Trump ordered that the term Homo sapiens be changed to Hetero sapiens. In history books and on websites, the airplane from which the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima will no longer be identified as the Enola Gay, but rather the Enola Straight. Trump also ordered billionaire Mark Cuban, who supported Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, to change his name to Mark American. If he does not do so, he will be charged with terrorism.   read more

Authorities in Canada have been reluctant to embrace Google’s street-view cameras, out of concern over privacy rights violations. But law enforcement in Vancouver was aided last year by the cameras when one of them captured a property owner illega...   read more

Military planners are taking global warming seriously, adding it to the list of destabilizing forces that must be accounted for when devising long-term strategies. In its latest Quadrennial Defense Review report submitted to Congress, the Departme...   read more

Israel’s military has reprimanded two senior officers for an artillery attack last January in the Gaza Strip that involved the use of white phosphorus, a chemical condemned by human rights groups.   The barrage came as part of the assault on Ham...   read more

With the surge of thousands more U.S. soldiers into Afghanistan has come another influx of specially trained personnel: bomb-sniffing dogs. Canines by the hundreds may eventually be sent to help fight the war against the Taliban, which relies on i...   read more

Last year wasn’t just bad for air travel—it was the worst ever, according to an airline trade association. Citing statistics for passengers and cargo, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said 2009 would go down in “history books as ...   read more

Dr. Leslie Baumann, a well-known dermatologist and clinical researcher in Miami Beach, spoke too soon about the supposed benefits of Dysport, an injectable antiwrinkle drug, getting her into trouble with the Food and Drug Administration. In anothe...   read more

The latest quarterly report from the Troubled Asset Relief Program’s (TARP) overseer offers at best a mixed review of the federal rescue that began in the fall of 2008, noting the fact that the program has helped stabilize an industry on the verge...   read more

In a twist of logic, Nobel Peace Prize winner President Barack Obama is claiming the nation must spend more money on nuclear weapons in order to get rid of them. That’s because a new treaty the administration is negotiating with Russia to reduce n...   read more

CBS is facing criticism for deciding to selectively accept advocacy advertisements for the first time during the Super Bowl. The network agreed to take $2.5 million from Focus on the Family, a conservative antiabortion, anti-gay group, and show it...   read more

Twenty-one years ago the United States and Taiwan agreed to the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979, which states that the US will supply Taiwan with arms to defend itself against a attack from mainland China. On January 29, 2010, the United States appro...   read more

Who says you can’t tell a (partisan) book by its cover. Two researchers from Tufts University argue that Republicans and Democrats can be distinguished by certain facial characteristics. In one study, participants were able to accurately choose D...   read more

The U.S. government managed to make itself look like an emergency room unwilling to take patients until they demonstrate proof of insurance or payment. On Wednesday, medical evacuations from earthquake-ravaged Haiti to the U.S. ceased after the st...   read more

From the U.S. government to the United Nations, the warnings last spring were that H1NI was going to infect billions of people and kill hundreds of thousands. But it turned out the panic produced only millions in profits for pharmaceutical compani...   read more

Banning the use of cell phones to make calls or send text messages while driving has not made the roads any safer, according to an insurance industry study, demonstrating the fact that dangerous distractions still exist when motorists are allowed ...   read more

Telemarketing companies that scam consumers out of their money are being aided by some of the biggest banks in the country, according to a class action case filed in a Pennsylvania federal court. The lawsuit names five national banks—Wells Fargo, ...   read more

For the first time in more than 70 years, voters in Oregon approved a statewide tax increase, bucking arguments by conservatives that the country is trending their way since the special election in Massachusetts earlier this month. Oregonians appr...   read more