Britain's tabloid press has gone gaga over a baby girl with white skin, blue eyes and a mop of blond curls who was born to black parents. The best-selling Daily Mail and The Sun newspapers have labeled the child's Caucasian complexion a mystery, saying genetics experts are "flummoxed" by the ... Read more...
The common ingredient between McNuggets and Silly Putty: Dimethylpolysiloxane CNN investigated the ingredients of McDonald's chicken McNuggets and discovered Dimethylpolysiloxane, an "anti-foaming agent" used as a matter of safety to keep the oil from foaming. The chemical is a form of silicone... Read more...
M.I.A., the provocative British-Sri Lankan rapper, is famous for supporting righteous warfare in her highly-political lyrics. Now, she's engaged in a pitched battle with a celebrity journalist over an unflattering profile that appeared in the New York Times Magazine. This weekend, she hit back ... Read more...
Diana, Princess of Wales was killed because she planned to expose senior members of the British arms trade involved with land mines, a leading lawyer claimed today. Michael Mansfield QC, who represented Mohamed al-Fayed in the inquest into the death of his son Dodi and the former royal, said Dian... Read more...
Rare photos of Russian strategic bomber jets purportedly intercepted in British airspace show Moscow's war machine is becoming increasingly bold, analysts said Thursday as Russia denied any territorial violations. Britain's Ministry of Defence released images it said were taken earlier this mon... Read more...
A molecule designed to find, latch onto, then treat hardened arteries could offer a new way to tackle heart disease, say its inventors. Nanoburrs, developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), target only damaged cells in blood vessel walls. Once attached, they can release drug... Read more...
Cybercriminals quickly mobilized following the news of a massive earthquake that hit Haiti on Tuesday, by introducing several hundred compromised domains embedded with bogus blackhat seo (search engine optimization) content related to Red Cross donations and general Haiti earthquake relief informa... Read more...
Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has branded a priest who advised needy people to shoplift from large retailers as "misguided and foolish". Father Tim Jones, parish priest of St Lawrence and St Hilda in York, said stealing from big chains was often the best option for vulnerable people. ... Read more...