New York Times

• New Hampshire Vote Looks Close, and the Romney Team Is Hopeful 19 May 2012, 2:50 am
  President Obama may have won New Hampshire in 2008, but the people behind Mitt Romney’s campaign believe their candidate’s chances are good this year. ...
• Removal of Grounded Costa Concordia Is Set to Begin in Italy 19 May 2012, 2:40 am
  The Costa Concordia, the cruise ship that ran aground in January, will be lifted onto a platform beginning next week and then towed away to be demolished ...
• Alexis Tsipras, Greek Political Star, Puts Europe on Edge 19 May 2012, 2:27 am
  The left-wing leader Alexis Tsipras, who pledges to repudiate Greece’s austerity-for-loans bailout deal, says the country’s problem is a European one, necessitating a European solution. ...
• Alabama Gets Strict Immigration Law as Governor Relents 19 May 2012, 1:18 am
  The legislature failed to heed a call to soften the state’s immigration enforcement law, considered the strictest and most sweeping in the country. ...
• House Rejects a Bid to Bar Some Indefinite Detentions 19 May 2012, 1:18 am
  The House beat back an unusual coalition of liberal and conservative lawmakers and approved a contentious $642 billion Pentagon policy bill. ...
• Dr. Robert L. Spitzer, Noted Psychiatrist, Apologizes for Study on Gay ‘Cure’ 19 May 2012, 12:41 am
  At the end of his career, Dr. Robert L. Spitzer has reached a painful conclusion: “I believe,” he wrote in a letter, “I owe the gay community an apology.” ...
• Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, 1925-2012: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German Baritone, Dies at 86 19 May 2012, 12:34 am
  Mr. Fischer-Dieskau’s beautiful voice and mastery of technique made him the 20th century’s pre-eminent interpreter of art songs. ...
• Officials See Promising Signs for Iran Nuclear Talks 19 May 2012, 12:14 am
  As American negotiators prepare for nuclear talks next week in Baghdad, they say recent statements from Iran and pressure from sanctions have raised the chances of compromise. ...
• Crackdown on Aleppo Students Stokes Fury in Syria 19 May 2012, 12:08 am
  Antigovernment anger in Syria has escalated over the harsh repression of students in Aleppo, where activists on Friday reported extensive protests against President Bashar al-Assad. ...
• From Honduras, Conflicting Tales of a Shootout 19 May 2012, 12:00 am
  Some Honduran officials and residents have said that the victims of a fatal gun battle last week were innocent people, challenging the account of American drug enforcement agents. ...

CNN Top Stories

• Arrest in Miss. killings 18 May 2012, 12:15 pm
  Authorities have arrested a suspect in the case of an alleged police impersonator who is believed to have killed two motorists in Mississippi, the Tunica County Sherriff's Office said. ...
• Kennedy clan gathers for funeral again 18 May 2012, 12:09 pm
  She might have gone unnoticed through the many years of triumphs and tragedies of the Kennedy family. Now the spotlight will be cast, sadly, on Mary Richardson Kennedy. ...
• Van Halen postpones summer tour 18 May 2012, 11:46 am
  Classic rockers Van Halen on Thursday abruptly postponed more than 30 tour dates, following their June 26 concert in New Orleans, representative Anna Loynes said. ...
• Plan to raise sunken cruise ship 18 May 2012, 11:19 am
  Salvage experts outlined their plan Friday to raise the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner from the sea floor off Italy in one piece and tow it from the disaster site. ...
• Final moments call to girlfriend 18 May 2012, 10:48 am
  Trayvon Martin's girlfriend, talking to him on the telephone, heard the teenager saying, "get off, get off" in the moments before his cell phone cut off and he was shot dead, according to a recording of the girl's interview with a prosecutor released Friday. ...
• Hollywood stars without makeup 18 May 2012, 10:35 am
  After being photographed without makeup while in Vancouver last month, candid shots of AnnaLynne McCord hit the Web, with with one site noting: "Her facial blemishes were completely visible." ...
• Roasted fetuses stashed in luggage 18 May 2012, 9:58 am
  Six roasted fetuses covered with gold for black magic rituals were found in a Bangkok hotel room, and the gruesome discovery led to the arrest of a British citizen Friday, Thai police said. ...
• Jurors get John Edwards case 18 May 2012, 9:36 am
  The jury will begin deciding the fate of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards Friday, a day after closing arguments concluded in the corruption trial. ...
• Arabs giggle over French PM's name 18 May 2012, 9:15 am
  France's new Socialist government is already causing ripples throughout a Europe struggling to balance government budgets without making ordinary people's lives miserable, but it has created a completely different problem in the Middle East. ...
• 49 headless bodies normal in Mexico? 17 May 2012, 7:15 pm
  Despite the discovery of 49 headless bodies in the continuing Mexican drug war, a journalist tells CNN that people are becoming detached. ...

