Post Overview
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Current Event
8 years ago
+30 30 0Forget Autonomous Cars—Autonomous Ships Are Almost Here
It’s midnight on the North Atlantic, where a massive container ship receives the latest weather report. There’s a nasty storm brewing ahead. Quietly, the ship changes course and speed, to skirt the worst of it and ensure an on-time arrival at its des ...
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Current Event
8 years ago
+13 13 0Source: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Killed Berkeley Couple
A couple found dead in their Berkeley home under mysterious circumstances earlier this week was killed by carbon monoxide poisoning, a source told KPIX 5 Friday.
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Current Event
8 years ago
+14 14 0Police Arrest Alleged U.S. Spy Working in Heart of Russian Cybersecurity
The reported arrest of a top cybersecurity specialist in the Federal Security Service could mean that Washington had a spy in the heart of Russia’s national defense infrastructure.
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Current Event
8 years ago
+26 26 0Elite Scientists Have Told the Pentagon That AI Won't Threaten Humanity
A new report authored by a group of independent US scientists advising the US Dept. of Defense (DoD) on artificial intelligence (AI) claims that perceived existential threats to humanity posed by the technology, such as drones seen by the public as k ...
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Expression
8 years ago
+21 21 0"I Am the Trump of Hollywood": The Reclusive and Outrageous Jon Peters Is Still Rich. Really Rich
In his first interview in 10 years, and with a loaded gun on the coffee table, the legendary former hairdresser turned producer and studio chief opens up about voting for Donald — kept secret from "love of his life" Barbra Streisand — his f ...
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Current Event
8 years ago
+7 7 0Turkey's collapse has been years in the making
An exotic country goes up in flames and the world turns elsewhere for an alternate holiday destination. But in researching the chaos of our times, historians likely will keep coming back to Turkey, to pick apart an explosive collision of destructive ...
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Video/Audio
9 years ago
+30 30 0Incredibly Cute Polar Bear Cubs See the World for First Time
After a long winter in their den, a polar bear mother and her cubs emerge at the first signs of spring. It's a magical moment when the youngins experience the world for the first time--and photographers are there to capture it.
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Current Event
9 years ago
+7 7 0JonBenét Ramsey’s Brother Sues CBS For $750M Over Program That Pegged Him As Her Killer
Three months after CBS aired its true-crime docuseries The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey, the slain girl’s older brother is suing the network for $750M over the program that laid blame for the killing on him. Burke Ramsey, who was 10 when his 6-year-old b ...
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Current Event
9 years ago
+28 28 0WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Confirms Internet Restored At Ecuadorian Embassy
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange confirmed Friday that his internet access at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London has been restored. Speaking with Repubblica.it, Assange revealed new details on his current situation as well as the state of WikiLeaks. “T ...
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Expression
9 years ago
0 1 1Donald Trump’s goon squad: As president, Trump will maintain private security force to crack down on protest
On Monday Politico reported the startling fact that in addition to relying on his Secret Service protection, Donald Trump employs his own private security and intelligence service and plans to continue to do so as president. This is unprecedented. P ...
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Expression
9 years ago
+6 6 0How the Twinkie Made the Superrich Even Richer
As fans gathered on Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan, Al Roker pulled up in a big red delivery truck, ready to give America what it wanted: Twinkies. The snack cakes flew through the air into the crowd pressed against metal barriers. One man shoved cre ...
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Current Event
9 years ago
+7 7 0Grandson of congressman fatally shot in Chicago after 'dispute over shoes'
A dispute over shoes led to the fatal shooting of the grandson of Illinois US representative Danny Davis, Chicago police said Saturday. At least two attackers went to the home of 15-year-old Jovan Wilson in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago on Fr ...
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Current Event
9 years ago
+24 24 0Victims' group withdraws from historical child sex abuse inquiry
The largest victims' group in the independent inquiry into historical child sex abuse has left the process, calling it an "unpalatable circus". The BBC has been told the Shirley Oaks Survivors Association, which represents 600 victims ...
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Current Event
9 years ago
+24 24 0Veteran Says Chili's Took Back Free Veterans Day Meal
It was supposed to be a promotion to honor military service, but now a restaurant is under fire after a local veteran said he was humiliated. Angry protestors gathered outside the restaurant was hardly what the Cedar Hill Chili’s expected after offer ...
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Current Event
9 years ago
+36 36 0China approves law to tighten control on internet use
China's legislature approved a cybersecurity law on Monday that human rights activists warn will tighten political controls and foreign companies say might hamper access to Chinese technology markets. Chinese authorities say the law is required ...
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Analysis
9 years ago
+15 15 0TV Networks Could Count on NFL Fans. Until Now
From the broadcast booth at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Jim Nantz is talking bedding. It’s midway through the fourth quarter of the Oct. 27 NFL game between the Tennessee Titans and Jacksonville Jaguars on Thursday Night Football. Along with his col ...
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Current Event
9 years ago
+10 10 0The True Cost of Industrialized Meat Production – And What You Can Do About It
We have all heard the perpetual argument about the meat industry. On one side, unwavering pro-meat eaters assert that some animals were put on this earth for our consumption, as a means for our survival. On the other side, vegan individuals claim tha ...
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Current Event
9 years ago
+26 26 0Scientists testing HIV cure report 'remarkable' progress after patient breakthrough
UK scientists and clinicians working on a groundbreaking trial to test a possible cure for HIV infection say they have made remarkable progress after a test patient showed no sign of the virus following treatment. The research, being carried out by f ...
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Current Event
9 years ago
+2 3 1Earth's CO2 Levels Have Crossed A 'Red Line'
In May 2013, the carbon dioxide monitoring station at Mauna Loa, Hawaii, recorded a major milestone — the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide had crossed the symbolic “red line” of 400 parts per million for the first time since record-keeping ...
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Expression
9 years ago
+34 34 0 x 1This Doctor Is Trying To Stop Heart Attacks In Their Tracks
Harry Selker has spent his life trying to come up with better ways to keep people from dying of heart attacks. Now he's intent on figuring out if a simple, cheap medication could be a game changer.




















