Newtown, Conn. shooter Adam Lanza's body has been claimed by his father. The body of Newtown, Conn., shooter Adam Lanza...
The Best of Exploration: Top 8 Stories of Space Exploration in 2012
Label: TechnologyOur recap of the year’s best exploratory exploits continues today with a look at the biggest developments in space exploration. 2012 saw the stunning debut of new spacecraft (Curiosity), the continued contributions of geriatric ones (Voyager), and the first full year since the end of the Space Shuttle program. Casey Dreier of The Planetary Society nominated 8 particularly meaningful developments from...
Armstrong better, Green Day to resume tour in 2013
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — Green Day is going back out on the road.The Grammy-winning punk band announced new tour dates Monday.The band canceled the rest of its 2012 club schedule and postponed the start of a 2013 arena tour after singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong‘s substance abuse problems emerged publicly in September when he had a profane meltdown on the stage of the iHeartRadio Music Festival in...
Essay: In Pursuit of Answers One May Not Want to Know
Label: HealthI jogged into the Stanford Cancer Clinic with my boyfriend, the youngest people there by two decades. We stood there sweating and holding hands, a jarring sight in the sickly light.“You are 18, right?” the receptionist asked. Behind me, a woman so gaunt that her cheekbones protruded rolled by in a wheelchair. The oncologist called me alone to the exam room, and I told her the story I had revealed...
Some Companies Seek to Wean Employees From Their Smartphones
Label: BusinessResolutions to change behavior are common at this time of year, but they usually involve exercising more or smoking less. Now, some companies are adopting policies aimed at weaning employees from their electronic devices. Matthew Ryan Williams for The New York TimesMichelle Barry and Mark Jacobsen said they gave serious thought to work-life balance when founding Centric Brand Anthropology....
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Boehner: Obama won't stand up to his own party on 'fiscal cliff'
Label: World WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John A. Boehner called it “ironic” that President Obama blamed Republicans for stalled negotiations...
Wired Science's Top Image Galleries of the Year
Label: TechnologyMany of our most popular posts are image galleries, and this year our readers favorite collections included microscope photos, doomsday scenarios, auroras and lots of images of Earth from space.The satellite image above of Brasilia is part of the most popular post of the year.Above:
I think it's safe to say that our readers like looking at images of Earth from space almost as much as we do. Satellite...
‘The Hobbit’ stays atop box office for third week
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” continues to rule them all at the box office, staying on top for a third-straight week with nearly $ 33 million.The Warner Bros. fantasy epic from director Peter Jackson, based on the J.R.R. Tolkien novel, has made $ 222.7 million domestically alone.Two big holiday movies — and potential awards contenders — also had strong openings. Quentin Tarantino‘s...
Well: Exercise and the Ever-Smarter Human Brain
Label: HealthAnyone whose resolve to exercise in 2013 is a bit shaky might want to consider an emerging scientific view of human evolution. It suggests that we are clever today in part because a million years ago, we could outrun and outwalk most other mammals over long distances. Our brains were shaped and sharpened by movement, the idea goes, and we continue to require regular physical activity in order for...
Negotiations Break Down on Debt Agreement
Label: BusinessPete Souza/The White House, via NBCPresident Obama spoke with David Gregory of NBC's "Meet The Press" in the Blue Room of the White House during an interview taped on Saturday. WASHINGTON — Negotiations to reach a last-ditch agreement to head off large tax increases and sweeping spending cuts in the new year broke down, at least temporarily, on Sunday after Republicans requested that a deal include...
Dec
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Some Arctic seals now officially listed as threatened with extinction
Label: World First came the polar bear. Now, the federal government has added two other marine mammals to the list of creatures threatened...
<em>Star Trek Into Darkness</em> Trailer Gets <em>My Little Pony</em> Remix
Label: Technology Only in the world of YouTube can the Enterprise travel to Equestria. With “My Little Trek Into Darkness” (above) YouTuber FFF1987RETURNS continues the grand tradition of remixing movie trailers with images from My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic by using the voiceover from the recent Star Trek Into Darkness trailer to make a slightly different drama for the ponies from...
