In the quest for the perfect selfie, some folks seem to have decided that no photo-editing app to is good enough to smooth out the wrinkles: nothing less than old-school plastic surgery will do.
As Ebola continues to kill in West Africa, scientists in Senegal have developed a test that can determine in just 15 minutes whether a patient has been infected by the virus. The test is portable, solar powered and removes previous obstacles for a quick diagnosis, making it up to six times faster than the tests currently used.
While US retailers are flooding social media with plugs for the latest Black Friday deals, activists angry about the failure to indict a white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager earlier this year are using that same space to urge a boycott of the big shopping day.
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For the aesthetically inclined, walking or driving around a modern city can be a distracting, unsettling experience, as eyesores upon eyesores of garish street ads, neon signs, and billboards barge into view.
If you’re spending today stuck at the airport with your flight delayed or canceled because of inclement weather, spare a thought for the some hardy souls in Siberia: While East Coast airports brace themselves for a much-hyped winter storm, passengers at the Igarka airport above the Arctic Circle showed that no force of nature can thwart human determination.
As prosecutors announced that a grand jury would not be indicting Darren Wilson, the white police officer who shot an unarmed black teenager earlier this year in Ferguson, Missouri, the mayor of nearby St. Louis, Francis Slay, warned the community that violence and vandalism in reaction to the news would not be tolerated.
