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Email Threatens Lives of Sony Workers' Families
(Newser) - Whoever hacked Sony late last month has been releasing sensitive information about the company and its employees, including salaries and Social Security numbers. But things took a scarier turn yesterday when employees got an email threatening the lives of their families, reports Variety . The message in broken English asks the... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, December 6, 2014 7:12 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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5 Most Incredible Discoveries of the Week
(Newser) - Lots of enormous buried items make this week's list: Biggest Man-Made Stone Block Found : What's 64 feet long, 18 feet high, and 1,650 tons? According to German archaeologists in Lebanon, it's the biggest stone block ever made by man. As impressive as it is, the ancient... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, December 6, 2014 7:12 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology, Science.
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Giraffes Are Silently Disappearing
(Newser) - It's apparently time to start worrying about giraffes. While they don't get the attention of elephants or other high-profile animals on the brink, new numbers from a conservation group show a startling decline: The world had 140,000 giraffes in 1999, and it has 80,000 today. “... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, December 6, 2014 7:12 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Male Smokers May Lose Y Chromosomes
(Newser) - Even if general appeals to one's health aren't enough to convince people to quit smoking , perhaps this new research out of Sweden will give men some pause. An Uppsala University study published yesterday in Science says that male smokers are, on average, three times more likely to lose... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, December 6, 2014 7:12 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Woman Goes to Store to Buy Spice, Wins $90M
(Newser) - Lisa N. Quam had never purchased a Powerball ticket before Thanksgiving. But that day, when she went to the store for pumpkin spice, she picked up two tickets—calling herself a "special occasions lottery player," according to KING 5 —and it turns out to have been a... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, December 6, 2014 7:12 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.
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Electric Eels Use 'Remote Control' to Paralyze Prey
(Newser) - Electric eels have long been known to deliver low-voltage pulses as a form of natural sonar—but now researchers out of Vanderbilt University have discovered the eels also deliver high-voltage shocks, which they use to paralyze their prey—from a distance, with no physical contact—in just three milliseconds. It'... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, December 6, 2014 7:12 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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'YES! Splashdown!' Orion Returns to Earth
(Newser) - As the official Orion Spacecraft Twitter feed put it: "YES! Splashdown!" In just 4.5 hours , Orion traveled 60,000 miles and went farther into space than any ship designed for humans has gone in 42 years, reports NASA . Orion landed, stable and upright, in the Pacific at... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, December 6, 2014 7:12 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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This Year Could Be Best for Hiring Since 1999
(Newser) - With the November jobs report in, America is poised to have its best year for job gains since 1999. Last month, 321,000 jobs were added, and the unemployment rate held steady at 5.8%. According to the Wall Street Journal , economists had expected just 230,000 jobs. More good... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, December 6, 2014 7:12 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.
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