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Study: Fracking Causing Oklahoma Quakes
(Newser) - Earthquakes in Oklahoma are up more than a hundredfold in recent years, and a new study spies a pretty clear link between the shaking and the fracking that has given the state's economy a huge boost. Researchers took a close look at four specific sites where wastewater from oil... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, July 4, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Most Men Prefer Electric Shocks to Boredom
(Newser) - For a surprising number of people, 15 minutes alone with their thoughts appears to be a psychological ordeal so grueling they would rather give themselves an electric shock. In one of a series of experiments involving leaving people with nothing to do but think, a quarter of women and two-thirds... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, July 4, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Stephen King Adds His Clout to Anti-Amazon Letter
(Newser) - Stephen King, Nora Roberts, and Robert Caro are among the hundreds of authors who have added their names to an online letter criticizing Amazon.com for restricting access to works published by Hachette Book Group. The letter, initiated by Hachette author Douglas Preston, urged Amazon to resolve its standoff with... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, July 4, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.
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Aspiring Model Poses With Colostomy Bags
(Newser) - Bethany Townsend thought her modeling days were done for good three years ago when she got fitted with two colostomy bags, a result of her lifelong fight with Crohn's disease. But after a hiatus as a makeup artist, that modeling career might just be getting started, thanks to a... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, July 4, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Lifestyle.
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Fabien Cousteau Breaks Grandpa's Underwater Mark
(Newser) - Like grandfather, like grandson. Fabien Cousteau emerged onto land yesterday after spending 31 days in an underwater lab off the Florida Keys, reports the Guardian . The mission in the Aquarius Reef Base, located 63 feet below the surface, comes 50 years after grandpa Jacques Cousteau spent 30 days living underwater... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, July 4, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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How Giraffes' Skinny Legs Support All That Weight
(Newser) - With giraffes tipping the scales at 2,000 pounds or more, how on earth do those skinny legs support all that weight? Researchers think they've discovered the trick, and it involves an uber-supportive ligament tucked inside a groove in the animal's lower leg bones, reports Phys.org . Other... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, July 4, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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What Fireworks Really Are: the Sound of War
(Newser) - When Sarah Miller, then roughly 20, heard a "nonspecific rat-a-tat-tat" while catching a movie at a theater in Bogota, Colombia, she, along with everyone else, panicked. It turned out to be fireworks intended to commemorate the mall's anniversary, but hearing them "divorced from the context of potato... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, July 4, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Lifestyle.
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Gas Hasn't Been This Expensive in 6 Years
(Newser) - Getting to your town's fireworks display will cost you a little more than it has in years past: As of yesterday, a gallon of unleaded gas clocked in at an average $3.67. That's the highest it's been on the July Fourth weekend since 2008. What you... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, July 4, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.
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Scientist Retracts Groundbreaking Stem Cell Study
(Newser) - A few months ago, Haruko Obokata appeared to be one of Japan's most promising young scientists. Her mind-blowing research on stem cells in mice, which apparently showed the cells could be made swiftly by dripping blood cells into acid, had just been published in the coveted scientific journal Nature.... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, July 4, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Tibetans' Genetic Edge Didn't Come From Homo Sapiens
(Newser) - Tibetans are largely unique among humans for their ability to live comfortably at high altitudes. The Tibetan Plateau, nicknamed the "roof of the world," stands an average of 15,000 feet above sea level. That's just shy of 3 miles—making it the highest plateau on the... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, July 4, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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America's Worst Burgers Found At...
(Newser) - Love biting a McDonald's burger? Then you're likely not a Consumer Reports subscriber. Some 32,405 subscribers weighed in on their experiences at 65 fast-food and fast-casual chains, and they handed McDonald's the title of worst-tasting burger (on a scale of 1 to 10, the chain's... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, July 4, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money, Lifestyle.
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Rome's Colosseum Was Once a 'Condo'
(Newser) - If only these walls could talk. Rome's iconic Colosseum, built nearly 20 centuries ago in 72 AD, has long been known as the site of gory gladiator battles and animal slaughter. Now, archaeologists who spent three weeks studying an excavated area beneath some 80 arched entrances that opened up... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, July 4, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Vaccine Costs Rising, Some Doctors Stop Offering Them
(Newser) - When Breanna Farris moved to Texas last year, her daughter missed the first week of school as Farris searched in vain for a provider who would give her the required vaccinations. Farris ultimately had to lie, pretending she had no insurance and taking the girl to a public health clinic,... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, July 4, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.
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Unemployment Falls to 6.1%
(Newser) - The economy created 288,000 jobs in June, the fifth straight month of strong job creation above 200,000 per month, the Labor Department said today. The unemployment rate dropped to 6.1%, the lowest rate since September 2008. Those gains follow additions of 217,000 jobs in May and... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, July 4, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.
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