9 Amazing Facts About Dreams
You Might Use Them to Help Solve a ProblemYou’ve heard it before, and now it’s legit—sleep on your problems to solve them. The catch: dreaming is only an advantage when it comes to solutions that...
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Pre-Viking tunic found by glacier as warming aids archaeology
A pre-Viking woolen tunic found beside a thawing glacier in south Norway shows how global warming is proving something of a boon for archaeology, scientists said on Thursday.The greenish-brown,...
View ArticleUS-Hating Frenchman Accused of Impersonating Pilot
Police in Philadelphia have arrested a French national after he allegedly impersonated a pilot on a US Airways flight bound for Florida. Phillipe Jernnard, 61, of LaRocelle, France, boarded the US...
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In pictures: President Barack Obama's final day in Israel and the West Bank...
US President Barack Obama visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial as he wrapped up a three-day trip to Israel. He said the memorial represents a call to confront bigotry and racism, especially...
View ArticleEmails should be protected like regular mail, California senator says
If law enforcement wanted to read your letters or other paper correspondence, they have to get a warrant. But in this age of technology, you don't have the same protections. If your email has already...
View ArticleMore people have access to cellphones than toilets
A new United Nations study has found that more people around the world have access to a cellphone than to a working toilet.The study’s numbers claim that of the world’s estimated 7 billion people, 6...
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A soldier in Afghanistan saves a wounded cat from the battlefield and nurses...
A soldier from Oregon City and a feral cat from Afghanistan might be one of the world’s best pairs. They both saved each other’s lives, although the soldier is probably the only one who will admit...
View ArticleNew York City Cop Testifies That He Was Told To Target Young Black Men
As hearings are under way to investigate New York City’s stop and frisk policy, one police officer is testifying that he was told by superiors to target young black men between the ages of 14 and...
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IRS apologizes for $60,000 spoof Star Trek video for training conference
Nobody's going to win an Emmy for a parody of the TV show "Star Trek" filmed by Internal Revenue Service employees at an agency studio in Maryland. Instead, the IRS got a rebuke from Congress for...
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Mussolini’s ‘most secret’ bunker discovered beneath historic Roman structure
Workers in Rome have stumbled across a top-secret bunker once belonging to former Fascist leader Benito Mussolini, hidden underneath the historic Palazzo Venezia.The discovery is the 12th such bunker...
View Article7 Common Pharmaceuticals You Didn’t Know Were Derived From Animals
It’s surprising the amount of pharmaceutical drugs that use animal products and for some vegans it’s serious business."Medicine is one of the more difficult products for vegans to avoid, especially if...
View Article5 Surprising Holiday Health Myths
Many supposed holiday hazards are as innocuous as a tepid mug of apple cider. A review article in the current issue of the British Medical Journal cites five fears that can officially be crossed off...
View Article7 Medical Myths Even Doctors Believe
Popular culture is loaded with myths and half-truths. Most are harmless. But when doctors start believing medical myths, perhaps it's time to worry. In the British Medical Journal this week,...
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Heart repair breakthroughs replace surgeon's knife
Atlanta cardiologist Dr. Spencer King demonstrates how a catheter is used to repair a diseased heart valve, at an American College of Cardiology conference in San Francisco. Many problems that used to...
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New pope revives question: What is a 'Latino?'
He is being hailed with pride and wonder as the "first Latino pope," a native Spanish speaker born and raised in the South American nation of Argentina. But for some Latinos in the United States,...
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Indian bitter melon `Karela` may hold cure for cancer
An Indian origin scientist has received a 39,42-dollar grant from the Lottie Caroline Hardy Charitable Trust to continue her research on treating cancer with an extract from bitter melon, a vegetable...
View Article11 Reasons to Ditch Processed Foods
Hidden Kidney KillersThe Facts: Flavored noodle mixes, processed meats, packaged mac and cheese, soda, frozen dinners, other processed foods, and fast food are notorious for containing questionable...
View ArticleThe Surprising Truth About 8 Common Diet Strategies
Who has the time to keep up with weight-loss research? It's so technical...and confusing...and often contradictory! And yet if you don't know what's going on in the world of calorie counting, you may...
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America's 33 Years Of Failure In Iraq
The year was 1980. America had just lost a key Middle Eastern ally in the Iranian Revolution. Read more: US officials and media began publicly to consider Iraq as a new top ally in the Persian...
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Wounded Iraq Vet Prepares to Die, Saying He's 'Ready to Go'
Tomas Young is "ready to go" as he puts it. After nine years of suffering and with his body quickly deteriorating he has decided to end his struggle.Young, 33, was paralyzed from the chest down by a...
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