Spring, a department store in an app, raises $25 million and launches on Android
• http://www.theverge.comLast summer we wrote about Spring, an app that envisioned bringing the experience of strolling through a mall to your mobile device.
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Help, I made a $57 million garbage food startup monster
• http://www.theverge.comI'm Nitasha. I'm disgusting. I order weird food from an app because I don't want to leave my apartment.
Olive Oil: Are You Sure You're Buying the Real Thing?
• http://www.thealternativedaily.comWhen the heart and health benefits of the Mediterranean Diet became well-known about ten years ago, people began to buy its perceived star, olive oil, in droves.
Science Continues to Amaze, This Time with the First Successful Penis Transplant
• http://www.thealternativedaily.comScience continues to amaze us almost daily with new findings and discoveries. Often, science reveals the possibility of things that once seemed impossible.
Using 3D Printers To Generate Villages Of Houses
• http://amazingbeautifulworld.comRome wasn't built in a day, but a village of 10 houses created out of 3D printed concrete parts has been constructed in just one day in Shanghai, China. And the even better news? Each one only cost around $5000. Oh, and they're partly made out of
Dramatic satellite photos show the new islands China is building
• http://www.businessinsider.com, ERIN BRODWINHere's a new way to exert influence on a disputed territory: Build your own islands on it.
EU formally accuses Google of monopolistic search practices
• http://www.theverge.comThe European Union has formally accused Google of illegal, monopolistic practices, stating that the American company abused its position as market leader by prioritizing its own services in search results and diverting traffic away from its competito
Here's the Canadian Military's Futuristic Prototype Smart Rifle
• http://motherboard.vice.comThe Canadian Army is testing out smart rifle t?echnology to create weapons that are lighter, have greater firepower, and can use data to help soldiers be more precise.
Astronomers Searched 100,000 Galaxies for Alien 'Supercivilizations'
• http://motherboard.vice.comAfter searching 100,000 galaxies for the waste heat signatures emitted by highly advanced extraterrestrial life, a team of astronomers has found no obvious signs. But according to Jason Wright, the astronomer at Penn State who initiated the search, t
This Digital Camera Doesn't Need a Battery Because It Powers Itself
• http://motherboard.vice.comHere is a fully electric digital camera that powers itself using ambient light. If you put it in a well-lit room, it would work indefinitely.
Lost in Translation: What Your Body Language Means Around the World
• http://www.thealternativedaily.comIt is common practice to communicate through body language. Gestures and hand motions are the unofficial "second language" of every culture. As children, we learn to interpret this silent communication and begin to use it ourselves throughout our
Iran Urges New Yemeni Govt, Offers Help in Transition
• antiwar.comFM Cites Creation of New Afghan Govt in 2001 as Model
Putin Ends Ban on Sale of Defensive Missiles to Iran
• antiwar.comIran: Deal Could Enhance Regional Stability
The Game-Changing Water Revolution: Interview with Stanley Weiner
Staffoilpricedotcom ErikGlobally, water demand is threatening to dangerously outpace supply, while in the US, dry states such as Texas and California are suffering from shortages and the future forebodes more suffering. For the North American shale boom, the lack of water i
Airbnb Offering Rentals In Cuba
• http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.comAirbnb is taking advantage of the renewed relationship between the U.S. and Cuba by offering vacation rentals there.
Marco Rubio Is the Anti-Rand Paul on Foreign Policy
• http://popularliberty.comThe two Tea Party senators-turned presidential aspirants present clashing visions of American power
Australian government to announce anti-vaccination parents will lose benefits
• Mark Kenny and Julia MedewParents who do not vaccinate their children will lose welfare payments of up to $2100 per child under a federal government policy set to be announced before the May budget.
Fighting erupts in eastern Ukraine
• http://www.theguardian.comHeavy shelling heard in Donetsk as Russian-back rebels and Ukrainian forces clash in the latest threat to the Minsk ceasefire signed in February
Republicans line up the standard anti-Clinton attacks. Will any of them work?
• http://www.theguardian.comThe former secretary of state has been the target of Republican ire long before she announced her second run for the presidency. Do their barbs portend a gathering storm, or is it all just so much old news?
America's Newly Announced Rocket Will Be Recaptured in Midair With a Helicopter
• http://motherboard.vice.comThe commercial space race just got a lot more interesting. America's biggest private space conglomerate just announced a new, reusable rocket that it hopes to recover in midair with a helicopter after it's launched.
We Need a Tiny, Retina-Sized Miracle to Make the First Smart Contact Lens
• http://motherboard.vice.comLast month, Google got approval for a much-ballyhooed patent--a powered contact lens with built-in blood glucose monitoring ability.
France's anti-drone drone can spot malicious pilots in under a minute
• http://www.engadget.com, by Daniel CooperParis has been hit with a spate of anonymously-piloted drones flying over key landmarks, government buildings and even a nuclear power station.
Saudi Allies Condemn Pakistan for Refusing to Join Yemen War
• http://news.antiwar.com, Jason DitzUAE FM Threatens 'High Cost' to Pakistan for Not Going Along
Famed Uruguayan Author/Political Critic Eduardo Galeano Dies at Age 74
Stephen LendmanEduardo Galeano
Oklahoma City bombing: 20 years later, key questions remain unanswered
• http://www.theguardian.comTimothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols have faced three trials and a vast FBI investigation but many details of their attack remain unexplained
Satoshi Citadel Industries 'Completing the Bitcoin Ecosystem in the Philippines'...
• http://cointelegraph.comWith BuyBitcoin.ph Acquisition The Philippines' first Bitcoin exchange, Buybitcoin.ph, has been sold to resident universal Bitcoin service Satoshi Citadel Industries
Four Arrested in US$307M Alleged Pyramid Scheme 'UFun'
• http://cointelegraph.com/newsThai police have arrested four executives of UFun Store Co. Ltd., a business that operates an alleged pyramid scheme.
Media Pushing the Idea That Fukushima Radiation Is Just Fine...
• http://truthstreammedia.comSo Why Not Go Swim in It for Six Hours a Day... The mainstream media and their experts are finally openly admitting that radiation from the crippled nuclear reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, the initial meltdown of which was
SeaWorld Being Sued (Again) For Allegedly Drugging and Confining Orcas to "Chemical Tubs"
• http://www.trueactivist.com"SeaWorld accepts that abnormal (even desperate) orca behavior... is the price paid for this form of human entertainment and company profit," the court documents say.
SpaceX To Attempt Revolutionary Falcon 9 Rocket Landing Today
• http://www.popsci.comThe Falcon 9 rocket is at its launch pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Station in Florida. Its companion, the autonomous floating barge ship "Just Read The Instructions," is in its more or less stable catching position in the Atlantic Ocean.
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