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Ebola: Lurking for Years Before Outbreak? (Newser Daily Digest)

Ebola: Lurking for Years Before Outbreak?

(Newser) - The Ebola outbreak that's claimed at least 500 lives in West Africa may have been lurking a while before going on its killing spree, NBC News reports. Researchers figured this by studying blood samples from old cases of viral illnesses in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea, and finding possible... More »

Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.

World's 'Longest Poop' Could Fetch $10K

(Newser) - This Saturday, a Beverly Hills gallery plans to auction off a piece of crap—literally. The IM Chait Gallery says it will put a 40-inch-long piece of excrement up for auction and hopes to fetch around $10,000, LiveScience reports. Why the big bucks? The "eye-watering" poop "boasts... More »

Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.

Veteran, 97, Booted From Senior Home

(Newser) - Until a couple weeks ago, 97-year-old Jim Farrell was entertaining fellow residents at a Napa Valley senior living facility, filling the halls with the sounds of his ukulele strums and singing, reports KTVU . But the veteran of three wars was reportedly asked to leave the Redwood Retirement Residence after he... More »

Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Lifestyle.

6th-Grader's Fish Project Blows Away Scientists

(Newser) - Sometimes it takes a kid to truly think outside the box. Such is the case of 12-year-old science fair entrant Lauren Arrington, who decided to investigate lionfish, which the Florida native had observed up close while snorkeling and fishing in the ocean. "Scientists were doing plenty of tests on... More »

Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.

Barista: Starbucks Trying to Fire Me for Tiny Tattoo

(Newser) - There are several different ways you can get fired from Starbucks, according to Business Insider —organizing a union, selling leftover coffee on eBay, not letting your customers surf the Internet for "adult content"—or just having a tattoo. A 27-year-old Michigan barista identified simply as Kayla tells... More »

Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.

World's 2nd-Richest Man Wants a 3-Day Work Week

(Newser) - People are working too many days but not enough years, according to the world's second-richest man. Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim says it is time for a "radical overhaul" that would result in people working just three days a week but postponing retirement until their 70s, reports the... More »

Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.

Harvard Students Invent Cake From a Spray Can

(Newser) - For two Harvard University undergrads, what began as "an excuse to eat a lot of cake" may turn into the invention of a lifetime. John McCallum, a 20-year-old from Louisiana, was daydreaming about cake his freshman year during his “Science of Cooking” class when he happened to see... More »

Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science, Lifestyle.