A bill allowing same-sex couples to adopt in New South Wales has been passed in state parliament’s Lower House — via redwolf.newsvine.com
One of the odors emanating from Washington, DC, these days is from journalists marking their territory — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Sensing Senators don’t have the stomach to try and pass a stand-alone bill in broad daylight that would give the President the power to shut down the Internet in a national emergency, the Senate is considering attaching the Internet Kill Switch bill as a rider to other legislation that would have bi-partisan support — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Older people like reading negative news stories about their younger counterparts because it boosts their own self-esteem, according to a new study — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A chemical analysis of the bones of ancient Nubians shows that they were regularly consuming tetracycline, most likely in their beer — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Australian researchers mourned the death of Cedric, a Tasmanian devil thought at first to be immune to a devastating cancer which is threatening to wipe out the species — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The fossil of a stocky new dinosaur with two sets of claws on its feet unearthed in Romania has given researchers a window into what European predators looked like in the final years of the Age of Dinosaurs — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Antique furniture deserves something better than an occasional dusting with a spray polish. Real wood needs real nourishment, and nothing brings wood to life better than traditional beeswax polish.
The first time that I tried home-made polish, I was amazed how much it transformed the appearance of the table that I was working on. I could see my own reflection in the rich grained mahogany surface after just a few minutes of polishing. Encouraged by the results of my effort, I spent the next few hours applying beeswax polish to every piece of furniture that I could find — via CRAFT
Evolution has been caught in the act, according to scientists who are decoding how a species of Australian lizard is abandoning egg-laying in favor of live birth — via spudpundit.newsvine.com
In his new movie The Expendables, Sylvester Stallone wears the Panerai Luminor 1950 Regatta Rattrapante (PAM332). Panerai will produce only 500 examples of the chronometer-certified special limited edition, which features a split-second chronograph that counts down the 5 minutes to the start of a yacht race — via Watch Time
Ants travelling along a familiar route use their photographic memory to calculate how to stay on track, British researchers say — via ABC News
A US doctor involved in an “on-again, off-again” relationship apparently tried to force her way into her boyfriend’s home by sliding down the chimney, say police — via redwolf.newsvine.com
It’s almost a cliche to say that Atticus Finch is one’s legal hero, like saying you like good chocolate or high thread count sheets — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A tourist strolling on a beach in Washington state discovered a human foot Friday, the ninth to wash up on the West Coast in the last three years — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A baby otter has been found in the kitchen of a house in a Norfolk village — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Australians are helping fuel a predatory international transplant trade by travelling overseas to buy organs illegally — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Two men who visited Sydney’s Olympic Park early last month have tested positive to Legionnaires’ disease — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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