Engadget

• Apple files (again) for a preliminary ban against the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 19 May 2012, 1:29 am
  If you found yourself longing for the minor tweaks Samsung made to the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany earlier this year, you may be in luck: Apple's filed for a preliminary injunction against the slate stateside. It isn't the first one, either, Cupertino filed something similar back in February, though it didn't quite pass legal muster. After gaining some headway earlier this week, Cook's crew is in for round two, according to FOSS Patents, asking for Judge Koh to rule in their favor without a new...
• Parkmobile adds NFC to its parking payment repertoire 19 May 2012, 12:21 am
  Let's face it, whether you're down at the laundromat or feeding the meter on a busy street, you can never find enough quarters when you need'em. Know what effectively sidesteps that lack of foresight? NFC, that's what. And that tap-to-pay convenience is ready to roll out for folks in Oakland, CA courtesy of Atlanta-based Parkmobile. There's no great mystery to the company's purpose -- the name says it all -- as it specializes in payment solutions for (what else?) parking. With the installment ...
• FCC Fridays: May 18, 2012 18 May 2012, 10:52 pm
  We here at Engadget tend to spend a lot of way too much time poring over the latest FCC filings, be it on the net or directly on the ol' Federal Communications Commission's site. Since we couldn't possibly (want to) cover all the stuff that goes down there individually, we've gathered up an exhaustive listing of every phone and / or tablet getting the stamp of approval over the last week. Enjoy!Continue reading FCC Fridays: May 18, 2012FCC Fridays: May 18, 2012 originally appeared on Engadget ...
• Microsoft patent application outlines system to recommend and transfer apps across devices 18 May 2012, 9:35 pm
  Ready for your latest tour through the dense and meandering wording of patent applications? Well, dig in, because it's Microsoft's turn to confuse lawyers the world over with this latest USPTO doc, submitted in November of 2010. The filing describes a computer-based program that would, essentially, analyze a primary device's installed applications, cross-reference it with a different device and then either migrate that software batch or suggest similar apps to download on a secondary unit. Sou...
• Samsung Galaxy S III for T-Mobile hits FCC, brings future-proofed HSPA+ for good measure 18 May 2012, 7:14 pm
  There's been hints of it coming as early as February, but we now have a smoking gun at the FCC: the Galaxy S III is coming to T-Mobile. A Samsung SGH-T999 has popped up at the agency sporting newly added 1,700MHz AWS support that's the telltale sign of a T-Mobile device, along with the T999 name itself (the T989 is the network's Galaxy S II). It also totes 850MHz and 1,900MHz WCDMA bands being used for HSPA+ data rather than just voice, a clue that the phone is ready for refarmed GSM spectrum....
• Kiss Aero goodbye: Latest Windows 8 build reveals minimalistic desktop UI 18 May 2012, 6:28 pm
  It's safe to say that anticipation is high for the upcoming Windows 8 Release Preview, which will become available in the first week of June. While we're still curious to see if Microsoft can better integrate the desktop and Metro environments of its latest operating system, the company has now revealed a significant change to the desktop portion of Windows 8 -- a completely restyled visual appearance. As you might remember from the Consumer Preview, window borders and widgets featured a simpl...
• GameStop Mobile launches as AT&T virtual carrier, gives us rare bring-your-own GSM in US 18 May 2012, 6:11 pm
  Here's an expansion of mobile competition in the US that comes out of left field, even for us: GameStop as a cellular provider. GameStop Mobile, as it's called, is that rare bird of an AT&T-based MVNO that relies on a bring-your-own-device strategy. As long as your hardware works on AT&T's 850MHz and 1,900MHz bands and isn't locked to another carrier, you can bring any GSM- and HSPA-based phone (or data-only device) and use it contract-free: rates start at anything from a strictly pay-...
• The Engadget Show is live, here at 6:00PM ET! 18 May 2012, 4:30 pm
  Man, what a show we've got for you this month. For starters, we popped by the Smithsonian, to check out the museum's Art of the Video Game exhibit. And while the awesome Fifth Avenue Frogger game didn't actually make it into those hallowed halls, we did take a close up look at the hacked arcade cabinet for the show. Speaking of video games (which we seem to be doing a lot these days), we'll also pay a visit to the newly reborn Chinatown Fair and speak to the directors of Indie Game: The Movie....
• ITC bans Motorola mobile devices for infringing Microsoft patent (updated: MMI responds) 18 May 2012, 4:21 pm
  At the end of last year, an Administrative Law Judge issued an initial ruling that Motorola's mobile devices infringe a bit of Microsoft's IP. Now, the Commission has affirmed that decision and issued an exclusion order to ban Moto's offending devices from importation into the US. In case you weren't aware, the four patent claims at issue generally cover technology for scheduling meetings over email using a mobile device. So, unless Motorola removes the feature, pays for a license or whips up ...
• Sprint introduces My Wireless STS service to assist folks with speech disabilities 18 May 2012, 4:02 pm
  Sprint's had text-to-speech services on devices like the Samsung Epic 4G for quite some time, and now, looking to build up on that, the company's introducing its My Wireless STS feature. The new speech-to-speech service aims to help people with speech disabilities by giving them access to an operator-assisted line every day of the week and all year round. Folks wanting to use the My Wireless STS will have to dial *787 from their device, after which a Now Network rep will start a call and repea...

Gizmodo

• Drinking from this Stemware, You'll Be Less Apt to Spill [Design] 19 May 2012, 12:40 am
  Prague-based Boad Design's "Izolator" collection of stemware is more than just a quirky take on an every-day item. These ridged wine stems are ergonomically designed to fit comfortably and securely in your hand—meaning few spills and shattered glasses. More » ...
• This Twitter-Powered Road-Painting Printer Wants to Hear From You! [Awesome] 18 May 2012, 11:40 pm
  An advocacy group known as One has designed a sorta genius giant towable inkjet printer that prints messages of peaceful protest, in non-toxic water-soluble paint, on city streets. More » ...
• ICBMs Blowing Up, Tenacious D Rocking Out, and a Muppet Triple Treat [Video] 18 May 2012, 11:00 pm
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• Hollywood Movie Marketing Makes For a Great Use of This Abandoned Paris Metro Station [Video] 18 May 2012, 9:40 pm
  Station Saint-Martin along Paris's Metro Line 8 & 9 was closed in 1939, at the start of WWII, and although reopened once the war had ended, the station was ultimately shutter for good due its close proximity (100m) to another Metro station. More » ...
• This Week's Top Web Comedy Video: Internet Troll [Humor] 18 May 2012, 9:00 pm
  As much as we all complain about trolls, have you ever really taken the time to get to know one? Or, better yet, to get to know Patton Oswalt's hilarious rendition of real-life, under-the-bridge type internet trolldom? You should! You can: More » ...
• Posting Pictures of Her Terminally Ill Son Got Grieving Mother Banned from Facebook [Facebook] 18 May 2012, 8:40 pm
  The day Grayson James Walker was born, his parents—Heather and Patrick Walker, of Memphis, Tennessee—knew their time with him would be brief. Grayson had been diagnosed in utero with a rare neural tube birth defect called Anencephaly, in which a baby is born without parts of the brain and skull. More » ...
• World's Worst Parents Put Kid Through Spin-Cycle at the Laundromat [Video] 18 May 2012, 7:40 pm
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• White House Hires a New Cybersecurity Boss [Cybersecurity] 18 May 2012, 7:20 pm
  Cybersecurity and the government have been a volitile combination lately, with proposed bills like SOPA, PIPA, and the still-up-in-the-air CISPA at the center of on-and-off internet outrage. So it's kind of a big deal when the White House replaces its chief of cybersecurity affairs. More » ...
• The Beautiful Beach Chairs You'll Want To Take Everywhere [Daily Desired] 18 May 2012, 6:40 pm
  It's an absolutely gorgeous spring afternoon here in New York. The sun is shining, it's not too hot, and there's a slight breeze—the perfect recipe for a rooftop party. But you're going to need a place to lounge, and this set from Aether is a sleek, portable solution. More » ...
• Woman Returns Lost iPhone, Is Rewarded with a Brutal Beating [Crime] 18 May 2012, 6:40 pm
  Losing an iPhone is the absolute worst. The inconvenience, the expense... Just terrible. So, when a good samaritan gets in touch to let you know she's found your phone, the appropriate response ought to be gushing, gurgling gratitude. Right? More » ...

