Why General Mattis is Beating the Drums of War
On Saturday, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis accused North Korea of “illegal and unnecessary missile and nuclear programs,” pledging to repel any strike. Mattis went on to say in a speech in Seoul, South Korea, that the North engages in “outlaw” behavior and that the US will never accept a nuclear North.
Amelia Earhart Search Dogs ‘Alerted’ to Scent-Controversy Ensues
[caption id="attachment_158807" align="aligncenter" width="654"] Amelia Earhart on June 6, 1937. (AP Photo, File)[/caption] (NEWSER) – Amelia Earhart buffs will likely to be tuning in to the...
Political Correctness: Are Millennials Mad As Hatters?
Once upon a time we were all students. Some of us were students until the end of school, some went on to college and some...
Climate Change Causing Recent Catastrophic Weather Events in Japan?
Recent typhoons have inflicted heavy damage in northern Japan, the region that is rarely hit by powerful storms during summer and autumn. Some see elements...
Remembering The Great Galveston Hurricane Of 1900
Lola Gayle, STEAM Register The date was September 8, 1900. The place was Galveston, Texas, a booming town with a population of 36,000 residents. It...
How the World Is Careening Toward an Environment Never Before Experienced By Humans
This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The world is careening towards an...
Navy Rescues Dog 5 Weeks After It Fell Overboard (WATCH)
A German shepherd missing at sea for five weeks is back home after the U.S. Navy rescued the dog on an island in the Pacific....
Rapidly Changing Oceans Are Stressing Out Marine Life
If you want an idea of what oceans around the world may be like in the not-too-distant future, look to the Pacific Ocean off the...
Author: Amelia Earhart Was A US Spy Shot Down and Captured By Japanese
(NEWSER) – On July 2, 1937, record-setting aviator Amelia Earhart, along with navigator Fred Noonan, likely ran out of fuel and crashed into the Pacific...
Massive Pacific ‘Blob’ Is Breaking up, But That May Not Be Good News
It is dissipating just as it showed up — rather unexpectedly. For two years, an enormous expanse of extremely warm water in the northern Pacific...
Climatologists: Bizarre Winter Storms Not Caused by El Nino
WASHINGTON — The El Nino effect is about to hit U.S. weather, but it is not the primary cause of the ferocious storms that brought...
Key to Weight Loss: Emotional Eating
Most people hear emotional eating and think of a Chris Farley skit from Saturday Night Live or a certain scene from Austin Powers: The Spy...
How California Rice Farmers and the Government Are Killing Millions of Salmon
From TakePart by Taylor Hill For the second year in a row, California’s historic drought and record-high temperatures appear to have killed much of the...
Great Pacific Garbage Patch Now Twice the Size of Texas
(Newser) The Great Pacific Garbage Patch that floats between California and Hawaii is even bigger than scientists believed—about twice the size of Texas, specifically. "We...