Science

Scientists prepare to explore the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Scientists are to set off on a research expedition to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch…

Young people using Alzheimer’s dementia drugs to boost brain power

Medicines used for Alzheimer’s disease and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder taken by 1% of 14…

Report: Shrinking glaciers behind a third of rise in sea levels

Water from the world’s shrinking glaciers was responsible for almost a third of the rise…

Scientists look to West African snake for help building better camouflage

Scientists have identified nanostructures in the ultra-black skin markings of an African viper which they…

Tech News

Facebook exec and ‘Lean In’ author Sheryl Sandberg says it’s OK for women to cry at work

Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg said in an interview published Saturday says it’s ok…

Three new factory suicides at Apple supplier Foxconn

Three Foxconn workers have committed suicide at a factory in China in the past three…

Media

Gaza filmmakers look to 3D ‘Scarecrow’ film as a showcase

Filmmakers in Gaza have finished making what is believed to be the first Palestinian animated…

Shots fired during interview at Cannes Film Festival

By Matt Williams, The Guardian Man fires shots from starting pistol during live TV interview…

World

Bollywood bad boy Sanjay Dutt held in ‘terrorist’ jail for arms possession

Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt, who is in jail for arms possession, is being held in a cell built for militants…

France legalizes same-sex marriage

France became the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage Saturday after President Francois Hollande signed it into law following months…

Venezuelan president still waiting for recognition from U.S.

Venezuela's Maduro still waiting on Washington's recognition (via The Christian Science Monitor) Copyright ImageClick to View Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro,…

European Union shrugs off debunking of pro-austerity academic study

EU austerity hawks shrug off criticism of flawed academic paper (via The Christian Science Monitor) Copyright ImageClick to View European…

U.S. News

New York auction houses celebrate after billion-dollar sales week

Two of New York’s leading auction houses combined for the art world’s richest sales week…

O.J. Simpson’s lawyer: I told him to go to the cops

The lawyer accused of bungling O.J. Simpson’s defense in his armed robbery trial said Friday…

Appeals court rules Fair Sentencing Act applies retroactively to crack offenses

A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that a 2010 law mandating less-stringent penalties on…

Hit-and-run driver flees scene to avoid ‘defecating in his pants’

A 27-year-old Florida man fled the scene of an auto accident but authorities said the…

Federal judge stays application of Arkansas’ restrictive 12-week abortion ban

U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright issued an injunction against Arkansas’ recently-passed ban on abortions…

Outgoing IRS chief tells Congress abuses were ‘foolish mistakes’ and not political

The outgoing head of the IRS told Congress Friday that the US tax agency made…

Justice Department reveals that it lost track of two suspected terrorists in witness protection

In a disturbing report released Thursday by the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General,…

U.S. pledges to stamp out ‘evil’ of human trafficking

Hundreds of people were arrested in the United States in 2012 as authorities crack down…