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Physics Nobel Goes to 3 Who Produced Blue Light
(Newser) - Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano of Japan and American scientist Shuji Nakamura won the Nobel Prize in physics today for the invention of blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs)—a new energy-efficient and environment-friendly light source. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences says the invention is just 20 years old, "but... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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'Impossible' Selenelion Eclipse Happens Tomorrow
(Newser) - Early risers east of the Mississippi tomorrow might be able to see something that should be impossible under the rules of celestial geometry: a rare "selenelion" eclipse in which a total eclipse of the moon can be seen at the same time as the rising sun. The sun and... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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UN: Wreck Isn't Columbus Flagship
(Newser) - The United Nations' cultural body is on the trail of Christopher Columbus' flagship—and it says the wreck that an expedition identified as the Santa Maria earlier this year is a different, much younger ship. As predicted by authorities in Haiti , UNESCO experts say there is "indisputable proof" that... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Chinese Firm Buying Fabled Waldorf Astoria
(Newser) - New York City's Waldorf Astoria, one of the world's most famous hotels, is being bought by a firm that isn't exactly a household name in the US: China's Anbang Insurance Group. The company is buying Hilton Worldwide Holdings' flagship hotel for $1.95 billion, more than... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.
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29-Year-Old Woman: Why I'm Taking My Own Life
(Newser) - A young woman who has fearlessly run half-marathons and climbed Mount Kilimanjaro now faces a more daunting task: taking her own life. But Brittany Maynard, 29, insists she's not the least bit suicidal, People reports. "There is not a cell in my body that is suicidal or that... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Lifestyle.
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Report: Rich Americans Give Less to Charity
(Newser) - Around the Great Recession years, wealthy Americans are giving less of their income to charity while middle- and low-earners give more—and those who supported Mitt Romney for president give the most of all, the Christian Science Monitor reports. According to the Chronicle of Philanthropy , Americans who make over $200,... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.
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At Heart of Unusual Lawsuit: The Word 'How'
(Newser) - A business-ethics expert is at war with a yogurt company, and the word "how" is at stake. Dov Seidman, a bestselling author who pushes for companies with a conscience, focuses his campaigns on "how" business is done; he's got a trademark on the word. Chobani yogurt is... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.
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2 Ancient Villages Emerge in Arizona National Park
(Newser) - An ancient village has come to light in Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park—and it's the second such find in as many years. The villages are some 1,300 years old, dating from between 200 AD and 700 AD, ABC News reports. Archaeologists discovered homes dug into the... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Dog Hit by Car Then Survives Euthanasia
(Newser) - One rescue worker has dubbed him "Lazarus," while another calls him "Houdini." But a mixed-breed dog who now bounds happily around the yard in a suburb of Birmingham, Ala., has escaped death not once, but twice, the AP reports. Lazarus (what he's officially being called)... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Lifestyle.
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Facebook Bus Drivers React to Their 15-Hour Days
(Newser) - Hauling highly-paid Facebook employees to the company's Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters makes for a long day: Facebook shuttle drivers typically start work around 6am; they may not get home until after 9pm. They're not driving that whole time (one driver's morning shift ends at 11:10am, and... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money, Technology.
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How to Reach World's Biggest Cave Chamber: Swim
(Newser) - Cave-measurement contests may not get the average Joe's adrenaline pumping. But for an international team of scientists who toiled deep underneath the mountains in Guanxi, China, in 2013, new figures obtained via laser mapping have confirmed that the Miao Room chamber—a gigantic cavern that's part of the... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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