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| When a written warning just isn’t enough: talking cigarette packs Monday, Jul 01, 2013 03:30 PM PDT Smokers are used to written warnings about smoking on the sides of their cigarette packs. But what about a pack that talks? A group of researchers from University of Stirling's Centre for Tobacco Control Research in Scotland are working on cigarette packs that attempt to dissuade would-be smokers from lighting up, The Scotsman reports. The [...] Full Story | Top |
| Wealthy parents sue school, claim they were scammed into buying $50K finger painting Monday, Jul 01, 2013 02:50 PM PDT A pair of Manhattan socialites are suing a private school for nearly a half-million dollars after it allegedly tricked them into bidding $50,000 for a finger painting done by kindergarteners. According to the lawsuit filed on Friday in New York State Supreme Court, Michelle-Marie and Jon Heinemann claim the Cathedral School of St. John the [...] Full Story | Top |
| Avatars might encourage women to lose weight: Study Monday, Jul 01, 2013 01:35 PM PDT Virtual reality avatars can help encourage women to lose weight, according to a study published in the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology. Researchers asked 128 women about their interest in using avatars—virtual representations of themselves—as tools to help them lose weight. According to the findings, nearly 90 percent of women asked expressed an interest [...] Full Story | Top |
| ‘Star Wars’ fans’ short film to air as national TV commercial Monday, Jul 01, 2013 10:54 AM PDT The "Star Wars" saga is so ingrained in our collective consciousness that even a potato chip container is enough to spawn some hilarious and impressive fan films. A few months ago, Pringles potato chips and Lucasfilm asked fans to create an original short film set in the Star Wars universe using the snack food as [...] Full Story | Top |
| Archive reveals early 1900s aerial photography of U.S. cities Monday, Jul 01, 2013 08:35 AM PDT A number of panoramic photographs from more than 100 years ago shows how one man's creative thinking helped influence photography—especially aerial photography. In 1893, photographer George R. Lawrence inherited a camera studio and launched his new company with the motto, "The Hitherto Impossible in Photography is Our Specialty." Lawrence was particularly interested in aerial photography, [...] Full Story | Top |
| Afghan bomb disposal expert defuses suicide bomber’s vest Monday, Jul 01, 2013 07:43 AM PDT An Afghan bomb disposal expert defused a would-be suicide bomber's explosives-laden vest in Jalalabad on Sunday. Afghan security forces captured the bomber before he was able to blow himself up. They then tied him up to prevent him from detonating the bomb attached to his chest. Before the suicide bomber could be interrogated, a bomb [...] Full Story | Top |
| Weather radar shows giant ‘storm’ of dust, bugs in Texas Monday, Jul 01, 2013 06:08 AM PDT Forecasters in Texas thought something was wrong with their equipment late last week when radar showed a massive area of rain and strong storms stretching from Dallas to Austin on a dry summer day. "It looked like it was raining," Jennifer Dunn, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Dallas-Fort Worth, told the Austin [...] Full Story | Top |
| Life as a Syrian refugee: A look inside the world’s second largest refugee camp Monday, Jul 01, 2013 04:09 AM PDT On The Radar Well over a million people have fled Syria to escape the war, and as more people continue to seek safety in refugee camps in bordering countries, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees says it is a challenge to meet the Syrian refugees' "basic needs" and "ensure their dignity." In an exclusive interview [...] Full Story | Top |
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