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12/27/2024 03:30:45 am

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Syrian fighter

White Shroud Tries to Destroy ISIS From Within

A mysterious hit-and-run guerilla group shows the Islamic State is beginning to face the initial stirrings of what amounts to a popular backlash.

Medieval cross

Scottish Retiree Finds Viking Hoard with Metal Detector

A Scottish retiree with a metal detector has stumbled upon the find of a lifetime when he unearthed a Viking treasure that experts are calling the "largest and most important Viking treasure found in Scotland since 1891."

Chart

Smoke One Cigarette, Shorten Your Life By 14 Minutes

Drug addiction website Treatment4Addiction.com calculates that a single cigarette can shorten your life by almost 14 minutes.

Mosquito

'Better Than Anything Else' Mosquito Repellant Renders Users Invisible

"Better Than Anything Else" Mosquito Repellant Renders Users Invisible

Medical hacking

Europol Report: First 'On-Line' Murder Could Occur This Year

In 2011, a computer hacker remotely manipulated an insulin pump. Doctors worry pacemakers are next.

Strati

Introducing the Strati: The World's First Fully-Functional 3D-Printed Car

Local Motors, an Arizona-based car manufacturing company, set the automotive world on its ear by introducing the world's first fully-functional 3D printed car.

Parchin

Explosion Tears Through Iranian Nuclear Testing Facility

A massive explosion rocked an Iranian munitions complex linked to the country's highly controversial nuclear program.

Video game violence

Study Shows Violent Media Increases Aggression in Children

A study conducted by Ohio State University has found that solid majorities of media researchers, parents, and pediatricians agree that exposure to violent media can increase aggression in young people.

Ray Cole

Morocco Arrests British Man For Being Gay

Moroccan authorities took a British tourist and another man into custody and sentence to a four-month prison term on the charge of being homosexual.

Harvard security

Murder Threat E-mailed To Harvard's Asian Students

School officials are taking the threat seriously.

From Texas Blonde To Jihadist Dreamgirl

Jennifer Williams is a blonde, blue-eyed, "heavily tattooed" Texan. She's also the unlikely pin-up girl inspiring a deluge of marriage proposals from ISIS.

Lady with an Ermine

Three In One: Scans of Da Vinci Painting Reveal Two Other Works

Recent scans of a painting by Leonardo Da Vinci revealed the master artist tried three times to get the picture right.

Mosquito

China: Deadly Dengue Fever Outbreak Hits 8,273

Even as Africa reels from the on-going Ebola crisis, Asia has been hit with a massive outbreak of dengue fever.

Tapeworms

Chinese Man's Love of Sashimi Results In Full-Body Tapeworm Infestation

It is believed the man became infection by eating contaminated sashimi, a Japanese delicacy consisting of raw fish.

Massive "Nazca of Kazakhstan" Earthworks Discovered in Central Asia

The patterns range from simple squares, rings, and crosses to more complicated swastikas and triskeles.

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