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Boston Celtics Hold First-Ever ‘LGBTQA Pride Night’

The Boston Celtics celebrated the team's first-ever "LGBTQA Pride Night" on Wednesday, January 9. "LGBTQA" stands for "lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, asexual."

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In May ’19, Kansas Teen To Graduate From High School –– AND Harvard

By all accounts 16-year-old Braxton Morals is a bright young man. Very bright. In May 2019, the Kansas teenager is expected to graduate from Ulysses High School with a high school diploma. Ten days later, he will travel to Cambridge, MA, to turn the tassel with the Class of 2019

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US-China Researchers Claim Wind Speeds, And Wind Power-Generation Potential, Have Declined

Researchers in China and the United States have found evidence that wind speeds, and the potential power generation such speeds allow, have been decreasing in the Northern Hemisphere since 1979. The findings are published in the January 2019 edition of Energy. Using data collected from 1979 to 2016 and gathered

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German Court Rules “Child Marriage” Might Be Legally Protected; Seeks High Court Help

The case of a Syrian refugee who married his 14-year-old female cousin under Sharia law in a Syrian court may be permissible and "effective" under German law, the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) in Germany declared in a recent decision. The BGH has asked Germany's highest

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Study: Exposure To Chemicals In Toothpaste, Shampoo, May Accelerate Puberty In Girls

The findings of a longitudinal study by the School of Public Health (SPH) at UC-Berkeley suggest that exposure to certain chemicals in personal care products like toothpaste that can act as hormone blockers may cause girls to begin puberty at an earlier-than-normal age. The results were published in the most

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“Public Domain Day” Nears, Famous Works Lose Copyright Protections

Smithsonian reports that January 1, 2019 marks the end of 95 years of copyright protection for some well-known works, including Robert Frost's beloved poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and Winston Churchill's "The World Crisis."  According to the report, at

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Forbes Reporter Uses 3D-Printed Head; Fools Facial Recognition Security On Phones

A cybersecurity reporter and his team at Forbes used a 3D printer to replicate his head and subsequently unlocked several smartphone brands that offer facial recognition security features. Facial recognition, and fingerprint and iris detection, are known as "biometric" tools. Reporter Thomas Brewster writes that he and his

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Peter Strzok, Lisa Page iPhones “Scrubbed”? DOJ’s Inspector General Weighs In

A report issued by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) shows serious lapses in the retention of text messages at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), particularly those related to FBI agents Peter Strzok's and Lisa Page's Apple