optical illusion
There’s an insane optical illusion that makes a full moon look squished — here’s why it happens By Jessica Orwig From Business Insider Who broke the moon? Believe it or not, that’s a real photo of the full moon…
minesweeping robot ships
France and the UK want a fleet of minesweeping robot ships By Andrew Tarantola From engadget Underwater mines The biggest threat to America’s Navy over the past 60 years hasn’t been China’s rapidly modernizing military, North Korea’s nuclear saber rattling…
The Caribbean’s new piracy problem
By Marcia Forbes, PhD From Caribbean Journal About 98 channels are currently being pirated by Jamaican cable TV operators. This is what Chairman of the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ) shared in the April 24th Press Conference called to talk…
Mouthless boneworms devoured ancient sea serpents
By Becky Oskin for LiveScience from Mashable Bone-eating worms that can devour an entire whale carcass were also feasting on prehistoric reptiles more than 100 million years ago, a new study finds. No one knows when the first Osedax worms…
Caribbean youth priorities take centre stage at Ministerial meeting in Antigua and Barbuda
From The Commonwealth Governments and youth leaders from Commonwealth countries in the Caribbean will address regional and global youth development challenges and opportunities when they gather in Antigua for a three-day meeting this week. The Caribbean Region Commonwealth Youth Ministers…
Boies Schiller backs first openly gay boy scout leader
By Nell Gluckman, From The Am Law Daily David Boies is stepping into the gay rights movement once again. The chairman of Boies, Schiller & Flexner—famous for his fight against California’s same-sex marriage ban—has advocated for the hire of 18-year-old…
Britain’s painful savings revolution
By Jamie Robertson BBC business presenter, From BBC Imagine this: you have just left university. You have a debt of £27,000 on your tuition fees. You owe another £12,000 from your living costs for the last three years. Your rent…
Ninth Circuit takes fresh look at ‘Model Mayhem’ rape case
By Vanessa Blum, From The Recorder The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit revisited a case Wednesday with implications for the legal immunity Internet companies like Facebook, Craiglist and Twitter can claim under Section 230 of the Communications…
Scientists, celebrities wants belugas barred from Georgia aquarium
By R. Robin McDonald from Daily Report A group of marine biologists, scientists and conservationists—and several celebrities—have asked a judge in Atlanta to allow them to file a brief backing a decision by the National Marine Fisheries Service to bar…
Court to weigh Greenberg Traurig misconduct claims
By Scott Flaherty, from The Litigation Daily Litigation Daily readers know we’ve been captivated by Facebook Inc.’s lawsuit against DLA Piper, Milberg, and other firms that represented accused Facebook fraudster Paul Ceglia. But the Facebook suit isn’t the only attorney…