Our swelling cities consume enormous amounts of energy and generate over 80% of global carbon emissions. We need to make them more self-sufficient, but how? As I’ve said before, Earth is experiencing a uniquely urban event. The migration of people to cities is by far the biggest humans have witnessed, and it is having far-reaching impacts on the planet’s geology, biology and chemistry. In a time of dwindling resources and […]

FBI releases footage of Boston Marathon bombing suspects. FBI tip line: 1-800-225-5324. Link to video: Boston Marathon bombing suspects The FBI has released photographs of two suspects in the Boston marathon bombings that killed three people and injured more than 170, calling upon the public to help them track down the men. At a dramatic press conference in the Sheraton hotel in Boston, just a couple of blocks away from […]

They were strangers who met on a bus. They believe God brought them together. Shobha Warrier reports on an incredible story of kindness and giving from Kerala. Here is an unusual story of two people from different faiths and different places with the hand of God uniting them in a bus. And this chance meeting is going to change both their lives. Father Sebastian is a 41-year-old Catholic priest from […]

There is no doubt that the Lashkar-e-Tayiba is the deadliest outfit around in the world today. A recent write up in the Pro Publica states that there are nearly 300000 trainees in this group and most of them had joined at the age of 17. While this is a growing worry for the entire world, for India the problem remains specific as the Lashkar-e-Tayiba since the year 2011 has gone […]

The central California coast is known for its beautiful beaches, soaring cliffs, towering redwoods and world-class surf breaks. Lesser known – but wildly important to the health of the ocean – is the world’s entire population of southern (or California) sea otters. These dynamic animals are a keystone species without which the coastal ecosystem would collapse. Sea otters along the central California coast can spend their entire lives in the […]

Take this job and eat it: man writes resignation letter on cake A moody boss wasn’t the icing on the cake that led an officer of the Border Force from Sawston, Cambridgeshire to quit his job. It was icing. On cakes. Much like the icing with which Chris Holmes spelled out his resignation letter on a cake this week, to the delight of social media users who shared a picture […]

ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಮಲ್ಲೇಶ್ವರ ಬಿಜೆಪಿ ಕಚೇರಿ ಮುಂಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಬಾಂಬ್ ಸ್ಪೋಟ… . ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು, ಏ. 17 : ನಗರದ ಮಲ್ಲೇಶ್ವರ ಬಿಜೆಪಿ ಕಚೇರಿ ಮುಂಭಾಗ ಭಾರೀ ಸ್ಪೋಟ ಸಂಭವಿಸಿದೆ. ಮೂರು ಕಾರುಗಳು ಹೊತ್ತಿ ಉರಿಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದು, ಮೂವರು ಗಂಭೀರವಾಗಿ ಗಾಯಗೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಬುಧವಾರ ಬೆಳಗ್ಗೆ 10.45 ರ ಸುಮಾರಿಗೆ ಬಿಜೆಪಿ ಕಚೇರಿಯ ಮುಂಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಸ್ಪೋಟ ಸಂಭವಿಸಿದೆ. ಮೂರು ಕಾರುಗಳು ಮತ್ತು 2 ಬೈಕ್ ಗಳು ಹೊತ್ತಿ ಉರಿಯತ್ತಿದ್ದು, ಸ್ಥಳದಲ್ಲಿದ್ದ ಜನರು ಬೆಂಕಿ ಆರಿಸಲು ಪ್ರಯತ್ನಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಅಗ್ನಿ ಶಾಮಕ ದಳಗಳು ಸ್ಥಳಕ್ಕೆ ಆಗಮಿಸಿವೆ. ಮಲ್ಲೇಶ್ವರ ಪೊಲೀಸರು ಸ್ಥಳಕ್ಕೆ ಆಗಮಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಮೂರು ಮಂದಿ ಸ್ಪೋಟದ ತೀವ್ರತೆಗೆ ಗಂಭೀರವಾಗಿ ಗಾಯಗೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಸ್ಪೋಟಗೊಂಡಿರುವುದು ಏನು ? ಎಂದು ಮಾಹಿತಿ ನಿರೀಕ್ಷಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ತಮಿಳುನಾಡು ರಿಜಿಸ್ಟ್ರೀಶನ್ ಬೈಕ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ ಬಾಂಬ್ ಇರಿಸಲಾಗಿತ್ತು ಎನ್ನಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಚುನಾವಣಾ ಸಮಯವಾದ್ದರಿಂದ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಕಾರ್ಯಕರ್ತರು ಕಚೇರಿ ಬಳಿ ಜಮಾಯಿಸಿದ್ದರು. ಇಬ್ಬರು ಪೊಲೀಸರು, ಒಬ್ಬ ಮಹಿಳಾ ಪೇದೆ ಗಾಯಗೊಂಡಿರುವ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಪ್ರಾಥಮಿಕ ಮಾಹಿತಿಗಳು […]

For 16 years, Charles Cullen kept killing his patients while his employers preferred not to notice. Lizzie Crocker on the new book that tells his story.   No one will ever know how many patients Charles Cullen murdered over the course of his 16-year career as a night nurse. From 1987 until 2003, the man who may be the most prolific serial killer in American history was the subject of […]

he powerful blasts at the Boston Marathon finish line Monday underscore why the Federal Bureau of Investigation has spent years refining its “tripwire” system for catching would-be bomb makers before they can build a deadly device. For years, federal agents have asked businesses that sell materials useful in making bombs to alert authorities to any suspicious orders. The types of tripwires in place have shifted over the years. In the […]

How an ancient human species may have shrunk as a result of island dwarfism A diminutive species of human whose remains were found on the Indonesian island of Flores could have shrunk as a result of island dwarfism as it adapted to its environment. A study of the remains of the creature, nicknamed the “hobbit”, shows that it is possible for it to have been a dwarf version of an […]