Articles
To*ma*to
It is still a matter of dispute whether it was the Spanish conquistador Hern*n Cort*s or Christopher Columbus who deserves credit for taking the tomato with him...
Severely Obese Kids Have Heart Disease Risk Factors as Early as Age 2
It’s well-known that obesity can be linked to high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, and ultimately to death. But now a new Dutch study is linking severe...
Seattle Mariners Outfielder, Greg Halman, Found Stabbed to Death
Grim news out of the Netherlands today as the AFP reports that Greg Halman, an outfielder for the Seattle Mariners, was stabbed to death. Police were called to...
Dutch to Classify High-Potency Marijuana as a Hard Drug
The Dutch government said Friday it would move to classify high-potency marijuana alongside hard drugs such as cocaine and ecstasy, the latest step in the...
Apple Granted Injunction to Block Samsung Tablet Sales in Europe
Apple has been granted a preliminary junction against Samsung, ruling that Samsung's 10.1-inch "Galaxy Tab" Android tablet be pulled from store shelves "across...
Photo Essays
Buzz Thrill: LIFE Goes to a Bee Market
A recent report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture on the still-mysterious and, frankly, frightening phenomenon known as Colony-Collapse Disorder — the...
Inside the Secret Operation to Rescue Timbuktu’s Manuscripts
Beyond the reports of beatings, hand-choppings and other grim Shari’a punishments carried out in the ten months Islamists held the historic Malian city of...