Katie Holmes’ Broadway play ‘Dead Accounts’ closes
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Katie Holmes‘ return to Broadway will be much shorter than she would have liked.The former Mrs. Cruise‘s play “Dead Accounts” will close within a week of the new year. Producers said Thursday that Theresa Rebeck‘s drama will close on Jan. 6 after 27 previews and 44 performances.The show, which opened to poor reviews on Nov. 29, stars Norbert Leo Butz as Holmes’ onstage brother who...
Surgery Returns to NYU Langone Medical Center
Label: HealthChang W. Lee/The New York TimesSenator Charles E. Schumer spoke at a news conference Thursday about the reopening of NYU Langone Medical Center. NYU Langone Medical Center opened its doors to surgical patients on Thursday, almost two months after Hurricane Sandy overflowed the banks of the East River and forced the evacuation of hundreds of patients. While the medical center had been treating...
China Toughens Restrictions on Internet Use
Label: BusinessHONG KONG — The Chinese government issued new rules on Friday requiring Internet users to provide their real names to service providers, while assigning Internet companies greater responsibility for deleting forbidden postings and reporting them to the authorities. The decision came as government censors have sharply stepped up restrictions on China’s international Internet traffic in recent...
No One Uses Smart TV Internet Because It Sucks
Label: Technology People aren’t using their internet-connected smart TVs for anything beyond, well, watching TV. It turns out, nobody wants to tweet from their TV. Or read books. Or do whatever it is people do on LinkedIn. Worse, more than 40 percent of the people who buy a connected TV aren’t even using it for its ostensible primary purpose: getting online video onto the biggest screen in your home. What gives?We...
Soprano Bartoli: My voice has more colors, shadow
Label: LifestyleLONDON (Reuters) – Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli has released a year-end blockbuster that is part mystery story, part research project and shows off a voice which only seems to improve with age.Bartoli’s latest deluxe-packaged album “Mission” (Decca) is devoted to the music of the late 17th-century Italian composer, diplomat and perhaps spy, Agostino Steffani.Steffani may have been a bit overlooked...
Measles: Measles Epidemic Is Spreading in Central Africa
Label: HealthJehad Nga for The New York TimesAn internally displaced persons camp in Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In addition to recent violence in the country, a spreading measles epidemic is further endangering the lives of thousands of children there. A large measles epidemic is spreading in Central Africa, endangering the lives of thousands of children, the medical charity Doctors Without Borders...
Senate Leader Says Deal Is Unlikely Before Fiscal Deadline
Label: BusinessWASHINGTON — Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, warned Thursday that there was scant time to put together a Congressional deal to avert the impending fiscal crisis and that no resolution was in sight. T.J. Kirkpatrick for The New York TimesSenator Harry Reid arrived at the Capitol on Thursday in Washington. “I have to be very honest,” Mr....
Dec
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Obama, Democrats, winning over public on 'fiscal cliff'
Label: World WASHINGTON -- Americans are increasingly doubtful that Congress and the White House will reach a budget deal as the deadline to the "fiscal cliff" approaches, according...
Virginia Town Releases Crime-Fighting App
Label: Technology Crime-fighting is tough. Look at Batman. That guy’s a mess. Still, for most people, if you witness a crime you want to do something about it. And while screaming “citizen’s arrest” seems about as effective as a substitute teacher in a junior high class, using that smartphone with all its media-capturing features actually makes sense. The town of Marion, Virginia has...
Ticket rush: Film fans hand Hollywood record cash
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — The big deal for Hollywood is not the record $ 10.8 billion that studios took in domestically in 2012. It’s the fact that the number of tickets sold went up for the first time in three years.Thanks to inflation, revenue generally rises in Hollywood as admission prices climb each year. The real story is told in tickets, whose sales have been on a general decline for a decade, bottoming...
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