Ars Technica

• Record companies score infringement victory over "Russian Facebook" 18 May 2012, 4:46 pm
  Russian social media site vKontakte—a platform with 135 million accounts across Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Belarus—has lost its court appeal seeking to overturn an earlier ruling against it stating that the company was infringing copyright by allowing file-sharing services to integrate with vKontakte's user-uploaded media libraries. On May 17, Russia's Commercial Court of St. Petersburg reaffirmed a lower court's January ruling in favor of SBA Music Publishing and Gala Records, a Russi...
• Microsoft wins US import ban on Motorola’s Android devices 18 May 2012, 4:36 pm
  The US International Trade Commission today ordered an import ban on Motorola Mobility Android products, agreeing with Microsoft that the devices infringe a Microsoft patent on “generating meeting requests” from a mobile device. The import ban stems from a December ruling that the Motorola Atrix, Droid, and Xoom (among 18 total devices) infringed the patent, which Microsoft says is related to Exchange ActiveSync technology. Today, the ITC said in a “final determination of violation” that...
• Facial detection cameras ready to creep out San Francisco bar patrons 18 May 2012, 2:52 pm
  SceneTap uses facial detection technology to output stats on bar attendance. On Friday afternoon, about 20 bars around San Francisco are set to have special "facial detection" cameras turned on as part of a new smartphone app by Chicago-based startup SceneTap. The cameras, which are mounted above the door of their client bars, scan patrons’ faces as they enter and exit the bar. The company’s software then immediately determines whether the person is male or female, and counts how many of e...
• Feds considering allowing DVD-encryption cracking 18 May 2012, 2:10 pm
  Photo: ToastyKen/Flickr LOS ANGELES—Federal regulators considered testimony Wednesday here at UCLA Law School on whether to allow citizens and filmmakers to legally crack DVD encryption meant to protect the discs from being copied. Filmmakers, video mixers and others have petitioned the U.S. Copyright Office for the ability to continue to use DVD decryption tools to copy short clips of DVDs from motion pictures to put into their own films. The issue ...
• First private launch to the ISS scheduled for 5am tomorrow 18 May 2012, 1:48 pm
  The Dragon/Falcon 9 combination on their way to the launch pad. NASA After being pushed back several times, the first launch of a private vehicle to the International Space Station (ISS) is now set for early tomorrow morning (based on the timezone where the launch will take place). The Dragon capsule is set on top of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, and the assemblage was raised to a vertical launch position overnight. If all goes well, the vehicle will b...
• What it takes to make a "green" Apple 18 May 2012, 12:30 pm
  Enlarge / Apple's Maiden, North Carolina data center will be largely powered by Apple's own solar panel arrays and methane-powered fuel cells. Apple, Inc. Apple has gone into detail about how it sources energy for its data centers, explaining its plans to reach 100 percent renewable energy for all of its data centers by 2013. The company is adding an additional large solar panel farm in North Carolina, sourcing hydro power for its upcoming center i...
• WiFi’s future: faster, smarter, and fewer cables 18 May 2012, 12:00 pm
  Photo illustration by Aurich Lawson WiFi has easily been one of the most useful technologies of the past decade—so many of our daily tasks and the devices we use rely on it. But it’s on the verge of getting a whole lot better. Technology upgrades we’ll see within the next year or so will make WiFi much smarter and more efficient in how it distributes signals. It’ll be so fast, and integrated into so many devices, that you may finally get to dum...
• Diablo III: demon-cleaving, refined 18 May 2012, 11:25 am
  Third time's the charm? Let's draw a distinction between a “sequel to a game” and an “installment in a franchise.” In a sequel, the developers examine what made the original game work and then expand on those ideas. Sometimes that work produces stark differences. The near-decade between Fallout II and Fallout III, for example, saw that game switch the perspective from isometric to first-person, the combat change from turn-based to real-time with pauses, an...
• Screenwriter Sorkin will consult with Woz to pen Steve Jobs biopic 18 May 2012, 11:05 am
  Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has been tapped to serve as an on-set "tutor" for the upcoming movie based on Walter Isaacson's biography Steve Jobs. Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin will consult with Woz on technical details related to computers, as well as personal details about Jobs himself. Sorkin is known for recent films The Social Network and Moneyball, as well as the political TV series The West Wing. He insists the film won't be "a straight ahead biography." "Drama is tension versus obstacle. ...
• Coffee may be ok, but coffee drinkers not living longer 18 May 2012, 10:07 am
  Maria Keays Is coffee good or bad for you? If you follow the medical literature, you might think that the answer changes a few times a year. Different studies have found associations with various ailments, while others suggested that people who hit the java actually outlived their peers. Now, a new study is out that not only finds that coffee has a positive effect, but may help explain why the earlier studies were so confused. As it turns out, coffee ...

Mayo Clinic Blog

• Myocardial ischemia 18 May 2012, 12:00 am
  Myocardial ischemia — Comprehensive overview covers causes, symptoms and treatment of this heart disorder....
• Tips for healthy eating out 18 May 2012, 12:00 am
  Dining out can be fun and healthy. Just keep these . . ....
• Migraines: Are they triggered by weather changes? 18 May 2012, 12:00 am
  Can weather changes trigger migraines? Learn more....
• Group B strep test 18 May 2012, 12:00 am
  Group B strep test — Overview covers definition and results of this routine pregnancy screening....
• Tilt table test 18 May 2012, 12:00 am
  Tilt table test — Overview covers definition, what to expect and results of this test....
• Breast-feeding and alcohol: Is it OK to drink? 17 May 2012, 11:02 am
  Breast-feeding and alcohol — A Mayo Clinic specialist discusses how alcohol affects breast milk....
• Karo syrup for constipation: OK for babies? 17 May 2012, 12:00 am
  Karo syrup for constipation isn't likely to be effective for infants....
• Lead exposure: Tips to protect your child 17 May 2012, 12:00 am
  Lead exposure — Understand how to protect your child from exposure to lead....
• Low hemoglobin count 17 May 2012, 12:00 am
  Low hemoglobin count: Symptom — Overview covers possible causes of low hemoglobin levels in blood....
• Distraction opens the door to mistakes 16 May 2012, 12:00 am
  When you're driven to distraction and misplace your mobile phone, it's a hassle. But distraction can also lead to more serious and costly mistakes....

