MIT scientists eavesdrop using a bag of chips, plant leaves

Published time: August 05, 2014 01:44

James Bond used an electric razor as an eavesdropping device. Lucy Ricardo (and many others) used a glass of water. But now MIT researchers say they can photograph a bag of potato chips to listen in on other’s conversations.

Computer scientists and engineers at the…

Terrorists plan to 'blow up oil tankers and hijack cargo ships' passing through Gibraltar to wreak havoc on global economy

• al-Qaeda chiefs have reportedly instructed militants to target Gibraltar Strait
• Thousands of gallons of oil pass through Mediterranean waters every year 
• Plot involves blowing up tankers with explosives…

Father lifts his son and uses him as a human shield to avoid being pepper-sprayed by the police

• Taron Boddie brought another child with him when he went to pick his son up early from South Scranton Intermediate
• Boddie was without identification and engaged in a verbal dispute with school…

Footage of NYPD Hatchet Attack Suspect Moments Before Assault



The New York Police Department released CCTV footage of a hatchet-wielding man moments prior to carrying out an attack on two police officers in Queens, on Thursday, October 23. The assault left one officer in critical condition. Two other officers with the policemen returned fire, killing the suspect and injuring a bystander.

The woman, an unidentified 29-year-old,…

First solar storm from huge sunspot reaches Earth and knocks out satellites - and more could be on their way

• Solar radiation knocked out some radio communication on Earth yesterday
• It came from a giant sunspot seen on the surface of the sun…

Lock down at the White House as intruder, 23, who calls himself 'American Slave' jumps the fence and makes it onto North Lawn before being taken down by dogs

• Dominic Adesanya, 23, of Bel Air, Maryland, was taken into Secret Service custody
• White House was placed on lockdown for about an hour an a half 
• Adesanya had been arrested at the White…

Muslim convert who shot dead Canadian soldier is the privately-educated son of country's immigration chief and has links to Syrian terrorist claims friend from mosque

• Quebec-born Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, 32, recently converted to Islam and had dreams of heading to the Middle East
• He had his passport seized after being designated a 'high-risk…

Syngenta faces mounting lawsuits over genetically-modified seeds

Published time: October 21, 2014 15:43 

Edited time: October 21, 2014 16:40

Agribusiness giant Syngenta AG now faces lawsuits from farmers in 11 US states claiming the seed-and-chemical company’s sale of a genetically-engineered variant of corn yet to receive approval in China depressed market prices for the…

Bill to allow private military contractors submitted to Russian parliament

Published time: October 22, 2014 13:57

A leftist lawmaker has drafted a bill that would allow private military and security companies to operate inside Russia and beyond its borders.

MP Gennadiy Nosovko of the center-left party Fair Russia told reporters the bill has been prepared on the basis…

Giant sex toy or Christmas tree? Paris baffled and outraged (VIDEO)

A giant green Christmas tree designed by a US artist was erected in a Paris square, but city residents say the artwork…

1 drop of blood & 60 minutes: Breakthrough device heralds future of cancer detection

Published time: October 18, 2014 13:33

Early cancer detection can save millions of lives but current diagnostic methods remain costly and invasive. However, a new startup is developing a device which could detect dozens of cancers with a single blood test.…

Sweden deploys troops over underwater threat

Published: 17 Oct 2014 17:44 GMT+02:00

Updated: 18 Oct 2014 09:30 GMT+02:00

UPDATED: Sweden's military has deployed planes and ships in the Stockholm Archipelago against what it says is a foreign threat in the waters, with the size of the operation unchanged overnight.…

UK treats 1,700 female genital mutilation victims since April

Teachers claim male asylum seekers in their 20s are ending up in their schools after lying about their age to stay in the UK 

• Concerns that asylum seekers are being placed in schools too quickly
• Canterbury headteacher says boy who said he was 15 was in his twenties …

Immigration surge means 'at least 42,000 homes need to be built in London each year to cope with demand'

• A predicted increase of a million foreigners must be matched by new builds
• Report accuses Boris Johnson of misrepresenting reason for capital's boom
• Group…

Nurse Kills 38 Patients Because They Annoyed Her — Takes Selfies With Their Corpses

Daniela Poggiali, a 42-year-old nurse working at a hospital in northeastern Italy, has been arrested for an ongoing investigation into the deaths of 38 patients who died during her shift.

According to the New York Post,…

Scenes from an Atrocity

BY JON LEE ANDERSON

MAY 15, 2013

I first heard about the Syrian rebel who was supposed to have eaten a heart on Monday, when a friend who lives in Beirut tweeted something cryptic about abuse videos. Against my better instincts, I…

SWAT kills Georgia man using info from drug addict who stole his car

Ebola infection rocks North Texas Liberians

Rick Jervis, USA TODAY9:22 p.m. EDT October 1, 2014

EULESS, Texas — For months, Liberians in this suburb between Dallas and Fort Worth have faced devastating news from their home country of…