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What happened on Easter Island? New theory proposed

8 years 1 month ago
For decades, mystery has swirled around what happened to the founding population of the remote Easter Island, known for its towering stone statues depicting large carved heads. A long-held theory suggests that after the islanders set up camp and carved the giant statues, they destroyed their own society through infighting and a depletion of natural resources.

German drug maker sues to block execution

8 years 2 months ago
German health care company Fresenius Kabi has filed a lawsuit to block an execution in Nebraska, saying that the US state illegally procured various drugs for use in the planned lethal injection.

FDA approves first birth control app

8 years 2 months ago
The US Food and Drug Administration has given its approval for marketing of a mobile medical app to prevent pregnancy, along with a vaginal ring that protects against pregnancy for one year.

Colleges, courts grapple with the role of companion animals

8 years 2 months ago
A 15-year-old girl took the witness stand to testify against the accused, detailing extensive sexual abuse. David Crenshaw, the clinical supervisor of the girl's therapist at the time of the June 2011 trial, said he and the therapist did not think she would be able to go through with it.

Snapchat dysmorphia: When social media filters mess with perception

8 years 2 months ago
Social media filters are fun! You can look like a puppy dog or a nerdy cat or a fairy princess, or just hot! Like, slightly hotter than you actually are. Like you, but spackled and sandblasted and shaved down until you have a chin sharper than the Matterhorn and the complexion of a cotton ball.

Juul and the vape debate: Choosing between smokers and teens

8 years 2 months ago
The year was 2004, and James Monsees and Adam Bowen couldn't stop taking smoking breaks during a brainstorming session for their joint master's thesis at Stanford University's design school. It was during one of these breaks that they decided: Why not create a better way to deliver nicotine?
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