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Science isn't something that just happens overnight. It takes many measurements, oodles of analysis, re-testing and re-analysis before any groundbreaking announcement can be made. So, on the surface of Mars, inside Gale Crater on a plain called Aeolis Palus, our tenacious six-wheeled Mars...

Everything should be just fine. According to its engineers, this will be the tallest skyscraper in the world by the end of March of 2013. Its name is Sky City, and its 2,749 feet (838 meters) distributed in 220 floors will grow in just 90 days in Changsha city, by the Xiangjiang river. Ninety...

Wow. A Singaporean taxi driver has been heralded as a hero after he returned Sg$1.1 million ($900,000) in cash to a vacationing Thai couple who left the money in his cab. Sia Ka Tian, 70, was shocked to find the money in a black paper bag on the back seat on Monday after he dropped the...

Kansas City Man Sentenced to 245 Years for Drugging 13 Children, Videotaping Molestations KANSAS CITY, MO—David M. Ketchmark, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Missouri man was sentenced in federal court today for...

via Fark Ever wondered what would happen if we released 42,000 cubic feet of water per second into the Grand Canyon? Well, wonder no more (with pics) behold...story and video: Grand Canyon Flood Underway to Rebuild Beaches - Yahoo! News

Co-pilot struck down with migraine on flight from Newark to Frankfurt Passenger reveals he is fully qualified to help captain land Lufthansa jet Captain traveling on the plane 'works for North American Airlines' Plane diverts to Dublin Airport, where accident investigation is under way When...

Classy. Directors fired as $2M in toys, nearly $250K in cash go missing from Salvation Army centres Mere days into its high-profile Christmas kettle drive and a busy donation season, the Salvation Army is grappling with two separate scandals that have led to senior personnel losing their...

Vote-seeking koolaid-speak: Climate change a 'real and present danger,' Kent says In perhaps his most forceful comments on climate change to date, [Environment Minister Peter] Kent says the recent Hurricane Sandy that devastated parts of the U.S. East Coast is putting the issue top of...

Fark headline NEW DELHI: In a secret operation, LeT terrorist and 26/11 attacks accused Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab was hanged in the high-security Yerwada Jail in Pune at 7:30am today after a four-year-long trial. Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan said he was buried inside the...

A terrorist blew up a bus on Shaul Hamelech Street in Tel Aviv around noon Wednesday. Magen David Adom said that at least 10 people were injured, three moderately to seriously. Police confirmed that the explosion was a terrorist attack, although Channel 2 reported that it was not a suicide...

If you’re a member of hacking group Anonymous, it’s now illegal to show your face in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Dubai police have declared the Guy Fawkes mask, the disguise most strongly associated with Anonymous, illegal. Police issued a warning was issued to anyone considering...

More than 1,000 coal-fired power plants are being planned worldwide, new research has revealed. The huge planned expansion comes despite warnings from politicians, scientists and campaigners that the planet's fast-rising carbon emissions must peak within a few years if runaway climate change is...

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has criticized the U.S. military for violating an agreement and illegally continuing to hold Afghans as prisoners against the orders of the Afghan government and courts. The deal, signed in March, gave the US six months to transfer the captured Afghans – an...

remove US flag and replace with Palestinian flag The Socialist Aotearoa group organized a march, including members of Occupy Auckland & Occupy New Zealand, and moved on the US Consulate in Auckland, New Zealand on Saturday. Claiming to be part of a “Global Peace and Justice Solidarity...

via sda We Don't Need No Stinking Giant Mirrors Supporters hailed the Desertec Industrial Initiative as the most ambitious solar energy project ever when it was founded in 2009. Major industrial backers pledged active involvement, politicians saw a win-win proposition and...

New Suit Adds Second Allegation of Underage Sex Sesame Workshop announced on Tuesday that Kevin Clash, the long-time puppeteer of Elmo, has resigned. In its statement Tuesday, Sesame Workshop said "the controversy surrounding Kevin's personal life has become a distraction that none of us...

PETERSBURG, Va. (WTVR) - A Petersburg mother waking up to make a pot of coffee early Monday morning saved her family from a fire. Barbara Tucker says she was walking down the hallway when she spotted smoke and flames around 7 a.m. That’s when she started yelling for her family, including...

In Prison For Plot To Blow Up Ohio Bridge… Upstanding citizens: CNN conveniently omits the fact that these guys were members of Occupy Cleveland.(CNN) — A self-described anarchist who calls himself “Cyco” got an 11-year prison sentence Tuesday for his role in a failed attempt to blow up...

Who let this guy in? :lol: Attaboy. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday referred to Israel as “a terrorist state,” a remark that the Obama administration has yet to challenge. “Israel is a terrorist state,” Erdogan said at an Islamic conference in Istanbul. He also...

Now who will protect us from a figment of Al Gore’s imagination? Via Greenwire:With the U.S. intelligence budget shrinking, the CIA has quietly shut down its Center on Climate Change and National Security — a project that was launched with the support of Leon Panetta when he led the...