Inside The Ebola Wars
How genomics research can help contain the outbreak.
How genomics research can help contain the outbreak.
The Swedish navy has asked civilian vessels to evacuate the waters off Stockholm as they conduct a search for a suspected Russian submarine in the area.
No storm troopers were harmed in the making of this compilation video.
Yes, the mariachi bands of the E train are still breaking the law, but busking on a platform is very much legal. We've seen this guy play and he's pretty great.
IBM announced today that GlobalFoundries will acquire its chip manufacturing business in a deal expected to close in 2015. IBM will pay GlobalFoundries $1.5 billion over the next three years to complete the transfer but will presumably save more than that over the long haul by offloading a costly chipmaking operation.
A nicely crafted beer is a thing of beauty, but if you're pouring it into just any old grimy pint glass, you're not letting that brew reach its true potential. The right glass is key to getting every last boozy drop of pleasure.
Who knew Douglas Adams was an MC in disguise?
It's hard not to get defensive when told your outlet is being singled out for "rampant corruption" and "an alarming lack of ethics" by a largely anonymous mob screaming over each other, hastily defining exactly what ethical breaches they found most alarming.
Everyone's favorite footwear-flaunting shell is back and cuter than ever.
Just as Apple announced at its iPad and Mac event last Thursday, iOS 8.1 is now publicly available with new features including Apple Pay, iCloud Photo Library and additional Continuity features.
Gennady Golovkin, potentially the best fighter in the world, handily defeated Marco Antonio Rubio on Saturday. It'll be a while yet before he faces a real challenge.
He demonstrates against the Russian government's "cutting off" of dissidents with a little Van Gogh action.
Eating a leaf off a plant may not kill it, but that doesn't mean the plant likes it. The newest study to examine the intelligence (or at least behavior) of plants finds that plants can tell when they're being eaten — and send out defenses to stop it from happening.
Manganese black. Yellow ocher. Vermilion. Ultramarine. These pigments sound delicious. Their names are so sharp and elegant, it's as if the terms emote more meaning than just color. We can smell logwood, taste cochineal, touch mummy brown. There is just something (quite scientifically) alluring about a perfectly saturated glob of paint or an electric mound of powdered hues, especially when its name is so tantalizing.
Last November, my father took his own life. I'm frequently aware of the fact that the depression which helped drive him to that dark fate lives on in my genes. That's a doozy of a legacy to inherit, but it's one that has not been wholly negative for me.
The invention of last names was a supposed to make identifying people easier. It did. But it also made the explanation of where last names came from that much harder.
The investigation may be complicated by conflicting accounts from witnesses and some of the freshman football players targeted by older members of the Sayreville War Memorial High School team.
The Netscape creator turned Silicon Valley sage on why optimism is always the safest bet.
Translators who have aided the U.S. military in Afghanistan and Iraq are in great danger in their home countries, but red tape is making it impossible for many of them to leave. John Oliver interviews Mohammad, one translator who made it out.
How did one of London’s swankiest neighborhoods become a breeding ground for terrorists?
Kelli Stapleton, whose teenage daughter was autistic and prone to violent rages, had come to fear for her life. So she made a decision that perhaps only she could justify.
Retailers end up in the headlines year after year for offensive Halloween costumes. Where do we draw the line? And should we be outraged?
Acoustic resonance is no joke, as this speaker system no doubt learned while shaking itself (and everything around it) to bits.
Turkey’s once-significant Greek population now sits on the verge of extinction, thanks to repressive state policies that forced or compelled them to leave the country during the 20th century. Lacking a large readership to support it, Apoyevmatini is also in danger of folding.
The people we elect aren’t the ones calling the shots, says Tufts University’s Michael Glennon.
Really taking that whole 'Simpsons did it' to the extreme.
The Catholic Church and the Batman franchise are evolving and other stuff you might have missed this weekend.
Texans casting a ballot on Monday, when early voting begins, will need to show one of seven forms of photo ID. A concealed handgun license is okay, but a student ID isn't.
Trailers lie. With the right fades and score, anything can seem "dark" and "gritty," even a slapstick Mel Brooks classic.
