A new era? Iranians erase 'Death to America' graffiti from wall of former US embassy in Tehran

Slogans against America are being erased from walls on the street of Tehran, Iranian media has reported in recent days. Iranian news sites have published pictures of a person wiping off graffiti that reads,"Death to America," also from the walls of where the US embassy was formerly located prior to its closure after the Islamic Revolution of 1979.
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'Bomb-making material' found in second Bangkok flat

Thai police say bomb-making materials have been found in a second apartment, and issue two new arrests warrants over the Erawan Shrine bombing.
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New abstract typeface created from NASA's ferrofluid

A new generative ornamental typeface has been created by mixing ferrofluid - originally developed by NASA - and Pantone ink. This series of unique letterpress prints has been created by typographer Craig Ward and biochemist and experimental photographer Linden Gledhill.
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VICE News Crew Facing Terrorism Charges In Turkey As Global Rights Groups Call For Their Release

Four members of a VICE News crew were arrested by Turkish police on Thursday, August 27, in the Kurdish city of Diyarbakir located in south-east Turkey. The reporters are scheduled to appear in court on Monday to face allegations of terrorism and assisting ISIS. Global rights groups including Amnesty International and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) are calling for an immediate release of all four reporters.
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Springfield Museums poised to buy Dr. Seuss' boyhood home on Fairfield Street

Samuel N. Hanmer, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Springfield Museums, said securing the Fairfield St. property is "just the beginning" as possible next steps are explored.
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PubPeer founders reveal themselves, create foundation

The creators of PubPeer dropped their own anonymity today, as part of an announcement about a new chapter in the life of the post-publication peer review site.
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Man Given Eight-Inch Bionic Penis After Losing Use Of Genitals In An Accident

A 43-year-old man who lost the use of his genitals at the age of six has been given a “bionic penis.” The new device, which is 20 centimeters (eight inches) long, uses fluids from an implant in his belly to inflate two tubes along its length. It is controlled by a button on his scrotum. Mohammed Abad from Edinburgh, Scotland, lost the use of his penis in a tragic accident as a child when he was hit by a car and dragged for 180 meters (600 feet).
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Three Category 4 Hurricanes in the Pacific Ocean: How Rare Is That?

The Pacific Ocean saw a very rare occurrence on Saturday evening.
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Beaulieu motoring collector Lord Montagu dies

Lord Montagu, who established the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu, England, dies aged 88.
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881 E.T. cartridges buried in New Mexico desert sell for $107,930.15

City of Alamogordo will get $65,000 from sale of unearthed Atari catridges.
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NASA self-healing material can repair itself two seconds after being shot by a bullet

While they might not be able to recreate the Terminator just yet, the discovery could have applications for everything from repairing spaceships to creating ‘self-healing’ military equipment.
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When Prisons Need to Be More Like Nursing Homes

Finding new ways to treat the growing pool of older, ailing inmates. By Maura Ewing.
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Nestle: Forced labor has no place in our food supply chain

Nestle says "forced labor has no place in our supply chain" following a U.S. class action lawsuit that alleges the Swiss food company knowingly supported a system of slave labor and human trafficking to make its Fancy Feast cat food. Nestle didn't deny the allegations in an email Sunday to The Associated Press but said its guidelines require suppliers to respect human rights. It outlined steps Nestle has taken to rid forced labor from its seafood supply chain.
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Is Hawking any closer to solving the puzzle of black holes?

The information paradox is one of the great mysteries in our understanding of black holes. But has the famous theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking found the solution? By Garaint Lewis.
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NASA Chief to Congress: 'Don't Make Us Hitch Rides With Russia'

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden is tired of relying on the Russians to carry American astronauts into space. Currently, the United States pays for spots on Russia's Soyuz spacecraft, which carry people and supplies to the International Space Station (ISS) orbiting Earth. The White House decided to retire the Space Shuttle in 2004 after the Columbia disaster, leading to the final launch in 2011.
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“Grey swan” cyclones predicted to be more frequent and intense

Study finds some coastal regions may face a risk of unprecedented storm surge in the next century.
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Breaking: Massive explosion just hit another city in China

The blast comes just weeks after another major devastated the Chinese city of Tianjin.
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The oil crash has 'everyone on pins and needles' in Texas

