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A Drug Company Tried to Block the Use of Pentobarbital in Executions, But U.S. States Are Finding Ways Around the Ban

In 2011, the Danish company behind the drug, Lunbeck, banned the sale of pentobarbital for execution purposes.

Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut, Canada, just got high speed cell phone service last year.

There Are Nearly As Many Cell Phone Subscriptions As People on Earth

There are 96 cell phones for every 100 people

The EU And Brazil Are Planning to Sidestep the NSA With a $185 Million Cross-Atlantic Cable

The EU and Brazil are partnering to lay new fiber-optic cables across the Atlantic

Facial Hair Transplants Are Growing in Popularity

According to science, beards are more attractive. Good thing you can buy one at the doctor's office.

Before and After: Where has the Mango Gone?

Giant Mango Goes Missing in Australia

A giant, kitschy tourist attraction has disappeared from the Australian town of Bowen

Tech Companies Are Trying to Make NSA-Proof Encrypted Phones And Apps

From encryption apps to encrypted phones, telecommunications companies are pushing back

Surface of Mars as seen by NASA's Mars Pathfinder

Islamic Authorities Issue Fatwa on One-Way Trips to Mars

A group of imams in the UAE (the General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowment or GAIAE) have issued a fatwa prohibiting muslims from going to Mars

US Embassy in Jakarta Facebook Page

Embassies Are Working on the Most Diplomatic Ways to Use Facebook

Even Chinese embassies use Facebook. What about the rest of the world?

Exposed tree stumps dot the landscape off the coast of Borth, Wales.

Those U.K. Storms Revealed the Remains of a 4,500 Year Old Forest

The ancient preserved forest is tied to the fable of Cantre'r Gwaelod

Protestors Strengthening Barricades in Kiev

Here's How Ukraine's Political Crisis Is Affecting the Olympics

One Olympic athlete has withdrawn from competition; Russia may be holding back

Vitruvian Man

Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man May Not Have Been a Flawless Picture of Health

He may have had a hernia

Protestor at the barricades in the Ukraine, back in January

Why Are People Protesting in Ukraine?

At least nine people have died in clashes between protestors and police in Kiev’s Independence Square

The NFL Isn’t Happy with Michael Sam Being Gay, But Most Players Don’t Care

While the coaches, commentators and officials aren’t ready for Sam, the players he’d share the locker room with are

The United Nations Just Compared North Korea to the Nazis

The U.N. Human Rights commission wants North Korean leaders to stand trial for crimes against humanity

All the dead trees.

A Pro-Paper Lobby Is Fighting Against Digitization

In the last five years, demand for paper has dropped five percent each year

Walk Across Lake Superior's Frozen Surface to These Insane Ice Formations

Sea caves at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore are usually only accessible by boat

What Happens When There’s a Tie at the Olympics?

Until they start 3D printing golds on demand the IOC will have to prepare for ties, regardless of how unlikely they are

Programmers Across the Country Are Self-Organizing to Protest NSA Surveillance

"The Day We Fight Back" campaign seeks to reform the NSA

Shirley Temple with William Lyon Mackenzie King, then Prime Minister of Canada, in 1944.

After Retiring From Film in 1950, Shirley Temple Was the U.S. Ambassador to Ghana And Czechoslovakia

What did Shirley Temple get up to in the 63 years after her retirement from Hollywood?

Aerial view of the damaged site at Dawlish taken from the Network Rail helicopter

Flooding in the UK Causing Travel Nightmares

Last week, the seawall holding up part of a key railway line went down

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