Law

The AR-15 Seems To Be the Weapon of Chioce in Random Acts of Violence

Of the 67 mass shootings in the US over the past three decades, more than three-quarters of the 143 guns used were obtained legally

Australia’s New Prime Minister Thinks Climate Science Is “Highly Contentious”

Tony Abbott's Liberal campaign slogan of "Chose real change" may turn out to be unsettlingly on the mark

A woman operates an early decryption machine for the NSA’s progenitor

How the NSA Stopped Trying to Prevent the Spread of Encryption And Decided to Just Break It Instead

The NSA spent decades trying to stop the spread of encryption technology

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Russian Authorities Are Deciding If It’s Illegal to Paint Putin in a Negligee

Russian police are flexing their newly appointed authority under the country's anti-gay propaganda law

China Will Stop Harvesting Organs From Prisoners in November

China is the last to give up the practice, one that human rights organizations and the World Health Organization have been pushing against for years

Iranian Shah Mohammad Reza with President Kennedy and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara in 1962

The CIA Finally Admitted It Orchestrated the Iranian Coup of 1953

A newly-released 1970s internal CIA report admits the agency's involvement in the 1953 coup

Messiah’s birth certificate (not pictured) will have to be updated if the judge gets her way.

Judge Decides Only One Person Can Be Named ‘Messiah,’ and It’s Not This Baby in Tennessee

The baby's mother plans to appeal the decision

Mexico City And Washington, D.C., Are About Equally Safe

Mexico has its share of dangerous spots. But some parts of Mexico are just as unsafe as some parts of the United States, and some parts are safer

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This Artist Wants to Print Out the Internet

In honor of internet activist Aaron Swartz, this artist is trying to print out the entire internet

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No, Really, the Government Can Read Your Email

More than just metadata, the NSA's systems can track 'nearly everything a user does on the internet'

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Tomb Raiding Is Still a Huge Problem

A huge proportion of archaeological sites have been ransacked

Paleontologists have previously found a bounty of dinosaur fossils in the Hell Creek formation, including Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Find a Dinosaur In Your Backyard? It’s All Yours

If you find a dinosaur fossil on private land, it's yours to do with as you please

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Redskins Hall of Famers Say Team Name is Probably Offensive, But Shouldn’t Change

Many Native Americans have called for the team to change their name out of respect for their culture and history

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The British Government Is Finally Ready to Pardon Alan Turing

In 1952, he was convicted of "gross indecency"—a crime used at the time to punish homosexuals—and chemically castrated.

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Today’s the Day the NSA’s Permission to Collect Verizon Metadata Runs Out

The NSA's legal ability to collect Verizon metadata expires today, but what happens next nobody knows

Honeybee Theft Is on the Rise

Some beekeepers are working towards making tiny trackers for bees to locate them when they are stolen, but there's no "find my queen" app just yet

A Weddell Seal sunbathes near Antarctica’s Ross Sea.

Instead of Being Protected, Antarctica’s Oceans Will Be Open for Fishing

A plan to protect millions of acres of Antarctic ocean was temporarily killed in a meeting yesterday

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Thieves Stole—And Maybe Burned—Millions of Dollars of Fine Art

Tens of millions of dollars of fine art may now be a pile of fine ash

July Marks the 25th Anniversary of the First Use of DNA Evidence to Convict a Killer

Twenty-five years ago this month, the first person ever was convicted of a murder through DNA evidence

Looking west from the Apollo 11 landing site.

Legislators Want to Put a National Park on the Moon

A bill in the House of Representatives wants to protect the Apollo landing sites. But can it?

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