WASHINGTON — For all the controversy over President Obama's choice for Defense secretary, many of Chuck Hagel's most outspoken...
Interactive Geometric Bookshelf Brings Design to the Crowd
Label: Technology If you’ve got a stack of old geometry textbooks lying around, Alan Rorie’s bookshelf is the perfect home for them. The artist and neurobiologist’s Kickstarter offers the opportunity to design your own bookshelf based on the clever Voronoi pattern method of subdividing space into polyhedrons.The Voronoi pattern has been around for hundreds of years (more, if you count...
“Struck by Lightning” review: Chris Colfer’s coming-of-age comedy not just for Gleeks
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Want to feel like a layabout and as if you’re already way behind schedule in your life?At just 22 years of age, Chris Colfer has starred in a TV series, “Glee,” for the past four seasons, winning a Golden Globe award and two Emmy nominations for his performance in the breakout role of gay high-school chorister Kurt Hummel.Now Colfer has written a movie and stars in it and...
Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, Psychologist Who Studied Depression in Women, Dies at 53
Label: HealthSusan Nolen-Hoeksema, a psychologist and writer whose work helped explain why women are twice as prone to depression as men and why such low moods can be so hard to shake, died on Jan. 2 in New Haven. She was 53. Andrew SacksSusan Nolen-Hoeksema at the University of Michigan in 2003. Dr. Nolen-Hoeksema's research showed that women were more prone to ruminate, or dwell on the sources of...
Wheels Blog: The Seventh-Generation Corvette Is Unveiled in Detroit
Label: BusinessDETROIT — The Stingray is back, in name and in spirit.At an invitation-only gathering hours before the North American International Auto Show was scheduled to open for press previews, General Motors introduced the 2014 Corvette, the seventh generation of Chevrolet’s hallmark sports car.Underscoring the importance of this vehicle was Chevrolet’s revival of the long-dormant Stingray badge, a name it...
<em>Firefly</em> Fan Tries to Retroactively Save Dead Character With NASA Data
Label: Technology Spoiler warning: Firefly ended over 10 years ago and it’s been 7 years since its subsequent film, Serenity, came out, so the spoiler statute of limitations is officially up. Proceed at your own risk.Like many fans of the Joss Whedon space western Firefly, Kyle Hill was shocked by the end of the Serenity movie, when fan-favorite character Wash (Alan Tudyk) was unceremoniously...
Britney Spears says quitting
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Pop star Britney Spears confirmed on Friday she was leaving “The X Factor” talent show after just one year as a celebrity judge, saying it was time to get back to making music.Calling it a “very difficult decision,” Spears said in a statement: “I had an incredible time doing the show and I love the other judges and I am so proud of my teens but it’s time for me to get back...
City Room: Cuomo Declares Public Health Emergency Over Flu Outbreak
Label: HealthWith the nation in the grip of a severe influenza outbreak that has seen deaths reach epidemic levels, New York State declared a public health emergency on Saturday, making access to vaccines more easily available.There have been nearly 20,000 cases of flu reported across the state so far this season, officials said. Last season, 4,400 positive laboratory tests were reported.“We are experiencing...
Treasury Will Not Mint $1 Trillion Coin to Raise Debt Ceiling
Label: BusinessWASHINGTON — The Treasury Department said Saturday that it will not mint a trillion-dollar platinum coin to head off an imminent battle with Congress over raising the government’s borrowing limit. “Neither the Treasury Department nor the Federal Reserve believes that the law can or should be used to facilitate the production of platinum coins for the purpose of avoiding an increase in...
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