A father worried about Ebola arriving in the UK has taken his teenage daughter out of school because it will not let her wear a facemask.
Ducks and geese are often plucked alive and many of the fine feathers in comforters and puffy coats come from birds that were force-fed to make foie gras. The North Face, recognizing a problem in its pitch, is backing a certification standard to create a down supply chain that customers can feel warm and fuzzy about.
If you and your partner both use separate Spotify accounts — or, worse, your entire family — then some good news: the streaming service is launching a family deal so you can all run separate accounts but save money in the process.
ISIS mixes new-media savvy with medieval savagery. It’s a diabolical marketing strategy that led us right back into war — and one that future terror groups will surely copycat. Or try to top.
How the Russian leader used the Ukraine crisis to consolidate his dictatorship.
If you're going through a dry patch, it's nothing compared to the entire animal kingdom — which appears to have gone millions of years without copulating.
A previously unpublished exchange with Haldeman is one of many signs in "The Nixon Defense," the important new book by his former White House counsel John W. Dean, that Nixon recognized his own criminal culpability in Watergate and knew that the tapes bore the proof.
Former Auschwitz guard Jakob Denzinger lived the American dream. Then the Nazi hunters showed up. In 1989, as the U.S. government prepared to strip him of his citizenship, Denzinger packed a pair of suitcases and fled to Germany where he lives comfortably, courtesy of U.S. taxpayers. He collects a Social Security payment of about $1,500 each month, nearly twice the take-home pay of an average Croatian worker.
It’s almost impossible to overstate how important Facebook is to online news sites, which live and die at the whims of the social network’s algorithm. With the 2014 midterm elections racing to the Nov. 4 finish line, however, this imbalance of power has become downright dangerous.
It’s been 17 years since George Clooney played Batman, but you wouldn't know it from the way he keeps saying sorry for it.
How a once-friendly, neighborly word — "folks " — became a quiet sort of insult.
In his virtues and his flaws, Koons is the great American artist we deserve.
“I know I should have my dignity, this is a professional job, I shouldn’t really have to whore myself out. But if he’s buying 12-year-old whiskey, it could be a very precarious situation. If I say ‘Hey, treat me with respect,’ and he says, ‘What a bitch, I’m just not going to tip her,’ … you lose all of your money.”
"Dear White People" follows four black students at a prestigious, majority-white college, where racial tensions are threatening to bring chaos to campus. So why not catch a screening at Harvard?
The head of the cartel is called “El Elegante,” his rich-boy buddy styles himself “Indiana Jones.” One tried to corner the drug market, the other went after art.
Ex-NASA man wants to give everyone the chance to know what it’s like in space.
"Last Week Tonight" did something wonderful Sunday night. John Oliver and his crew released almost 11 minutes of footage of dogs dressed up as the members of the Supreme Court of the United States for news outlets to use for reenactment purposes. Who needs cameras in the courtroom when we've got these cute pups?
It's undoubtedly one of life's greatest questions. For years, we've asked how to get to "Sesame Street" while singing the theme song, but the location has always remained a mystery... until now.
Seven players were arrested at a high school for raping their teammates. You can draw a line from there through Steubenville, Penn State, and the NFL.
Two reconstructed knees later, the former MVP isn't the same man he used to be. And that's the point.
Digital estate planning is starting to become more of the norm and people are being prompted to think about what they want done with their digital assets and accounts after they die.
I had a quiet suburban adolescence until Dad was busted on federal obscenity charges for distributing "Deep Throat."
A duplex in Fresno caught fire on Saturday morning trapping a man inside. Watch as one man decided take action and run into the blaze.
Peyton Manning broke the NFL's all-time touchdown record Sunday night, and while you'd think his teammates would be gushing with joy, instead they decided to screw with an old man who just wanted his special ball. Gotta keep him humble.
Countless articles have been written about General Motors and its massive recalls earlier this year. What hasn’t been fully told is how GM might have gotten away with multiple counts of consumercidewere it not for the efforts of three men: a Georgia lawyer, a Mississippi mechanic, and a Florida engineer.
If you don't know how to serve chili after this video, you're never going to learn.