Obama to Meet With Putin Next Week, Ending Extended Period Without Communication
In August of 2013, U.S. President Barack Obama cancelled a scheduled meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, blaming Russia’s lack of cooperation on a host of different issues. Since then,...
View ArticleThe 10 Most Quotable Excerpts from Pope Francis’ Historic Speech to Congress
On Thursday, Pope Francis made history by becoming the first Pope to speak before a joint session of the United States Congress. Francis delivered a powerful speech on topics ranging from polarization...
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NASA’s Big News: There’s Definitely Liquid Water Flowing On Mars
It’s official! In a special press conference this morning, NASA scientists confirmed that liquid water is still flowing on Mars today. “Mars is not the dry arid planet that we thought of in the past....
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China Is Canceling the Debt of the World’s Most Impoverished Nations
Since the 1990s, a major part of Chinese foreign policy has been to invest in developing countries around the world. This includes private investments, like the billion-dollar solar project being...
View ArticleAI: Watch As Two Robots Learn About Their Bodies and Develop Their Own...
The field of artificial intelligence is doing some incredible things. Whether its learning-equipped software that detects cancer earlier and more accurately, or a hotel staffed almost entirely by...
View ArticleThe Calcium Myth: Calcium Has No Effect On Bone Density Or the Risk of...
“Drink your milk! It’s full of calcium that will help your bones grow strong!” We’ve probably all heard some version of this adage before — if not from our parents then from those classic Got Milk...
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Facebook Is Testing Out Emojis to Give Users An Alternative to the “Like” Button
The “like” button is one of the cornerstones of Facebook, but there’s no avoiding the fact that it simply isn’t appropriate for certain situations. Facebook has been becoming increasingly aware of...
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The Vast Majority of Gun Owners Are In Favor of Gun Control. You Just Have to...
On October 1, a gunman opened fire on students at Umpqua Community College in Oregon, killing nine people and injuring nine others before taking his own life. Like other mass shootings in recent...
View Article99.99 Percent Air: Boeing Unveils “World’s Lightest Metal” (Video)
Imagine making plane parts out of a material that is 100 times lighter than styrofoam. That’s the future that Boeing is imagining, thanks to recent advances in the development of revolutionary...
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Volvo Says They Will Take Full Responsibility for Accidents Caused By...
Driverless cars are no longer a thing of the future. Nearly every major car company is working on self-driving technology right now (as are a handful of tech giants like Google and Apple), and...
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Study: Miami and New Orleans Will Be Lost to Rising Sea Levels, No Matter...
Though a handful of people continue to deny its existence, the consequences of climate change are becoming more and more severe with each passing day. Take the issue of rising sea levels, for example....
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Wal-Mart Heirs Lose $11 Billion In A Single Day After Stock Takes A Dive
In July of 1962, Sam Walton opened the first Wal-Mart store in Rogers, Arkansas. I probably don’t have to tell you this, but his business turned out to be extremely successful. Today, Walton’s heirs...
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Armageddon Practice: Scientists Plan to Knock An Asteroid Off Course By...
In the 1998 blockbuster film “Armageddon“, NASA scientists have to figure out how to redirect a Texas-sized asteroid after discovering that it is less than a month away from a catastrophic collision...
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Barbie Is About to Release A Doll Equipped With Artificial Intelligence (Video)
One of America’s most iconic toys is about to get a lot smarter. In the next few weeks, toy giant Mattel will release a new Barbie equipped with artificial intelligence that will help the doll get to...
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China Just Took the Title of “World’s Largest Middle Class” from the United...
For the first time ever, the Chinese middle class is larger than its American counterpart. According to a report published by Credit Suisse on Tuesday, there are now 109 million middle-class adults in...
View ArticleFor the First Time In 45 Years, McDonald’s Will Close More Stores Than It...
For years, McDonald’s reigned supreme in the world of American fast food. But with American diets shifting towards seemingly healthier alternatives, McDonald’s has been forced to do something it...
View ArticleThe Self-Lacing Nikes from “Back to the Future” Are Officially Real (Video)
In the sequel to the classic film “Back to the Future”, Marty McFly (played by actor Michael J. Fox) and Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) travel from their 1989 world into the world of the future —...
View ArticleThe Dying Middle Class: Majority of Americans Earn Less Than $30,000 A Year
Since the 1970s, the American middle class has been getting slowly squeezed by rising costs and stagnant wages. And if the latest Wage Statistics report from the Social Security Administration is any...
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Party Rock: NASA Discovers Comet Emitting Large Amounts of Alcohol and Sugar
If you ask around the cosmos, you’ll quickly learn that Comet Lovejoy is the life of the intergalactic party — how else could you describe a comet that’s giving out free shots to the universe? The...
View ArticleAnonymous Is About to Expose “More Than 1,000” KKK Members. But Is It A Good...
Are you ready to find out if your neighbor is a cross-burning Klan member? Tomorrow, the “hacktivist” group Anonymous will release a list including “more than 1,000” names of Ku Klux Klan members and...
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