WebMD Health

• Study: Trash Old, Unused Drugs 18 May 2012, 6:41 pm
  Prescription medication "take-back" programs are increasingly promoted as a way to safely dispose of unused drugs, but they are no better for the environment than simply throwing old drugs in the trash, a new study suggests....
• CDC: All Baby Boomers Should Get Tested for Hepatitis C 18 May 2012, 4:37 pm
  One in 30 baby boomers may be infected with the hepatitis C virus, but few know it until it's too late for their livers....
• Athletes Better Equipped to Play Through the Pain 18 May 2012, 4:09 pm
  New research confirms that athletes have a higher tolerance for pain than couch potatoes or even weekend warriors, and the finding could help investigators discover better ways to manage pain....
• FDA Approves Generic Versions of Plavix 18 May 2012, 1:58 pm
  The FDA has approved several generic versions of the popular blood thinner Plavix (clopidogrel)....
• Chinese Herb Kudzu May Help Drinkers Cut Down 17 May 2012, 6:30 pm
  An extract from the Chinese herb kudzu may help drinkers cut down on drinking, according to a new, pilot study....
• Drowning Top Cause of Injury Deaths in Kids 1-4 17 May 2012, 5:55 pm
  Although the death rate for drowning in the U.S. has gone down in the last decade, drowning leads to more deaths among young children aged 1 to 4 than any other cause except birth defects, a new report from the CDC reveals....
• Cognitive Therapy for Depression 17 May 2012, 3:01 pm
  Cognitive therapy for depression teaches people how to use a mental "toolkit" to challenge negative thoughts. Over the long term, this process can bring about positive changes in how a depressed person sees the world....
• More People -- Even Kids -- Need to Wear Sunglasses 17 May 2012, 12:03 am
  With summer nearly upon us, our sunglass habits could use improvement, according to a new report issued today by The Vision Council, an industry group....
• Fewer U.S. Teens and Young Adults Smoke 17 May 2012, 12:03 am
  Fewer American teens and young adults are smoking cigarettes, a new government report shows....
• For Some Athletes, Head Blows May Hamper Learning 16 May 2012, 7:03 pm
  College football and hockey players sustain numerous blows to the head every season. Those hits, according to a new study, may add up to brain injuries that impact learning....

New York Times Health

• Dr. Robert L. Spitzer, Noted Psychiatrist, Apologizes for Study on Gay ‘Cure’ 19 May 2012, 12:41 am
  At the end of his career, Dr. Robert L. Spitzer has reached a painful conclusion: “I believe,” he wrote in a letter, “I owe the gay community an apology.” ...
• The Kabul Hospital That Treats All Sides 19 May 2012, 12:01 am
  There is one hospital in Kabul that treats anyone, from any side, no questions asked. The horrors of the war blow through its doors every day. ...
• Stretch: Downward Dog Hits the Dance Floor 18 May 2012, 11:18 pm
  Yoga enthusiasts seeking social outlets without smoke, drugs and (sometimes) alcohol are turning to parties that combine live music, raw food and chants. ...
• Well: Turning Yoga Into Art 18 May 2012, 5:54 pm
  Robert Sturman, an artist from Santa Monica, Calif., has traveled around the world painting and photographing landscapes, musicians and athletes. But it is the study of yoga that has triggered one of the most creative periods of his career. ...
• Well: Green Garlic Recipes for Health 18 May 2012, 5:53 pm
  Shoppers at farmers' markets may come across green garlic, which has been harvested early, before the cloves have matured. The Recipes for Health columnist Martha Rose Shulman offers five new ways to cook with green garlic. ...
• Well: Does Facebook Turn People Into Narcissists? 18 May 2012, 5:53 pm
  Some research suggests that people who frequently update their Facebook status are more likely to exhibit narcissistic traits, but the social medium of choice for the self-absorbed may actually be Twitter. ...
• Side Effects: Microscopic Neighbors, Evolving Together 18 May 2012, 4:50 pm
  A novel experiment sought to demonstrate that how different living things in a community bump up against one another affects how they evolve. ...
• Rare Genetic Mutations May Underpin Diseases 18 May 2012, 1:46 pm
  Because the mutations are so rare, costly studies involving large numbers of patients would be needed to identify their role in each disease. ...
• Whooping Cough Epidemic Hits Washington State 18 May 2012, 1:30 pm
  Efforts in Washington State to address a resurgent childhood ailment have been hobbled by years of recession-induced budget cuts that have hollowed out public health departments. ...
• Well: Doctor and Patient: Increasing Organ Donor Enrollment at the D.M.V. 18 May 2012, 12:42 pm
  Showing people who were waiting to get a driver's license a short video about the impact of organ donation increased the number of organ donors by more than 10 percent, and the increase was especially dramatic among African-Americans. ...

New York Times Politics

• Firms to Invest in Food Production for World’s Poor 19 May 2012, 1:30 am
  President Obama and four African leaders will introduce the group of companies, the Alliance for Food and Nutrition Security, on Friday at a forum on food security and agriculture. ...
• House Rejects a Bid to Bar Some Indefinite Detentions 19 May 2012, 1:18 am
  The House beat back an unusual coalition of liberal and conservative lawmakers and approved a contentious $642 billion Pentagon policy bill. ...
• Behind Army’s $17,000 Drip Pan, Harold Rogers’s Earmark 19 May 2012, 12:30 am
  At a time of fiscal austerity, critics are pointing to the cost of a helicopter part made by a company whose owners are donors to Representative Harold Rogers, a Kentucky Republican. ...
• National Briefing | Washington: Court Upholds Voting Rights Act in Alabama Case 19 May 2012, 12:16 am
  The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a main provision of the Voting Rights Act on Friday, rejecting an Alabama county’s challenge to the law. ...
• Obama and G.O.P. Stake Out Positions in Deficit Battle 19 May 2012, 12:14 am
  Experts warn that voters would not support deep cuts in entitlement programs unless an increase in taxes is part of the mix. ...
• Off The Charts: Number of Those Working Past 65 Is at a Record High 19 May 2012, 12:03 am
  While the number of workers over the traditional retirement age has risen, those 55 and under are doing worse. ...
• Hollande Tells Obama Troop Pullout in Afghanistan Will Proceed 19 May 2012, 12:00 am
  François Hollande, in his first meeting with President Obama as France’s president, restated his pledge to withdraw combat forces from Afghanistan by the end of the year. ...
• John Edwards Jury Retires for the Weekend 18 May 2012, 11:40 pm
  After five hours, the jury in the federal corruption trial of John Edwards went home for the weekend Friday, leaving few clues about how their deliberations are proceeding. ...
• In Appeals Court, Arguments Over First Amendment 18 May 2012, 11:30 pm
  After oral arguments on Friday, it remained unclear how a Virginia court would rule in the case involving James Risen, a New York Times reporter who has refused to reveal his sources. ...
• Political Memo: Race and Religion Rear Their Heads 18 May 2012, 11:27 pm
  A Republican political strategist’s leaked proposal for an attack ad suggests that questions about President Obama’s race and religion are still contentious. ...

