Several teens were arrested after dozens of mob groups began attacking pedestrians on Chicago’s downtown Magnificent Mile area on Saturday night. Police responded to reports of disturbances near Michigan and Chicago Avenues. Police said 28 teens were arrested during the in … Original post on nbcnews.com Comments on reddit.com
Get the latest environment and green stories. Scientists have found a thriving community of microbes living at the deepest known point on the surface of the Earth – a massive underwater canyon in the Pacific Ocean nearly 7 miles below sea level. Original post on weather.com Comments on reddit.com
Research news from leading universities Original post on futurity.org Comments on reddit.com
Jhaqueil Reagan’s (pictured) luck appears to have changed after a chance encounter with an Indiana restaurant owner Art Bouvier during a 10-mile trek through ice and snow for a minimum wage job interview in Indianapolis. Original post on dailymail.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Asteroid 2012 DA14 makes its closest approach to Earth at 2:25 p.m. ET Friday, and the world’s astronomers have been on the lookout for it. Take a look at this sequence of images, sent by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory from the Faulkes Telescope South, in Siding Springs, Australia: Image credit: LCOGT/Faulkes via NASA/JPL. These pictures were taken when the asteroid was still about 465,000 miles away from us. Most of the dots in these very enlarged images are stars in the distant background; the asteroid stands out because it is moving in front of them. NASA says the animation was… Original post on abcnews.go.com Comments on reddit.com
Can a Tesla Model S make it from Washington D.C. to New England without the use of a flatbed truck? Original post on cnn.com Comments on reddit.com
About three hours into the trip, the reporter placed the first of about a dozen calls to Tesla personnel expressing concern about the car’s declining range. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Tesla has torn into the New York Times review of its Model S electric car, using systems logs showing charge and recharge status, driving style, cabin settings Original post on slashgear.com Comments on reddit.com
Americans have no Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches and seizures if they happen to be within 100 miles of the border, according to the “Executive Summary” of a still-secret report by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The entire populations of Florida, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Washington, DC, and Michigan—live in this “Constitution free” zone. Original post on allgov.com Comments on reddit.com
YEONCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) – As North Korea prepares a third nuclear test, South Korean soldiers on the world’s most heavily armed border now have orders to shoot back immediately if they come under Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
Trees in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest are being fitted with mobile phones in an attempt to tackle illegal logging and deforestation. Original post on independent.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Break out the vodka. The first confirmed sample of water from the subsurface Lake Vostok in Antarctica has been retrieved. Almost a year ago, in February 2012… Original post on scientificamerican.com Comments on reddit.com
The early results are in from a giant radar dish tracking asteroid 99942 Apophis, and it’s good news for planet Earth: there’s essentially no chance that this threatening object will hit us in 2036. Original post on skyandtelescope.com Comments on reddit.com
Wal-Mart de Mexico was an aggressive and creative corrupter, offering large payoffs to get what the law otherwise prohibited, an examination by The New York Times found. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
To boldly go where no man has gone before could damage more than your just your wallet. Scientists are researching how it could impact on our health too. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Yellowstone’s ancient volcanic floor has been rising since mid-2004 because a blob of molten rock the size of Los Angeles infiltrated the system 6 miles beneath the surface, scientists say, but there is no risk of an eruption. Original post on msn.com Comments on reddit.com
An oil spill at an ExxonMobil facility offshore from the Niger Delta has spread at least 20 miles from its source, coating waters used by fishermen in a film of sludge. Original post on dailystar.com.lb Comments on reddit.com
UPDATE: Coast Guard responds to vessel in distress 160 miles from hurricane’s center - Original post on uscgnews.com Comments on reddit.com
Google’s eponymous mapping system has received plenty of good press recently, but the company knows it can’t take some time out to enjoy its position. As Original post on engadget.com Comments on reddit.com
Principles of railgun design Original post on naval-technology.com Comments on reddit.com
I’ve written quite a bit about black holes on this blog and elsewhere, including a peer-reviewed paper, though I’m hardly one of the world’s experts. Anyone who studies gravity has spent a lot of time studying black holes, since they comprise one of the first major results to come from Einstein’s general relativity that isn’t… Original post on galileospendulum.org Comments on reddit.com
The US military has unveiled a robotic dog which obeys commands through a touchscreen device. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
An international team of researchers has published their paper demonstrating quantum teleportation between two Canary Islands. Original post on forbes.com Comments on reddit.com
From the blog Trending Now: Like us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow Trending Now on Twitter: @Knowlesitall and @YahooTrending. Want a furry feline companion, but your living situation will not allow it? A new website, iPet Companion may be the solution for you. It allows you to virtually interact with cats in shelters across the country using a live-stream feed. Here’s how it works: [...] Original post on yahoo.com Comments on reddit.com
Sky diver will hit supersonic speeds on 23-mile plunge. If his eyeballs don’t pop and blood doesn’t boil, he’ll deploy parachute, be famous. Original post on usatoday.com Comments on reddit.com
