Warp Speed Research Begins At NASA
NASA has invested $50,000 in equipment for "warp speed" research that would allow space travel faster than the speed of light. The research remains in the science phase and is unlikely to produce a...
View ArticleIn One Columbian Town, Women Say No Sex Until Their Demands Are Met
Women in the small town of Barbacaos in southwest Colombia have been sleeping on the sofa for the past few days. They say they've stopped having sex with their significant others in protest of what...
View ArticleThe Official Pickup Truck Of War
You can't buy a Toyota Hilux in the U.S., but it's the official ride of nearly every insurgent group around the world for one good reason. It's pretty much indestructable.
View ArticleThe Honeymoon With Mail Order Brides From Odessa Is Usually Short
These days, Ukraine doesn't seem like the place to go looking for love.
View ArticleTo Get The Autographs Of Top World Leaders, You Need Commitment, Courage And...
Randy Kaplan schmoozed Hamid Karzai’s security detail for his autograph and smooth-talked his way into then-president of Nigeria General Olusegun Obasanjo’s hotel room. He even mastered phonetic...
View ArticleBaghdad Is In Danger As ISIS Continues Its 'Clean Sweep' Across Iraq
The news in Iraq keeps getting worse for the beleaguered government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. After taking control of large swaths of northern Iraq, the jihadi fighters of ISIS have now seized...
View ArticleHere’s Why Kids — And Parents — In India Love The Country's School Lunch Program
Although India's school lunch program has taken a hit recently, the program is still one of the most valuable and beloved elements of India's education system.
View ArticleWar Tourism Is The Worst Kind Of Tourism
"If your idea of a good time is driving through a Hezbollah rally then going to get some sushi, Beirut is definitely the edgy Mediterranean destination for you.”
View ArticleLiving With The 'Enemy'
In a Washington home, an Israeli man and a Palestinian man are learning to live side-by-side.
View ArticleFlying Around Ukraine Is Not Easy
Big airlines have almost completely avoided Ukrainian air space since the crash of MH17, which is like detouring to Springfield, Illinois to avoid a crash in Philadelphia.
View ArticleHere's How An Old Hard Drive Can Become A Musical Instrument
If you search online for images of e-waste, you'll find mountains of old TVs and laptops, floppy disks and flip phones. But musician and computer programmer Colten Jackson is proving that one man's...
View ArticleA Mystery Oil Tanker Is Anchored In Limbo Outside Of Houston
An oil tanker the length of three football fields is anchored 60 miles off the coast of Texas. It's been there for nearly two weeks, and no one knows where it's going next.
View ArticleScience Tries To Understand What Gives A Piano Its Voice
Out near LaGuardia Airport, in Queens, is the Steinway piano factory. It smells like sawdust and lacquer. Some 1,500 pianos leave this factory every year. And Wally Boot plays every single one. Boot...
View ArticleFear In Liberia Turns Violent As A Mob Attacks An Ebola Clinic
The Liberian government said Monday that 17 suspected Ebola patients have gone missing from a health care facility in the West Point district of Monrovia, Liberia’s capital city.
View ArticleIf You're White, Here's Why You Should Care If You Don't Have Any Black Friends
If you're reading this story and you're white, chances are you don't have a single non-white friend. That finding from a new study has become a flashpoint in the already-contentious national debate on...
View ArticleEver Wonder What The Black-And-White ISIS Flag Means?
The flag has shown up everywhere — from images posted online by the militants to the suburbs of New Jersey. But what are the origins of this flag?
View ArticleMurdered Journalist Steven Sotloff Was Jewish And Israeli — And Here's Why No...
When the Islamist militia ISIS posted a video last month threatening to kill captive American journalist Steven Sotloff, the situation was dire enough. But there was one secret that could potentially...
View ArticleIf Scotland Leaves The UK, The Country's Flag May Need A Makeover
On September 18, Scots will go to polls to vote on independence from the United Kingdom. If they vote to leave the UK — and polls say it's looking better for the "Yes" cause — what will happen to the...
View ArticleSingles Now Outnumber Married People In America — And That's A Good Thing
Once upon a time in America, marriage was the norm for adults. But now, for the first time since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking these numbers in 1976, there are more single Americans...
View ArticleTo Understand Life In East Germany, All You Need Is This Board Game
Don't pass go. Don't collect $200. Or collect much of anything, really. That might be the motto of a German board game called Bürokratopoly. But while the game was dreamed up years ago by dissidents in...
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