Islamists killed 2,297 people and injured 2,246 in 240 separate attacks in 22 countries around the world in August, according to terrorist watch group The Religion of Peace, which has kept regular statistics on Muslim religiously motivated violence since September 2001. The attacks took place in Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Cameroon, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, … Read more
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Many PayPal account holders have been unable to access their PayPal accounts for the past five days. Attempts to access their accounts results in a redirect loop fatal error. Pages of comments about the ongoing issue with PayPal have been filed on the website downdetector.com. Reports of the “too many redirects” error message began to … Read more
“I personally experience public intimidation on a daily basis.” – Dutch Parisienne Rachel Wegner Warning: article contains some graphic language of a sexual nature Paris — After some days of rain, I could not be happier than to enjoy the sunshine in my favorite park 10 minutes located from my home. As I were tanning in … Read more
A Tibetan woman became the 142nd Tibetan in Tibet to self immolate in protest of the rule and actions of the Chinese government Thursday night. The woman, Tashi Kyi, whose age is unknown, self immolated in Ngulra, Gansu Province, eastern Tibet. She died later that night. The self immolation followed the arrival of 150 police and … Read more
When Canadian Doctor Frederick Banting discovered insulin, he turned down offers from big corporations that would have made him – and them — rich, by making insulin available only to those who could afford it. Instead, Banting said that insulin was his gift to mankind. Diabetes began to be recognized as a top killer of humans in … Read more
Early adolescent males gain friends when they have sex while females lose them, a new study has found. Not only that, males who make out without having sex lose popularity, while females who do the same gain. The findings of the study will be presented at the 110th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association … Read more
Flibanserin requires a whole new understanding of “Viagra” for those who are familiar with the male Viagra sildenafil. While sildenafil acts specifically on the penis, and only acts when a man is aroused — it does nothing to arouse the man itself — flibanserin is completely different. The “pink pill” does not work on the groin. … Read more
The FDA has fast-tracked a new inexpensive finger-stick test for herpes, as well as a processing system for the test. The FDA cleared the test under its expedited 510(s) regulatory pathway for low- to moderate-risk devices that are similar to products already on the market. The $9 test was developed by Theranos, a Palo Alto, … Read more
Despite being incarcerated, former beauty queen Brandi Weaver-Gates now feels free, she says, after asking for forgiveness for faking cancer and receiving money through cancer fundraising, and promising to pay the money back. Weaver-Gates made her first statement since she was charged last week. The statement came through her lawyer: “Although Brandi’s incarcerated, she feels … Read more
Over 100 cassettes of Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain, discovered by the director of the recent documentary film “Montage of Heck,” will be the basis for an upcoming Kurt Cobain “solo album.” Or so it has been dubbed by anticipating fans. Montage of Heck director Brett Morgen said the upcoming album “feels like you’re in … Read more
Quasicrystals in the act of growing have for the first time been recorded by Japanese researchers using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, answering a mechanical dilemma of chemistry with an “error-and-correction” observation. “For the first time, we succeeded in observing the quasicrystal growth directly,” University of Tokyo’s Dr. Keiichi Edagawa told The Speaker. “By the direct … Read more