fell apart this week, but Maasai women took up the cause and organized their own sit-in.   Original post on csmonitor.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Why makeup matters? Psychology reveals new sign of aging in perception research

(Medical Xpress)—The contrasting nature of facial features is one of the signals that people unconsciously use to decipher how old someone looks, says Psychology Prof. Richard Russell, who has been collaborating with researchers from CE.R.I.E.S. (Epidermal and Sensory Research and Investigation Center),…   Original post on medicalxpress.com    Comments on reddit.com   

London woman left disfigured by shocking random acid attack by mystery woman in niqab as she walked home from work at Victoria’s Secret – Crime – UK

A young woman has been left severely scarred and partially blind after acid was thrown in her face in a seeming random late-night attack.   Original post on independent.co.uk    Comments on reddit.com   

US judge prompts outrage after saying: ‘If she didn’t want sex, her body should have just shut down’ in rape case, and reducing sentence of attacker by ten years – Americas – World

A US judge has prompted outrage after saying that a rape victim didn’t put up a fight during her assault and that if someone doesn’t want sex, the body ‘will not permit that to happen.’   Original post on independent.co.uk    Comments on reddit.com   

Masks banned in Canadian riots, just in time for Anonymous day of action

Violators could get up to 10 years in prison if convicted of covering their faces during unlawful assembly. The bill’s sponsor stresses that he’s targeting violence and vandals, rather than criminalizing pandas, PETA’s bloody seals or Frosty the Snowman. What will this mean for those affiliated with Anonymous who wear the Guy Fawkes mask to protect their identities?   Original post on sophos.com    Comments on reddit.com   

This Man Is the Face of Facebook’s Failed IPO – Technology

More than three months after Facebook’s IPO, chief financial officer David Ebersman is getting the blame for the social network’s failure on the stock market, at least that’s how DealBook’s Andrew Ross Sorkin sees it.   Original post on theatlanticwire.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Robert Stolarik, Times Photographer, Is Arrested While On Assignment in the Bronx – NYTimes.com

Robert Stolarik, a freelance photographer for The New York Times, was taking photos of a fight in the Bronx and suffered injuries in an encounter with the police.   Original post on nytimes.com    Comments on reddit.com   

PLoS ONE: The Roles of Featural and Configural Face Processing in Snap Judgments of Sexual Orientation

PLoS ONE: an inclusive, peer-reviewed, open-access resource from the PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SCIENCE. Reports of well-performed scientific studies from all disciplines freely available to the whole world.   Original post on plosone.org    Comments on reddit.com