800-pound gator bagged by teen in Texas

A Texas state record 800-pound alligator caught during a public hunt on the James E. Daughtrey Wildlife Management Area.

Bill Maher shredded by Glenn Greenwald on US intervention in Muslim countries

Bill Maher is taken apart by Glenn Greenwald for trying to absolve the US from any responsibility for the mass slaughter and destruction in Muslim countries, blaming it on Islamic

Binge drinking raises heart disease risk

Binge drinking in the college years can increase the risk of heart disease later in life

Fed's don't think they need warrant for Facebook chats

An FBI investigation manual updated last year, obtained by the ACLU, says it's possible to warrantlessly obtain Americans' e-mail "without running afoul" of the Fourth Amendment.

Stephen Hawking boycotts Israel

Never has a scientist of this stature boycotted Israel.

Early math and reading linked to mid-life success

Duh!

Wealthy Democrats are saving the economy

The title of this post isn't a partisan statement. It actually seems to be a fact that there has been disproportionate spending particularly by more affluent democrats.

Facebook can make you mentally ill

Facebook and other social networking sites may affect your mental health by causing psychotic episodes and delusions, researchers warn.

Quarter of adults walk less than a mile per week

The YouGov survey, which polled 2,000 adults to find out where and when they walked, found another 43% reported walking for less than two hours a week.

In Place of Compassion, Cruelty: Federal Bureau of Prisons

The Justice Department’s inspector general last week issued a report on the appalling failure of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to do its duty in assisting in the release of terminally ill inmates and others in extreme situations.

Effortless meditation

Tips on maintaining concentration and awareness

Obama At Ohio State Commencement: Reject Voices That Warn About Government Tyranny

No questioning allowed!

Todays teens more materialistic

oday's teenagers are more materialistic and less interested in working hard than the baby boomers were in their teens

How to make crystals {interesting}

Have you ever wondered how crystals are made?

IBM creates world's smallest movie

You thought Marcel the Shell was small? The motion of *atoms* is what animates a new film from IBM.

China's billionaires. Are they really Communists?

Much has been made of the record China recently broke: it houses more billionaires in its government than any other country in the world.

Anti-cocaine vaccine research edges closer to human trials

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have successfully used a vaccine to produce a long-lasting anti-cocaine immunity in nonhuman primates.

Bush's Inferno

Ralph Nader sounds off as GWB opens presidential library

Americans are going to Canada for college now because tuition is too damn high

Not only are the costs of tuition lower, but American students can even use college savings plans, U.S. student loans and apply for scholarships at some schools in Canada.

Interview with David Lory VanDerBeek

David Lory VanDerBeek is an extraordinary man with a passion for reforming policies that just aren't working.

What is freedom?

What is freedom and does anyone really have it?

Rand Pauls's Tea Party response (full text)

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul delivered the Tea Party rebuttal to Obama's State of the Union speech

The cult of Nikola Tesla

No personality in the history of science has been pushed further into the realm of mythology than the Serbian-American electrical engineer Nikola Tesla.

Bionic arm like something from space

The idea of an amputee tinkling on piano keys with all the flair and grace of an able-handed person may seem like a futuristic fantasy.

Saturn hurricane baffles scientists

The Cassini spacecraft has provided NASA with the first visible-light glimpse of a massive weather system circling Saturn’s north pole.

8 ways happy people start their morning

How you choose to spend your morning can often be used to accurately predict what kind of day you’re going to have.

New bill to label GMOs in US

Major changes could be coming to American food labeling rules if a new federal bill mandating that genetically modified ingredients be disclosed is signed into law.

American's skeptical of organic label

Men remain more skeptical about organic food than women. 63% of men consider organic food more of a marketing issue while 54% of women do.