The Huffington Post

• Judge Weighs Multiple Gitmo 9/11 Trials 19 May 2012, 2:37 am
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- A military judge is considering whether to split off one or more of the defendants and hold separate trials for five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attacks, a lawyer for one of the men said Friday. The judge, Army Col. James Pohl, proposed the change in a written order in part because of the difficulty trying to schedule hearings for five defendants and multiple lawyers at the U.S. base in Cuba, said James Connell, a civilian attorney for defendant Ali...
• Blind Activist Finally Headed To U.S. 19 May 2012, 1:05 am
  BEIJING — A blind Chinese activist whose escape from a rural village set off a diplomatic tussle between Beijing and Washington said Saturday that he was at an airport waiting to leave for the United States. Chen Guangcheng told The Associated Press that he had left the hospital where he'd been staying and was at Beijing's international airport. He said he expected to leave on a flight late Saturday afternoon for Newark, New Jersey, outside New York City. "Thousands of thoughts ar...
• Romney Embraces Growth, Leaving Austerity To Europe 18 May 2012, 11:05 pm
  WASHINGTON -– Austerity is out. Growth is in. And Mitt Romney's campaign has taken notice. Politicians in Europe and in President Barack Obama's administration can't get enough of the G word these days. "Growth must be a priority, at the same time as we put in place some fiscal compact to improve our finances," said the new French President Francois Hollande, during a visit with Obama in the Oval Office on Friday. Hollande defeated incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy earlier this month, riding a back...
• Elizabeth Warren Plagiarism Allegations Debunked 18 May 2012, 11:04 pm
  National Review writer Katrina Trinko ended up with egg on her face Friday evening after accusing Democratic senate candidate Elizabeth Warren of plagiarism -- a charge that was quickly debunked. Trinko published an item early Friday evening bearing the accusatory title, "Plagiarism In Elizabeth Warren's 2006 Book." The article, which appeared on the Review's "Corner" blog, made the following claim about "All Your Worth," a personal finance guide Warren published with her daughter: ["All Your ...
• Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points -- Good Enough for My Money 18 May 2012, 8:41 pm
  So, it's official. Disco is dead. The passing of Donna Summer brings to a close an era in American music that... well... if you didn't live through it, it's hard to explain. Especially the outfits people wore in public. And making John Travolta a movie star (although he did atone somewhat, by genuflecting to the 1950s immediately thereafter, in Grease). Music history aside, it was a somewhat eclectic week in politics. The House -- in one of their rare moments when they actually meet and att...
• Ethan Rome: More Hypocrisy From GOP's Crack Team of Health Care Con Artists 18 May 2012, 7:00 pm
  The Republican leaders in Congress have mostly defined themselves by what they're against, but now they've announced what they're for -- the most popular parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). I can only imagine the political identity crisis this is causing within the GOP. Their hallmark is opposing anything the President supports, even if it started as a Republican legislative proposal, and now they've plunged themselves into a partisan political abyss of their own making: they are supporting...
• Barack Obama Raises $25.7 Million, 43% From Small Donors 18 May 2012, 6:36 pm
  WASHINGTON -- The reelection campaign of President Barack Obama reported raising $25.7 million in April, down from $35 million raised in March. While the campaign raised fewer dollars last month than the previous one, its support from small donors remained high with 43.7 percent, or $11.23 million, coming from donors giving less than $200 in total. Big donors were still a source of support with donors giving $2,500 and above contributing $3.69 million in April. The employment categories that ...
• The Occupy Movement Descends On Chicago For NATO Summit 18 May 2012, 6:35 pm
  Busloads of Occupy activists have been arriving in Chicago to protest the summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. "We're trying to bring a critical mass of people back to the Occupy movement," said Nicole Powers, an activist and managing editor of Suicide Girls, a website that has extensively chronicled the Occupy movement since it began on Wall Street. "We want to get mass involvement back into the Occupy movement as we move into an election season." Protestors plan to gather in Dal...
• Hibaaq Osman: The Burqa That We Are All Wearing 18 May 2012, 6:31 pm
  In 2011, France campaigned to ban niqabs -- face veils worn by Muslim women -- in an effort that center-right President Nicolas Sarkozy said was critical in ensuring women's rights. Much debated and contested, the veil ban -- which affected only 2,000 women out of 5 to 6 million Muslims living in France -- was supposedly an example of France doing the right thing: fighting the backwards Arab-Muslim traditions that oppress women. However, in doing so, it failed to recognize its own role in stripp...
• Obama Campaign Spending: Text Messages, Online Ads, Planned Parenthood And Apple Computers 18 May 2012, 5:45 pm
  WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's reelection campaign spent more than $14.6 million in April, ending up with more than $115 million cash on hand, according to a filing it made with the Federal Election Commission on Friday afternoon. The numbers show a campaign taking in far more money than it is spending, though that may change with massive television ad campaigns beginning in May. The filing also shows that the campaign is banking on person-to-person contact and staff-oriented campaigni...