The latest reading on the state of business in Texas.
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French woman wins disability allowance - because she's allergic to wi-fi

A French court has recognised a woman’s alleged allergy to wi-fi as a medical disorder. Marine Richard, 39, was awarded a £500 monthly disability allowance after she convinced the Marseilles court she had been forced to retire from urban areas as a result of her allergy. Ms Richard’s condition, which remains unsubstantiated by medical experts, is known as electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS)...
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Michelle Carter's and Conrad Roy's messages before suicide

Conrad Roy, who was battling with depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts, was seeking for help but instead was encouraged by his narcissistic 18-year-old girlfriend Michelle Carter to finish the business. When Conrad started to worry about the consequences of his suicide, Michelle promised it’s not a big deal. “Everyone will be sad for a while, but they will get over it and move on. They won’t be in the depression,” she wrote.
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R.I.P. Wes Craven Passes Away At Age 76

Horror icon Wes Craven has passed away after a battle with brain cancer. He was 76.
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Nicki Minaj Throws Epic Shade at Miley Cyrus During VMA Acceptance Speech

All is not well in the pop universe today.
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Alabama Is About To Make It Much Harder To Get A Voter ID

With Alabama’s Republican controlled legislature refusing to consider any tax hikes, the state is preparing to take drastic measures to address its budget crisis, including shutting down all state parks and the vast majority of Departments of Motor Vehicles (DMVs). The proposal to close dozens of DMVs across the state, starting in rural areas, could hurt voters who need access to those offices in order to get the ID they need to cast a ballot.
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Malaysia's Mahathir calls for 'people power' movement to topple PM

By Trinna Leong and Al-Zaquan Amer Hamzah
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Netflix, Epix Deal to Expire in September

For those who turn to Netflix for high profile films like the “Hunger Games” movies and “Transformers: Age of Extinction,” you’ll have to look somewhere else soon. The streaming service said its not renewing its deal with Epix in a blog post Sunday by chief content officer Ted Sarandos. The deal will close at the end of September, removing such hits as “World War Z” and the “Rocky” films from Netflix.
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FAA starts testing its drone safety app

The B4UFLY app keeps UAV hobbyists in safe airspace.
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Mad Max Ubers Are Driving Around Seattle

If you live in Seattle and you need a ride to Valhalla, you’re in luck. The driver-on-demand app Uber is running a promotion with the new Mad Max video game that puts passengers inside post-apocalyptic-inspired vehicles.
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93-year-old man finally gets his high school diploma

Harold Trautman had all but given up on ever getting a high school diploma that he was on track to receive in 1940. The 93-year-old Jonestown native managed to make a good living without it – relying on his work ethic, skills as an accomplished photographer and love of learning. But it was a credential that he came to learn that others put a lot of stock into having.
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China’s WWII victory march plans are clashing with falling markets and Tianjin

The parade, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, will take place on Sept. 3, a newly created holiday to celebrate the allied forces victory over Japan. While Europe’s (arguably mostly successful) post-WWII reunification strategy might be summed up as “don’t mention the war,” in Asia unifying forces have lost out to rising nationalism in recent years. China’s plans to commemorate the “War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression as well as the World Anti-Fascist War”
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China passes new pollution law, sets sights on coal consumption cap

The ruling Communist Party has acknowledged the damage that decades of untrammeled economic growth have done to China's skies, rivers and soil. It is now trying to equip its environmental inspection offices with greater powers and more resources to tackle persistent polluters and the local governments that protect them.
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Brutal B.C.,Canada Windstorm Leaves Thousands Still Without Power

Hydro crews continue working to reconnect tens of thousands of customers who lost power as a windstorm swept across southwestern British Columbia.
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Shooting survivor's husband: It was a matter of 'centimeters'

The bullet that struck Vicki Gardner, the chamber of commerce executive shot during a live news broadcast in Virginia, came within "centimeters" of taking her life, according to her husband. "The surgeon told me that a couple of centimeters and she wouldn't be walking and a couple of centimeters more and she wouldn't be alive," Tim Gardner told ABC News.
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13 YO Boy Almost Boiled Alive When He Asked For Pending Wages To Buy A Rakhi Gift

