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24-Year-Old Discovers She's Missing Key Part of Brain
(Newser) - The cerebellum is a pretty important part of the brain—it plays a key role in walking, among other movements—so doctors in China were more than a little surprised when a 24-year-old patient who lives a relatively normal life turned out not to have one. A CAT scan revealed... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, September 12, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Dinosaur Find: Biggest Carnivore Could Swim
(Newser) - Move over, T. rex: Fossils unearthed in the Sahara Desert have revealed that Spinosaurus was not only a bigger carnivore, it dined on giant sharks. The creature from 95 million years ago, now believed to be the first swimming dinosaur ever found, was first discovered around a century ago, but... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, September 12, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Theft of Kids' Onions Has Happy Ending
(Newser) - What started out as a lousy lesson for a fifth-grade class in Maine has turned into a nice one instead. As the Morning Sentinel reports, the lousy part is that somebody stole all 100 onions planted by the class. The kids were going to give them to the school cafeteria... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, September 12, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Lifestyle.
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US to Yahoo: Hand Over Data or Pay $250K a Day
(Newser) - Just how badly did the federal government want data about Yahoo users for its now-notorious PRISM surveillance program ? It threatened to fine the company $250,000 a day in 2008 if it didn't comply, reports the Washington Post . The revelation comes from newly declassified court documents detailing the... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, September 12, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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Solar Storm Headed Our Way
(Newser) - If by chance your GPS is acting a little weird tomorrow or Saturday, this might be why: A relatively big solar storm is coming our way, reports USA Today . Scientists say no major disruptions in the power grid are expected, but satellite operators are on alert. The sun unleashed a... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, September 12, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Huge-Lipped Swamp Critter Named for Mick Jagger
(Newser) - Congratulations, Mick Jagger: You and your kisser can now claim as your namesake a long-extinct swamp-dwelling creature LiveScience describes as something between "a small hippo and a long-legged pig" with really sensitive lips. Jaggermeryx naida, or "Jagger's water nymph," lived about 19 million years ago, adds... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, September 12, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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9/11 Predated Facebook, and That Might Be a Good Thing
(Newser) - The 9/11 attacks took place years before the dawn of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and the iPhone, which is why Gabrielle Birkner's memories of New York City in the aftermath are so "tactile" and "analog," she writes at Quartz . She remembers the posters of missing people posted... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, September 12, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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UN: Ozone Is Bouncing Back
(Newser) - An environment story without warnings of impending doom : The ozone layer that blocks cancer-causing rays from the sun is finally starting to recover thanks to global action, according to the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Program. While it will probably take until the middle of this century... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, September 12, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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