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New Deal Lets BP Back Into the Gulf
A deal lets BP bid on new leases in the Gulf, and resume selling oil to the U.S. government
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When Searching for Crashed Planes at Sea, Binoculars Are the Most Useful Tool
Technologies often fail to produce results, so when it comes to searching for planes lost at sea, the old-fashioned way works best
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Google River View Comes to the Colorado River
Google’s street view is now available for off-road destinations
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Japanese Towns Are Choosing Between Walls to Protect Against Tsunamis And Access to the Sea
Areas along the Japanese coast are building seawalls to prepare for the next big one
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Could Giant Walls Prevent Tornadoes?
The idea is to build three walls, 1,000 feet high and 150 feet wide, running east to west across the country’s middle
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Hundreds of Thousands of Syrians Are Starving As the Civil War Continues
Sieges and blocked supplies are hurting Syria’s civilian population
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Congress Designates the First Wilderness Area in Five Years
32,500 acres of lakeshore along Lake Michigan have been designated as wilderness by Congress
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How Taboos Around Menstruation Are Hurting Women’s Health
Poor menstrual hygiene and social stigmas can hurt women’s health, and the economy
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NASA Wants to Take a Closer Look at the Water on Jupiter’s Moon
Part of NASA’s tentative 2015 budget includes planning for a mission to Europa
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Everybody Chill Out, Eating Meat Isn’t Going to Kill You
A new study suggesting that a meat-rich diet is just as bad as smoking has some problems
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Outside the Americas, Knives Are Often the Weapon of Choice in Homicides
More than 130 people in Kunming, China, were injured when about ten men and women wielding knives began stabbing others at random
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Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine May Be Derailing the Paralympics
As the rest of the world considers what to do about Russia’s military actions, the Paralympians find themselves in limbo
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After Tokyo Libraries’ Anne Frank Books Were Defaced, Israel Offered to Replace Them
At least 300 books about the young Jewish girl who was killed in the Holocaust, including her famous diary, were vandalized in Tokyo libraries.
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In 2011, the Danish company behind the drug, Lunbeck, banned the sale of pentobarbital for execution purposes.
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There Are Nearly As Many Cell Phone Subscriptions As People on Earth
There are 96 cell phones for every 100 people
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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
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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.
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Giant Mango Goes Missing in Australia
A giant, kitschy tourist attraction has disappeared from the Australian town of Bowen
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