Daily Kos

• Open thread for night owls: Tough times for the class of 2012 18 May 2012, 10:30 pm
  Robert Reich gives you a peek at the commencement address that nobody will ever give: Members of the Class of 2012, As a former secretary of labor and current professor, I feel I owe it to you to tell you the truth about the pieces of parchment you're picking up today. You're f*cked. Well, not exactly. But you won't have it easy. First, you're going to have a hell of a hard time finding a job. The job market you're heading into is still bad. Fewer than half of the graduates from last year's cla...
• The Chronicles of Mitt: May 18, 2012 18 May 2012, 7:00 pm
    Hello, human diary. It is I again, Mitt Romney, your better. Today has not been a good day. I mentioned before that the previous Republican occupant of the White House had endorsed me; for some reason this led to me having to have a phone conversation with him today. I am still unclear why. He is a nice enough fellow, and I attempted to bond with him over our mutual love of elevators, and riding in elevators, and putting things into elevators. I believe he enjoyed my banter. (I also inv...
• Cheers and Jeers: Rum and Coke FRIDAY! 18 May 2012, 6:40 pm
  From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE… Late Night Snark: Gay JP Morgan Commencement Frisking Edition "Rush Limbaugh criticized President Obama's support of gay marriage, accusing the president of leading a 'war on traditional marriage.' Limbaugh wants it to mean something if he ever gets traditional-married for the fifth time." ---Seth Meyers - "This is the true measure of how far we've come as a nation. In, like, five years the prime talking point from Republicans about people who support gay marria...
• Li'l Mitt, in "The Barber of Bloomfield Hills" 18 May 2012, 4:50 pm
  Tom the Dancing Bug.  Follow @DailyKosComics and find out the instant a comic is posted! ...
• Mitt Romney, George W. Bush share post-endorsement phone call 18 May 2012, 4:20 pm
  Oh my God, I will never live this down. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) The other day George W. Bush, or as Mitt Romney calls him, He Who Must Not Be Named, gave Mitt a rousing endorsement in the form of a four-word "I'm for Mitt Romney" muttered from behind closing elevator doors. Given that, I would have liked to be a fly on the wall for this one: Bush and Romney spoke with each other after the former president offered his fleeting support for the Republican candidate in an elevator this week, a pe...
• Scott Walker says if he wins Wisconsin recall it'll be more of the same, but more inclusive. Honest. 18 May 2012, 4:07 pm
  Scott Walker signs last year's bill eliminating collective bargaining. (Darren Hauck/Reuters) Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is telling reporters that if he survives his June 5 recall election, he'll be more inclusive. Just not that much more inclusive, y'know? "I still think people elected me before in November 2010 and they'll elect me again because they want me to fix things," Walker said. "They want me to keep the focus and attention on fixing things. We're just going to make sure we've got a...
• Mitt Romney praises Meg Whitman as she prepares to lay off 30,000 workers 18 May 2012, 3:06 pm
  If Mitt Romney shares Meg Whitman's vision of "Jobs for America" ... you'd better watch out. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) Meg Whitman never said she liked to fire people, but on the same day that news of her plans to lay off 30,000 Hewlett-Packard employees leaked to the press, Mitt Romney felt inspired to lavish praise on her managerial skills and to wistfully lament that she lost her gubernatorial campaign: I wish Californians had elected Meg Whitman. She would have been more successful and explai...
• GOP Madness, Sour 16, match 5 18 May 2012, 3:00 pm
  We are in the second half of the second round, which means we'll now start choosing the quarterfinal matchups. The bracket is here. Today's winner will face off against the GOP debate audience booing the gay soldier. 1. FOR EVERY WOMAN CAIN HARASSED, THERE ARE THOUSANDS HE DIDN'T "I value my character and my integrity more than anything else. And for every one person that comes forward with a false accusation, there are probably, there are thousands who would say none of that sort of activity e...
• Another dazzling display of Romnesia: Mitch Daniels says we're in 'peacetime' 18 May 2012, 2:32 pm
  As you watch this or read the transcript, keep in mind that from 2001 to 2003—during which time the Bush administration launched two wars, one of which we are fighting to this day, and two rounds of tax cuts for the wealthy—Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels was George W. Bush's budget director. Yet now he is blaming President Obama for allegedly creating a debt bomb: Well, you know, he's been the president of this nation for the three years in which we have drifted ever closer to the biggest p...
• Midday open thread 18 May 2012, 2:05 pm
  Today's comic by Matt Bors is Mitt Romney's advice for jerkface bullies: What's coming up on Sunday Kos ... William Galston talks 2012 election with Daily Kos, by DemFromCT Two Daily Kos/SEIU polls show why Americans Elect failed, by Chris Bowers Billionaire donors drive anti-teacher, pro-testing education reform agenda, by Laura Clawson Injustice and jury selection, by Denise Oliver Velez Mitt Romney is a coward, by brooklynbadboy A conversation with future voters, by Dante Atkins For...

WSJ Real-Time Economics

• Q&A: Lessons on Central Banking From Bank of England’s Posen 18 May 2012, 5:31 pm
  Adam Posen spent much of his career analyzing the decisions of central bankers in advanced economies. In 2009, he became one....
• Potential Middle Path for Further Fed Stimulus 18 May 2012, 3:03 pm
  If Fed officials decide they need to provide additional stimulus to the economy, there is a strategy that would allow them to act without resorting to what markets called QE3....
• Barney Frank Weighs In on J.P. Morgan Loss 18 May 2012, 2:29 pm
  Regulators apparently still aren’t willing to say whether J.P. Morgan Chase’s whale of a trade would have violated the Volcker rule had the proposed measure been in place. But one of the law’s key architect’s isn't so shy....
• Fed’s Idea of ‘Exceptionally Low’ Still Under Debate 18 May 2012, 11:44 am
  For months, the Fed has said it expects to keep short-term interest rates at "exceptionally low levels" at least through late 2014. But what exactly that level is continues to be debated....
• Economists React: What if Greece Exits the Euro Zone? 18 May 2012, 11:17 am
  As the prospect of Greece leaving the euro becomes more real by the day, economists are trying to figure out what would happen next, to the economy and to the markets....
• Jobless Rates Fall in Swing States 18 May 2012, 10:45 am
  The unemployment rate fell in 37 states and Washington, D.C., last month, most notably in several swing states that will likely prove critical in the November election....
• Bank of England’s Posen Named to Lead Peterson Institute 18 May 2012, 9:07 am
  The Peterson Institute for International Economics on Friday named Adam Posen, an outspoken policymaker at the Bank of England, as its new director....
• Secondary Sources: Greek Exit, Mortgage Mess, Inflation Targeting 18 May 2012, 8:45 am
  A roundup of economic news from around the Web....
• Vital Signs: Leading Indicators Slip 18 May 2012, 7:39 am
  The Conference Board’s index of Leading Economic Indicators -- designed to show where the economy is headed in coming months -- slipped 0.1% in April, after rising 0.3% in March....
• Geithner Defends His Support for Tough Regulations 17 May 2012, 9:44 pm
  Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said there is no evidence that he has tried to water down new regulations being written as part of the Dodd-Frank overhaul of the financial system, calling any such suggestion “ridiculous.”...

