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

Solar power ventures are heating up in Japan and Europe where initiatives seek to harness the power of the sun from space and in the Sahara desert. Officials with Japan’s space agency believe they can collect solar power from earth’s orbit and bea...   read more

The free lunch in Cuba is coming to an end, literally and figuratively. Following the decision in September to end nearly free meals at state cafeterias, the government of Raúl Castro has decided to remove two food staples, potatoes and peas, from...   read more

Almost lost amid the public fanfare over the House of Representatives approving the health care reform bill was a huge compromise House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made on the issue of abortion. Pelosi, a staunch supporter of abortion rights, risked losi...   read more

Florida’s justice system is the toughest in the world when it comes to punishing juveniles who have committed violent crimes but stopped short of killing someone. Of the 109 juvenile prisoners worldwide serving life in prison without possibility o...   read more

A Virginia-based power company has been accused of causing birth defects and other health problems in the Dominican Republic after thousands of tons of coal ash were dumped on a local beach. AES Corporation, operator of coal-burning power plants i...   read more

On top of the $3.2 billion lost earlier this month when CIT filed for bankruptcy, the federal government’s bank rescue effort is now out of another $1.7 billion because of the collapse of United Commercial Bank. The San Francisco-based bank has th...   read more

At a time of media conglomeration, an effort is underway in the House of Representatives to expand the number of small, local radio stations on the FM dial. The Local Community Radio Act is designed to pick up where the Federal Communications Comm...   read more

Paul Anastas, a Yale chemist and so-called father of green chemistry, is being prevented from taking over the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development because of opposition from Senator David Vitter (R-LA), who has been...   read more

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has decided to partner with Coca Cola to “educate consumers” about the role products, such as soft drinks, can play in “a healthy, active” life. The AAFP, which represents more than 90,000 doctors a...   read more

Men’s desire to dominate their technology does not include simply reading the instructions first. A survey conducted by the Gadget Helpline in the United Kingdom found 64% of its male callers didn’t bother to check the manual before phoning for as...   read more

Nine years after beginning its investigation, the U.S. Department of Labor won a federal jury ruling against Tyson Foods for cheating 3,000 current and former employees out of wages owed to them. But the fine levied on the one of the nation’s larg...   read more

Indoor pollution is increasingly becoming as much a concern as the outdoor kind, thanks to a host of chemicals used in building materials, clothing and appliances. But researchers have discovered ordinary house plants can help neutralize indoor po...   read more

Last week, the Obama administration claimed that its economic recovery plan had created or saved 640,000 jobs. But what it didn’t highlight was that agencies were allowed to include a pay raise as a fraction of a job saved. If an agency or program...   read more

Most Americans don’t have a problem with the United States obeying international law or subjecting itself to rulings by the International Court of Justice, according to a new global survey. The poll conducted by WorldPublicOpinion.org found that o...   read more

What do you get when you combine a lack of cultural sensitivity and political irony? The 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall coming down, brought to you by MTV. The music television network organized a U2 rock concert on Thursday to mark the occas...   read more

It took former DEA agent Richard Horn 15 years to finally win his case against the CIA for spying on him, in part because intelligence officials lied about the covert status of one of their operatives. Horn, who was stationed in Burma in the early...   read more