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The Wild Boars of Fukushima Six years after the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, the evacuation zone around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant remains devoid of humans—but the boars have moved in. Reuters reports that after the people left, wild boars living in the nearby hills came down to the towns…
The Sports Bubble Has Already Burst 3.8k shares share tweet sms send email By: Ty Duffy | March 10, 2017 2:10 pm ET Follow @tyduffy There’s a word to describe the past year for sports on TV: brutal. NFL ratings declined. Sports debate programs were down year over year. NBA games on regional sports networks…
Terrence Malick is just embarrassing movie stars with weird sex stuff now Are these poor people being punked?Image: Broadgreen pictures Terrence Malick apparently isn’t making movies anymore, he’s making elaborate excuses to put our hottest movie stars into extremely awkward sex-fetish scenarios that are about as titillating as invasive dentistry. Only two reasons I can…
How can you tell when a rat is happy? The answer may be to look at its ears. A recent study has found that in a similar way to how humans smile when expressing pleasure, the rodents relax their ears, which then flush pink. There have been plenty of studies looking into how rats behave…
A flurry of leaks, President Donald Trump’s unproven wiretapping allegations and WikiLeaks’ disclosure of CIA hacking tools are breathing new life into civil libertarians’ hopes of reining in the government’s spying powers when they come due for congressional renewal this year. Critics of laws allowing federal agencies to eavesdrop on digital communications had faced daunting…
Because we are in a very strange time in politics now, there’s some governmental tanning news to talk about that has nothing to do with our unnaturally orange president. The Obamacare health plan included a 10 percent tax for customers who used tanning bed salons. The new and very contentious Republican health plan calls for…
In the days after President Donald Trump’s Jan. 27 directive banning travel to the U.S. by citizens of seven-majority Muslim countries, about two dozen lawsuits were filed challenging its legality. | Getty Revised Trump travel ban suffers first legal blow Federal judge in Wisconsin blocks impact on Syrian family as other courts mull broader relief….
Critics are hijacking the branding process for the GOP health plan as the White House resists slapping the president’s name on it. He built his career in large part by plastering his name on skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, books, wines and steaks, but there appears to be one place President Donald Trump does not want his…
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Daredevil season 2. Sometimes, it feels unfair to overanalyse plot holes in comic book adaptations. The genre relies on suspension of disbelief, and as long as the narrative makes emotional sense, who cares if there are a few discrepancies? Daredevil‘s second season, however, went further than most. Its…
In a move that could transform the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has said he’s open to the possibility of ordaining married men to minister in remote communities facing priest shortages. In an interview with Germany’s Die Zeit newspaper published this week, the pope said the church should study whether so-called “viri probati” – or married…