Science

Zombie climate skeptic theories survive only in newspapers and on TV

Study finds overwhelming scientific consensus that humans have caused global warming, but media still hasn’t…

Scientists prepare to explore the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Scientists are to set off on a research expedition to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch…

Young people using Alzheimer’s dementia drugs to boost brain power

Medicines used for Alzheimer’s disease and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder taken by 1% of 14…

Report: Shrinking glaciers behind a third of rise in sea levels

Water from the world’s shrinking glaciers was responsible for almost a third of the rise…

Tech News

Congressional caucus raises Google Glass privacy concerns

A group of US lawmakers has asked Google to answer questions on the privacy implications…

Apple and U.S. lawmakers in showdown over taxes and huge offshore cash stockpiling

Apple and US lawmakers are gearing up for a showdown over taxes — specifically how…

Media

Fox News hires Allen West for his ‘valuable point of view’

Fox News announced on Thursday that it had hired former Rep. Allen West (R-FL) as…

Cannes Film Festival rocked as $1 million worth of red carpet ‘loaner’ jewels are stolen

Jewellery worth more than $1 million due to be loaned to stars treading the red…

World

U.S. seizes operator accounts of major Japanese Bitcoin exchange

US authorities seized the accounts of a Bitcoin digital currency exchange operator, claiming it was functioning as an “unlicensed money…

Pregnant Canadian women sue over faulty birth control pills

A group of pregnant Canadian women launched a class-action lawsuit Friday against the maker of a recalled birth control pill…

Italian police raid hackers who took on Vatican

Italian police on Friday arrested four alleged hackers believed to belong to the activist group Anonymous for attacking websites, including…

Ex-dictator who waged Argentina’s Dirty War dies

Former dictator Jorge Videla, who ruled Argentina during its “Dirty War,” died in prison Friday while serving a life sentence…

Two-thirds of Europe’s LGBT community ‘still afraid to show sexuality’

Two-thirds of Europe’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community are still afraid to show their sexuality in public and a…

U.S. News

Appeals court rules Fair Sentencing Act applies retroactively to crack offenses

A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that a 2010 law mandating less-stringent penalties on…

Hit-and-run driver flees scene to avoid ‘defecating in his pants’

A 27-year-old Florida man fled the scene of an auto accident but authorities said the…

Federal judge stays application of Arkansas’ restrictive 12-week abortion ban

U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright issued an injunction against Arkansas’ recently-passed ban on abortions…

Scientists to Moyers: Lead poisoning ‘doesn’t kill anymore’ but there are new ‘troubling problems’

Bill Moyers took on the regulatory failures that led to lead poisoning when he interviewed…

Outgoing IRS chief tells Congress abuses were ‘foolish mistakes’ and not political

The outgoing head of the IRS told Congress Friday that the US tax agency made…

Justice Department reveals that it lost track of two suspected terrorists in witness protection

In a disturbing report released Thursday by the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General,…

U.S. pledges to stamp out ‘evil’ of human trafficking

Hundreds of people were arrested in the United States in 2012 as authorities crack down…

Rangel to IRS official: Citizens United was ‘invitation… for abuse’ of the tax code

The outgoing acting Internal Revenue Service commissioner on Friday told Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) that…