A restaurant owner was arrested from Barra on Friday for allegedly pouring boiling water on his 13 years old servant, who had asked for his pending wages so that he could buy gifts for his sister on the occasion of Rakshabandhan.
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In pictures: An emotional arrival in Europe

The Greek island of Lesbos is just 14km from Turkey and a key migrant entry point into Europe. Photographer Fernando Del Berro watched some arrive.
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MIT invents 'breakthrough' 3D printer that can print 10 different materials simultaneously

Researchers from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have made a breakthrough in the field of 3D printing, developing a 3D printer prototype that is able to print up to 10 different materials simultaneously onto a single object. At the moment, most conventional 3D printers can only print out one material layer-by-layer at a time, whether it be plastic, metal, ceramics or wood, and users need to...
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Windstorm causes power outages, injury in Metro Vancouver

One woman suffered life-threatening injuries after she was hit by tree during a severe rain and wind storm that whipped through B.C.’s South Coast on Saturday.
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NASA's Pluto probe is heading for the Kuiper belt

The targeted Kuiper belt object is a perfect, frozen example of the outer solar system's state during the birth of our solar system.
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Oliver Sacks, eminent neurologist and author of Awakenings, dies aged 82

Author who also wrote The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat revealed in February that he was in the late stages of terminal cancer
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Bank of America to pay $36 million in California overtime infraction case

A subsidiary of Bank of America has agreed to settle with 365 current and former employees for $36 million over charges it failed to pay overtime, an Oakland lawyer who brought the case said Thursday. The settlement comes just under the wire: It was slated to go to trial on Aug. 31, but the $36 million settlement, if and when it is approved by the court, now resolves all claims.
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BMW: All Models Electric Within Decade

German luxury car giant Bayerische Motoren Werke AG or BMW Group (BAMXY, BAMXF, BMW.L) is looking to go all-electric over the next 10 years due to the upcoming stricter carbon emission laws. Virtually every BMW model would be converted to electric drivetrains, including range-extending engines and plug-in hybrids.
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Les Miserables star Kyle Jean-Baptiste dies in US fire escape fall

The first African-American and youngest person ever to play the lead role in Les Miserables on Broadway has died in a fall, a show spokesman has said. Kyle Jean-Baptiste, 21, fell from a fire escape after Friday evening's performance at the Imperial Theatre, said representative Marc Thibodeau.
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Mcity: The future of connected and autonomous vehicle research

Self-driving cars, V2X systems, and more were on display at the centre's opening.
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New NASA Satellites Could Help Improve Hurricane Warnings

Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, scientists are building eight suitcase-sized satellites that they say will drastically improve hurricane forecast and warning systems.
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Seeing the Brain's Broken Cables

A new imaging technique helps researchers map the damage from traumatic brain injury with unprecedented accuracy.
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A new $1.4 billion ghost city is being built

At first glance it appears to be an illusion — a giant, very pricey one.
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This Rare, White Bear May Be the Key to Saving a Canadian Rainforest

The white Kermode bear of British Columbia is galvanizing First Nations people fighting to protect their homeland. By Alex Shoumatoff.
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Lawsuit Accuses Nestlé of Using Slave-Caught Fish in Fancy Feast

The four consumers who filed the Nestle case in Los Angeles federal court seek to represent all California buyers of Fancy Feast who wouldn’t have bought the product had they known that the fish was allegedly harvested using forced labor.
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Max Landis (Chronicle) to adapt popular creepypasta Candle Cove for Syfy

The horror anthology "Channel Zero" will be written by Hannibal’s Nick Antosca, produced by Max Landis, and center on a single tale per season. Up first: cartoonist and writer Kris Straub’s Candle Cove, one of the most influential and oft-imitated examples of the internet horror genre known as "creepypasta."
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Google's self-driving cars are really confused by 'hipster bicyclists' and their fixies

A Google car in Austin didn't know what to do when it met a fixed-gear bicycle at a four-way stop.
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Why People Are Moving to the Town Without Wi-Fi

Green Bank, West Virginia, outlaws all kinds of modern technology. No cellphones. No wi-fi. It's become a refuge for a group of people who believe those modern marvels are making them sick.
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