Dealbreaker

• Write-Offs: 05.18.12 18 May 2012, 6:06 pm
  $$$ G8 leaders urged to focus talks on growth [FT]$$$ JPMorgan Returned $168M To MF Global, Trustee Says [Bloomberg]$$$ Chesapeake Cuts Board Compensation [WSJ]$$$ Ben Horowitz: MBAs aren’t as bad as everyone thinks [PandoDaily]$$$ Bloomberg TV’s Matt Miller vents about Nasdaq FB glitches to NYSE traders [Bloomberg TV]$$$ Boston radio talk show host Howie Carr released evidence that appears to confirm [Elizabeth] Warren may have plagiarized at least three of the five recipes she subm...
• Facebook IPO Goes Nowhere In Exciting Fashion 18 May 2012, 5:25 pm
  What does this tell you? The key facts are that 43mm shares of Facebook changed hands at $38.00, almost all of them at the bid, and another 28.5mm traded at $38.01, largely at the ask.* I am not really smart enough to interpret – humans and algorithms aware of the stabilizing bid may have thrown…Continue reading »Follow Dealbreaker on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: FaceBook, IPOs ...
• Dads, “Love” Screwed Would-Be Facebook Shareholders Out Of Millions, Billions 18 May 2012, 4:54 pm
  For every Facebook millionaire, there is someone who missed out. Ali Fedotowsky gave it up for love. She left her job in Facebook’s ad-sales department in 2010 to star in her own reality TV show, “The Bachelorette.” Ms. Fedotowsky left behind her unvested, restricted Facebook stock units, says her spokeswoman, who says Ms. Fedotowsky isn’t…Continue reading »Follow Dealbreaker on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: "Zuckerberg projects", Ali Fedotowsky, ...
• Serious Business Network Brings In Big Guns For Facebook IPO 18 May 2012, 2:48 pm
  When you’ve made the executive decision to turn your business channel into the Facebook IPO Show, it can get difficult figuring out how to fill every second of airtime. Obviously there will be breathless coverage from every conceivable angle, a countdown clock, and segments on “the evolution of social media,” “advice for Mark Zuckerberg,” the emotions surrounding a delay in trading, venture capital’s feelings about Facebook, “what’s the deal with F...
• Formula 1 Heiresses Recommend Real Estate, Dog Facials 18 May 2012, 1:42 pm
  Last year, Petra Ecclestone, daughter of Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, gave the California housing market a boost when she bought 90210 widow Candy Spelling’s 57,000 square foot mansion for $85 million, as a crash pad for when she’s in Los Angeles (she also owns a six-story house in London’s Chelsea neighborhood purchased for £56 million). Around the same time, Petra’s sister, Tamara, paid $70 million for “a 16,000-square-foot historic brick home across the road fr...
• Call The (Facebook) Close (Update) 18 May 2012, 10:11 am
  Standard Price Is Right rules, closest without going over, guesses in by 3:45PMWinner gets your choice of an ‘I violently heart Dealbreaker’ embroidered hoodie, a visit from the Sandwich Fairy on Monday, or our Facebook friendships.Continue reading »Follow Dealbreaker on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: Call the Close, contests, FaceBook, Mark Zuckerberg, rugs ...
• Opening Bell: 05.18.12 18 May 2012, 8:03 am
  Facebook Employees Spend All Night Programming (DJ) Tech geeks across the Facebook empire — including the New York office — celebrated the company’s IPO and their newfound millions by slugging back energy drinks at all-night code-writing parties. Legions of the social network’s employees, who will be worth an average of $2.9 million apiece on paper when the stock opens trading this morning, dressed for the occasion with matching “Hackathon” T-shirts. They kicked off the party at thei...
• Write-Offs: 05.17.12 17 May 2012, 6:13 pm
  $$$ Santander, BBVA Among Spanish Banks Downgraded By Moody’s [Bloomberg]$$$ Spain denies bank run reports [FT]$$$ Big banks need extra $566bn, says Fitch [FT, FTAV]$$$ Icahn Takeover of CVR Gets Support From 55% of Holders [Bloomberg]$$$ JPMorgan’s Dimon says will testify before Congress [Reuters]$$$ Occupy Wall Street is staging an intervention with Jamie Dimon [NC] $$$ BlackRock is looking for a performance analyst in Princeton [DBCC]$$$ At CME, an Uproar Over Trading Hours [WSJ]$$$ ...
• Company Sells Stock 17 May 2012, 5:43 pm
  Facebook priced its IPO at $38, the top of its revised range. Yaaay. Congrats to Facebook for having a very nice web page, but also to its banks, which collectively made $176mm, $202mm with the greenshoe, not even counting Goldman’s side action. This money seems to have been earned, more or less. Capital markets bankers…Continue reading »Follow Dealbreaker on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: FaceBook, IPOs ...
• Chuck Schumer Is Ruining Facebook IPO Day For One Shareholder 17 May 2012, 5:19 pm
  As you may have heard, earlier this afternoon, Facebook priced its initial public offering at $38/share, valuing co-founder Eduardo Saverin’s stake at approximately $2.9 billion. Since Saverin conveniently renounced his US citizenship last week, he will avoid paying millions in capital gains taxes and hang on to an estimated $67-$100 million that would have otherwise gone to the government, news that did not sit right with Chuck Schumer. Did the Senator from New York call the guy a “...

