Did NASA Find Alien Life?
NASA is set to make an important announcement about a new discovery made by the Kepler space telescope, which has been searching for alien worlds since 2009. The U.S. space agency will hold the news conference on Thursday, Dec. 14, and the scientists who have…
Iraq declares war with Islamic State is over
The Iraqi military has “fully liberated” all of Iraq’s territory of “ISIS terrorist gangs” and retaken full control of the Iraqi-Syrian border, it said Saturday in a statement. “Our heroic armed forces have now secured the entire length of the Iraq-Syria border,” Iraqi Prime Minister…
Trump Recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital
President Trump on Wednesday formally recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, reversing nearly seven decades of American foreign policy and setting in motion a plan to move the United States Embassy from Tel Aviv to the fiercely contested Holy City. “It is time to…
Venezuela wants to launch a cryptocurrency backed by oil
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced the launch of a cryptocurrency called the “petro” backed by oil reserves. Few specifics were given about the currency launch or how the struggling OPEC member would create the crytocurrency. Maduro said the petro will help Venezuela recover financially after…
How the US outsourced border security to Mexico
For the first time ever in 2014, the U.S. recorded more undocumented migrants from Central America than from Mexico. In particular, 52,000 unaccompanied children were detained between October 2013 and June 2014. With what seemed to be a looming humanitarian crisis to deal with, the…
The struggles for independence and the impact of redrawing borders
From Catalonia to Kurdistan and Quebec, many people are demanding independence. What does it take to transform a cultural identity into a nation-state? And what is the impact?
FDA approves pill with digital tracking device you swallow
A psychiatric medication system in the form of a pill with a built-in digital tracking device gained approval from the US Food and Drug Administration on Monday. Abilify MyCite, a form of aripiprazole and a first-of-its-kind product, has an embedded ingestible sensor that records when the medication…
The $100,000 Louis Vuitton Toilet
Would you sit on a toilet made of Louis Vuitton bags? If the thought has ever crossed your mind, then artist Illma Gore is about to make all your dreams come true. (To give you some idea of Gore’s oeuvre, she is the person responsible…
Apple releases iOS 11.1.1 to fix annoying I autocorrect bug
iOS 11.1.1 is here, and it comes with a small but important update: a fix for the strange autocorrect bug in iOS 11.1 that has been automatically changing the letter “I” to “A [?]” for some users. Apple had previously recommended using Text Replacement as a manual…
NYC Bike Path Terror Attack Kills 8 | BREAKING NEWS
Eight people were killed in New York City and several people injured Tuesday afternoon when a pickup drove down a bike path next to the Hudson River in lower Manhattan, striking multiple people, according to officials. It is a confirmed terror attack. Officials said it…