 Apocalypse Now: This Family Built a Castle to Survive Doomsday  | Atop one large foothill here deep in the Carolina woods lies a most unlikely site: a castle, replete with a drawbridge, portcullis — and an underground bunker.
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| Read More » Identical twin U.S. astronauts to serve as research subjects  | By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA's only identical twin astronauts are planning to serve as guinea pigs for studies investigating the genetic impacts of long-duration spaceflight. Astronaut Mark Kelly, who commanded four space shuttle missions including the final flight of Endeavour, is set to be a test subject on Earth while his twin undergoes studies in orbit. Kelly left NASA in 2011 to care for his wife, former U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords. ...
| Read More » California billionaire unveils futuristic 'Hyperloop' transport  | By Rory Carroll SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California billionaire Elon Musk took the wraps off his vision of a futuristic "Hyperloop" transport system on Monday, proposing to build a solar-powered network of crash-proof capsules that would whisk people from San Francisco to Los Angeles in half an hour. In a blog post, Musk, the chief executive of electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc described in detail a system that, if successful, would do nothing short of revolutionizing intercity transportation. But first the plan would have to overcome questions about its safety and financing. ...
| Read More » U.S. horse association will be ordered to allow clones on registry  | By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - A U.S. horse association soon will be required to add cloned horses and their offspring to its prestigious registry, a federal judge in Texas ruled on Monday. The decision could encourage cloning and open the way for the animals to participate in lucrative horse races. U.S. District Court Judge Mary Lou Robinson said she will sign an order requiring the American Quarter Horse Association to begin allowing cloned animals to be placed on its registry, according to the organization. ...
| Read More » Home Life Stresses Working Moms More Than Dads Thinking about family matters at the office is more stressful to working moms than dads, new research finds. Read More » Ex-Google Exec Believes In Crowdfunding Entrepreneurship  | In 2012, Dave Girouard stepped down as president of Google Enterprise and decided to take his life in a completely different direction. Along with a few fellow ex-Google employees, Girouard founded Upstart, a crowdfunding platform that offers college students and graduates ("upstarts") the capital, support and guidance they need to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams. Backers provide startup money for upstarts of their choosing, and in return, the upstarts share a small portion of their income over the next 10 years. ...
| Read More » Space Station Delivery Capsules Now Being Delivered on Houston Mail  | HOUSTON — The space capsules that are used to deliver crew and cargo to and from the International Space Station are now available for delivery on envelopes and postcards mailed through the Houston post office.
| Read More » When Online Shoppers Are Likely to Overspend Your competitive streak may end up costing you in a big way online. New research has found that visitors overspend on auction sites where they do not know who they are competing against. Read More » How Men's Jobs May Affect Their Housework What could make a man start doing a larger share of a couple's housework? Read More » Extreme Heat May Aggravate Gastrointestinal Problems Extremely hot weather makes us sweat and frizzes some people's hair, but a new study reports for the first time that it can also worsen some gastrointestinal (GI) problems. Read More » Google Glass Required? Wearable Tech Hits the Office Wearable technology, like Google Glass or Jawbone, could soon be coming to an office near you. Read More » Before Hyperloop: 6 Futuristic Transit Ideas  | The Hyperloop transportation scheme proposed by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has created quite a stir in transportation circles. But Musk is hardly the first to turn heads with a transport idea that's either brilliant or wacky.
| Read More » The Truth About College Students and Casual Sex Revealed NEW YORK — Contrary to popular belief, college students today aren't "hooking up" any more than in the past, a new study finds. Read More » Byzantine Treasure Found in Ancient Trash Pit  | Hundreds of coins, intact lamps and even ancient gold jewelry have been found in Israel, curiously discarded hundreds of years ago in a Byzantine garbage dump.
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| Read More » Will Keystone XL Pipeline Create Many Construction Jobs? (Op-Ed) Anthony Swift is an attorney in the International Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Th Switchboard Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights Read More » Three Dinosaur Species Become One  | Gazelle-sized dinosaurs in the genus roamed Earth between 120 million and 125 million years ago, eating plants and cracking nuts with parrotlike beaks. They represent one of the most species-rich groups of dinosaurs known today, with at least nine different psittacosaurs identified since their discovery in 1923. But their ranks may have just gotten smaller.
| Read More » Radioactive Water Leaks from Fukushima: What We Know  | Here is what you need to know about the radioactive water leaking from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean.
| Read More » No Matter the Spin, Whales in Captivity Deserve Better (Op-Ed)  | Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.
| Read More » NASA Finds Blinking Baby Stars with Cosmic 'Hula Hoop'  | Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have detected a system of young, blinking stars surrounded by a dusty "hula-hoop" of stellar leftovers that could form planets one day.
| Read More » 5 Odd Ways Your Tech Devices May Injure You Computers and phones have made life easier for most of us, but perhaps harder for an unlucky few. Read More » Sweet Disguise: Chocolate-Covered Elephant Ivory Seized in Macau  | Ivory poachers go to sometimes-absurd lengths to smuggle prized pieces of elephant tusks across borders.
| Read More » Doomsday Fear: Could an EMP Throw World into Chaos?  | SOMEWHERE IN THE CAROLINA MOUNTAINS — If a nuclear bomb went off in the high atmosphere over the United States, it could possibly take out the electrical grids over most of the country. Likewise, a huge solar flare could create widespread devastation by knocking out electricity, experts say.
| Read More » Baby Messiah: Why Court-Ordered Name Change Sparked Outrage What's in a name? Plenty, according to a judge in Tennessee, who has taken the unusual step of changing a baby's first name from Messiah to Martin. Read More » | 