Freakonomics

New Scientist

• Zuckerberg patents aim to simplify Facebook messages 18 May 2012, 3:06 pm
  Patents are technology's first draft - and they don't stop coming even when Facebook's initial public offering is hogging the headlines...
• Lots of nail biting on the eve of a historic launch 18 May 2012, 2:55 pm
  The SpaceX Dragon capsule is prepared for a mission to the International Space Station, and officials are managing expectations...
• Today on New Scientist: 18 May 2012 18 May 2012, 12:00 pm
  All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: GPS loss kicked off fatal drone crash and monitoring tides could predict major quakes...
• International Space Station enters 2001's star gate 18 May 2012, 11:14 am
  An orbiting astronaut has used an amateur astronomer's trick to create an image worthy of the trippier sequences of 2001: A space odyssey...
• RNA breakthrough transforms idea of gene control 18 May 2012, 11:00 am
  Never-before-seen changes to the genetic code give new insight into how the environment can affect our genes...
• Why the dino-dolphins got the bends 18 May 2012, 10:56 am
  Ichthyosaurs, the dolphins of the dinosaur era, got decompression sickness, but only from the Jurassic period onwards – what happened?...
• When you eat beats what you eat in staying healthy 18 May 2012, 10:40 am
  Mice that ate all their meals during an 8-hour window were healthier than mice that snacked throughout the day, even when they ate more fat...
• Number of asteroids that pose risk to Earth is doubled 18 May 2012, 9:40 am
  The asteroid-tracking NEOWISE mission reveals that twice as many asteroids as previously thought are on low-inclination orbits that could hit our planet...
• Clothbot climbs the wrinkles in your clothes 18 May 2012, 9:35 am
  A small robot capable of climbing clothes could be a pet or even a moving phone – if that's what you really want...
• Friday Illusion: Running man moves in two directions 18 May 2012, 7:23 am
  Watch a running man swap directions in a new illusion presented at the Best Illusions of the Year Contest...

LiveScience

• Tyrannosaur Skeleton For Sale, But Ownership Is Questioned 18 May 2012, 6:36 pm
  A nearly complete tyrannosaur skeleton set for auction may have been looted. ...
• Quake-Catcher Network Harnesses Home Computers 18 May 2012, 6:05 pm
  Quake-Catcher Network acts as a motion-sensing network that sends data about ground shaking whenever it occurs. ...
• Jocks are Dumber, Research Finds 18 May 2012, 5:41 pm
  Students participating in contact sports worse off in learning and memory. ...
• 60's Space Food Looks Gross, Probably Tastes Gross 18 May 2012, 4:13 pm
  The Smithsonian released an image of a meal that went on Apollo 10 with John Young in 1969. ...
• Pollution Creates Big, Warm Thunderclouds 18 May 2012, 3:51 pm
  New simulation study shows that the atmosphere warms when pollution intensifies storms. ...
• Immune System Strength at Birth Linked to Quantity of Baby’s Colds 18 May 2012, 3:44 pm
  Research has linked immune system strength to how many colds a baby has in the first year of life. ...
• Autism in Infants Predicted by Simple Test 18 May 2012, 3:34 pm
  A simple test previously used in relation to preterm infants and cerebral palsy may aid in predicting autism. ...
• Can We Save the Saola? Earth's Rarest Antelope | Video 18 May 2012, 3:34 pm
  Conservation organizations examine the plight of the saola, one of the rarest mammals on the planet and one that is teetering on the brink of extinction, and discuss the chances for saving the species. ...
• 4G Report Card: Which Carriers Make the Grade? 18 May 2012, 3:32 pm
  We grade the four major U.S. carriers on their 4G speed and rollout. ...
• Rabies Snoozes While Bats Hibernate 18 May 2012, 3:11 pm
  How quickly rabies viruses evolve depends on their host species and location. ...

Digg Science

• How to Temporarily Blind Yourself 18 May 2012, 8:52 pm
  Have you ever wondered what it might be like to be temporarily blind? Of course you have. In fact, there is a way to trick your body into becoming blind, at least for a few minutes. Writing on Mindhacks, Vaugn Bell—perhaps one of the best neuroscience writers around—explains the......
• Edible 'stop signs' in food could help control overeating 18 May 2012, 3:42 pm
  An experiment found that adding a colored potato chip in a tube of chips helped subjects eat fewer chips and accurately keep track of what they had eaten....
• Men, Meat and Masculinity Linked 18 May 2012, 1:41 pm
  Image credit: Getty Images Is there any summer activity manlier than slapping a thick steak on the grill and chowing down? According to a new study, nope. The report published in the Journal of Consumer Research found that people associate meat with masculinity, a fact that may make healthier, vegetable-heavy diets seem wimpy and unappealing. “To the strong, traditional, macho, bicep-flexing, All-American male, red meat is a strong, traditional, macho, bicep-flexing, all-American food,” the ...
• Bacteria Found Thriving in 86-Million-Year-Old Seabeds 18 May 2012, 11:35 am
  Live bacteria that use miniscule amounts of oxygen has been discovered trapped in red clay deposited on the ocean floor some 86 million years ago. The bacteria use. Researchers led by Hans Røy from the Center for Geomicrobiology at Aarhus University in Denmark, extracted samples from columns of sediment up to around 30 meters beneath the sea floor in the region of rotating currents north of Hawaii known as the North Pacific Gyre....
• Did Black Holes Exist Prior to the Big Bang? 18 May 2012, 10:51 am
  In recent years, cosmologists have begun to think seriously about processes that occurred before the Big Bang. Alan Coley from Canada's Dalhousie University and Bernard Carr from Queen Mary University in London, published a paper in 2011, where they theorized that some so-called primordial black holes might have been created in the Big Crunch that came before the Big Bang, which supports the theory that the Big Bang was not a single event, but one that occurs in recurring cycles....
• Why Volcanoes Could Be a Girl’s Best Friend 18 May 2012, 6:45 am
  Scientists in the U.K. have discovered a previously unrecognized volcanic process called “fluidized spray granulation”, which can occur during kimberlite eruptions to produce well-rounded particles containing mantle, most notably diamonds. This physical process is remarkable similar to the gas injection and spraying process used to form smooth coatings on chocolates....
• Hinode Mission to Capture Annular Solar Eclipse This Weekend 18 May 2012, 6:17 am
  On May 20-21, 2012 an annular eclipse of the Sun will be visible from within a narrow corridor along Earth's northern Hemisphere....
• Average American Diet - Infographic 18 May 2012, 4:12 am
  The average American diet consists of 24 lbs of artificial sweeteners, 29 lbs of french fries, and over 6000 lbs of dairy annually....
• 10 Cool Discoveries You Should Know About 18 May 2012, 3:57 am
  From asteroid mining to HIV prevention, here are 10 things you should know about from the week....
• Defying gravity, for real! 18 May 2012, 2:08 am
  What if materials could defy gravity, so that we could leave them suspended in mid-air? ZeroN is a physical and digital interaction element that floats and moves in space by computer-controlled magnetic levitation. by Jinha Lee, in collaboration with…...