The Day After: A Look at Friday's MH17 Front Page Headlines

For the second time in less than six months, the loss of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet tugged on the world's heartstrings. A plane carrying 295 passengers and crew was shot from the sky on Thursday over Ukraine, crashing near the Russia-Ukraine border in an area called Torez. U.S. Intelligence officials confirmed the plane was brought down by a surface-to-air missile, but the responsible parties have not yet been officially identified.
The Day After: A Look at Friday's MH17 Front Page Headlines

19 Real Reasons Not To Go To The Beach This Summer

Last week, BuzzFeed published an article titled “19 Reasons Not To Go To The Beach This Summer.” In reality, the article contained only one reason—and as they hinted, it “rhymes with shmarks.”
19 Real Reasons Not To Go To The Beach This Summer

A Simple Blood Test Could Predict The Onset Of Alzheimer's

Scientists have developed a new blood test that can predict who will develop Alzheimer’s disease a year after having mild memory problems — and it could be in clinical use within two years.
A Simple Blood Test Could Predict The Onset Of Alzheimer's

What Can Police Learn From Mobile Phone Tower Data?

Metadata is in the news again with revelations that police in Australia have been getting access to data collected from mobile base stations (cell towers).
What Can Police Learn From Mobile Phone Tower Data?

This Is How a 'Go-Around' Avoids Disaster at an Airport

Everything seems fine as the pilot guides the aircraft into the final approach. Suddenly, there's another plane where there isn't supposed to be one: right on the runway where the pilot is set to land. The engines roar, the nose lifts and the jetliner heads skyward once more. Crisis averted.
This Is How a 'Go-Around' Avoids Disaster at an Airport

Extremely Graphic Surgery Video Shows The Miracle Of Heart Transplants

Human heart transplantation is a medical miracle that saves the lives of thousands of patients every year. A heart transplant can add years, sometimes even decades, to a very sick patient’s life. It’s a game-changer, and it’s breathtaking to watch. It’s also EXTREMELY GRAPHIC. You’ve been warned.
Extremely Graphic Surgery Video Shows The Miracle Of Heart Transplants

Happy 42nd birthday, Leap Second!

It was on this date in 1972 that the first leap second was added to a day. The modern definition of a “second” was settled in 1874 by European scientists working from Muslim scholars’ improvement on Ptolemy’s Second Century calculations. But in the early 1960s astronomers realized that the rotation of the earth is irregular -- fundamentally, it is slowing.
Happy 42nd birthday, Leap Second!