12-year-old boy tried to drive solo across Australia before being stopped
BY JOHNNY LIEU From MASHABLE Driving across Australia, of all places, isn’t something you do on a whim. Yet that was the plan for one kid, who was stopped by police after driving 1,200 kilometres (745 miles) from the country’s…
Thousands Join March for Science to Fight ‘Alternative Facts’
Thousands of people joined a global March for Science on Saturday with Washington the epicenter of a movement to fight back against what many see as an “assault on facts” by populist politicians. Hundreds streamed onto the Washington Mall for…
Losing our religion: Your guide to a godless future
By Graham Lawton From New Scientist The human mind is primed to believe in god, so why are so many people abandoning religion – and should we be worried about living in an atheist world? ON AN unseasonably warm Sunday…
Trump’s Navy ‘Armada’ was actually sailing away from NKorea, not toward it
By Jason Devaney From newsmax The USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier is still several thousand miles south of North Korea despite reports last week that claimed it was heading to the volatile region. Stars and Stripes reported Monday that the…
EMIRATES PRESIDENT: We don’t know if the US laptop ban will hurt business — but here’s how things went this weekend
By Benjamin Zhang From Business Insider Emirates Airline won’t be able to gauge the financial effects of the US government’s ban on laptops on flights from the Middle East until May, but the rollout of the policy last weekend was…
Indonesian man’s body found inside python – police
From BBC A missing Indonesian man was found dead inside the body of a python, according to local police. Akbar went missing on Sunday on the island of Sulawesi, after leaving to harvest palm oil. In the search for the…
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David Jessop: The coming trade disorder
By David Jessop From Jamaica Gleaner A few days ago, an astute observer of the United States political scene told me: “Watch what the new administration and Congress does, not what the President tweets. That is the secret of understanding…
HM The Queen’s Commonwealth Day Message
Commonwealth Day Message by Her Majesty The Queen, Head of the Commonwealth This Commonwealth Day, a baton will set out from Buckingham Palace and begin a long and extraordinary journey. Over the next twelve months, the Baton will visit people…
‘Justin Bieber impostor’ on 931 child sex-related charges
A man who posed as Justin Bieber online has been charged with more than 900 child sex-related crimes in Australia. The man, 42, masqueraded as the Canadian singer to gain explicit images from children, Queensland Police said. He was charged…
Ancient fossils may hold the oldest known signs of life on Earth
BY MARIA GALLUCCI From Mashable Ancient rocks in northwestern Canada may contain the oldest evidence of life on Earth. Scientists have discovered remains of microorganisms that likely thrived around 3.8 billion years ago near volcanic vents on the seafloor, according…
