South Africa sets 'Nutcracker' in the Kalahari Desert
Johannesburg (AFP) - It's danced to Tchaikovsky's famous melody, but it's not your traditional Christmas Nutcracker: the Joburg Ballet has set it in the Kalahari desert among ancient Bushmen...
View ArticlePhysicists Make Big Leap In Quantum Teleportation
Physicists in Switzerland said Sunday they had succeeded in teleporting the quantum state of a photon to a crystal, in which information transited from light to matter, over a record distance of 25...
View ArticleThe 55 Best Companies For Freelancers
The 9 to 5 workday isn't as common as it once was. Now, more and more people are becoming freelancers, which allows for flexible hours and the ability to work from home.In fact, 53 million Americans —...
View ArticleEvery Point In The Patriots-Raiders Game Was Scored By A 'Kowski'
The New England Patriots beat the Oakland Raiders 16-9 in Foxborough today and every single point was scored by a player with 'kowski' in his last name. What a day (via SB Nation):The Patriots are now...
View ArticleThis Photoshopped CoverGirl Ad Is The Most Powerful Protest Against The NFL...
A Photoshopped NFL CoverGirl ad is circulating the web following the recent domestic abuse scandal involving Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice. Â The NFL is under tremendous scrutiny after a video...
View Article2 Reasons Disney Movies Often Don't Have Moms
There's a long history of Disney animated movies in which young protagonists grow up without a mother and sometimes without any parents.Consider these classics in which a character has either lost a...
View ArticleFacebook Has A New App Up Its Sleeve That Will Change The Way You Communicate...
It looks like Facebook is experimenting with a new app that's codenamed "Moments."The app will center on sharing things that might be too private for the wide-open audience of your Facebook Newsfeed,...
View ArticleThe 12 Hottest Property Markets In the World
Property prices around the world continue to rise.However, the once hot US and Asian markets have cooled while markets in the Middle East and Europe have picked up.The Global Property Guide has...
View ArticleVolkswagen's Bold And Risky New Plan To Take On Audi
Volkswagen is trying to mix things up overseas in an attempt to nail down some higher profit margins.The car company is launching a luxury car designed solely for China next year. It is set to be based...
View Article21 Surprising Athletes Who Have Made An Insane Amount Of Money
Nobody is ever surprised when they hear athletes like Tiger Woods or Peyton Manning are among the highest-paid in their sport.However, in an era with skyrocketing salaries there are also some athletes...
View ArticleYou Will Never See iPhone Lines The Same After Watching This Unsettling Video...
On Friday, we, like many others published photos of thousands of people standing in line to buy the new iPhone, the iPhone 6. Most people think of these lines as being filled with crazed fanboys who...
View ArticleAdrian Peterson Has A Quietly Terrible Contract, And Cutting Him Would Save...
The Minnesota Vikings reversed course and decided Wednesday to bar Adrian Peterson from the team until his legal issues are resolved. The Vikings put him on the exempt/commissioner's permission list —...
View ArticleBARRON'S: Bank Of America Shares Are Going To $25 (BAC)
Bank of America shares are going to $25.On Friday, the stock closed at $16.95. In this weekend's edition of Barron's, Jack Hough writes that over the next three years, as penalties from the financial...
View ArticleThis Chart Shows How An Insane Number Of Americans Die From Drugs Or...
An interactive chart from Withdrawal.net shows just how deadly drugs and alcohol can be.The chart maps some causes of death and shows the average age at which people die of these causes. Drug overdoses...
View ArticlePeople Who Work In Tech Say These Are The 10 Best Colleges In America
We recently released our sixth annual ranking of the Best Colleges in America, and the tech-titan institutions dominated the top 10.Massachusetts Institute of Technology ended its four-year run at...
View ArticleSiemens to buy US oil equipment maker Dresser-Rand for $7.6 bln
Washington (AFP) - Germany's Siemens announced it will buy US oil equipment maker Dresser-Rand Industries, for $7.6 billion.Siemens on Sunday said it offered 83 dollars per share, which puts the value...
View ArticleEnrique hails 'unique' Messi, Neymar as Barca win again
Madrid (AFP) - Barcelona boss Luis Enrique lauded the quality of strike duo Lionel Messi and Neymar after both were on target as the Catalans maintained their 100 percent start to the La Liga season...
View ArticleBlasts in China's Xinjiang kill two, injure 'many': govt
Beijing (AFP) - Two people were killed and "many" wounded by multiple explosions in China's Xinjiang, the local government said Monday.The blasts struck at least three locations including a shopping...
View ArticleNASA's MAVEN enters Mars orbit
Washington (AFP) - NASA's MAVEN spacecraft began orbiting Mars on Sunday, on a mission to study how the Red Planet's climate changed over time from warm and wet to cold and dry."Based on observed...
View ArticleJapan's Hagino takes it easy at Asian Games
Incheon (South Korea) (AFP) - Japan's Kosuke Hagino followed his shock 200 metres freestyle gold with a leisurely swim in his signature 200m medley heats at the Asian Games on Monday.Hagino, 20, who...
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