78,000 apply for private Mars colony project

Huge numbers of people on Earth are keen to leave the planet forever and seek a new life homesteading on Mars.

foxnews.com (9 days ago)

Color Run, the 'happiest 5K on the planet,' comes to Baltimore

The 5K fun run, in which participants get showered with colored corn starch, is expected to draw 25,000 people to Camden Yards today.

baltimoresun.com (9 days ago)

On the Road: Roadside wildlife is no reason to brake

Last Friday, while exiting the Planet Fitness parking lot onto Route 55 in the Town of LaGrange, I observed a huge presence of police vehicles lining both sides of the road with flashing lights engaged.

poughkeepsiejournal.com (9 days ago)

A day in the life of Brighton's Juice FM

As regular readers will have surmised, Radio Daze employs a strictly regimented selection process when examining the planet's airwaves. This month there are two deciding factors in the selection of Brighton's 15-year-old independent station Juice FM. First, I see that the sun is out. Second, like all London idiots...

guardian.co.uk (9 days ago)

Traces of water on Moon came from Earth

American scientists have revealed that the Earth and the Moon were involved in a giant collision 4.5 billion years ago, which led to the transfer of water from the planet to its only natural satellite.    

indiatimes.com (9 days ago)

A call to act forcefully on climate change

Trillions of corn kernels scorched last summer across the most fertile agricultural land in the world.The drop in Great Lakes water levels was measured by the foot.Last fall’s devastating East Coast Superstorm Sandy, which obliterated coastal communities and washed away New England farms.There was no need to debate...

buffalonews.com (9 days ago)

Emily Bland, 6, and best friend Rishi the orangutan are forced to say goodbye

For most of their six years on the planet, Emily Bland from St Albans in Hertfordshire and Rishi the orangutan from South Carolina have been an unlikely double act.

dailymail.co.uk (9 days ago)

What is it about Leo?

What is it about Leonardo DiCaprio that has stolen the hearts of almost every girl on the planet for the last few decades? Is it his beautiful blue-green eyes? His pouty grin? His prominent, yet...

examiner.com (9 days ago)

78,000 people willing to leave Earth for Mars (Video)

This one could say a lot about how excited people are to leave this planet, if an opportunity arose. In just two weeks, according to an article published May 9, 2013 at The Sun there have already been over...

examiner.com (9 days ago)

Police: Suspect wore ape mask in attempted ATM robbery

Flagler Beach police are seeking the public's help in identifying a man who wore a Planet of the Apes mask during an attempted robbery.

news-journalonline.com (9 days ago)

Hicks: Lauryn Hill latest example of celebrities who live on their own planet

Yes, I get it, celebrities feel entitled because of their fame -- but come on!

mercurynews.com (9 days ago)

‘He’s on a different planet’: shareholder fury as Bond tries to cling on at Glencore Xstrata

Glencore Xstrata faces a furious backlash from investors after it emerged that Sir John Bond has been lobbying to stay...

thetimes.co.uk (9 days ago)

Prince Charles is a danger to democracy – even when I agree with him | Peter Wilby

It is sometimes tempting, even for a republican like me, to applaud Prince Charles. Talking about climate change at a conference in London this week, he mocked "the Incorporated Society of Syndicated Sceptics and the International Association of Corporate Lobbyists", and urged politicians "to face down a storm of...

guardian.co.uk (9 days ago)

Review: Notion 4 shatters your musical notation notions

When I first heard that Notion Music had dropped the price of its musical notation editor and scoring package from $249 to $99, I thought that the company was getting ready to close shop and having a fire sale. Or they'd gone crazy. Apparently, however, the company's experience with the iPad version of Notion has...

pcworld.com (9 days ago)

Caesar Rides Horseback in 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' (Photo)

msn.com (9 days ago)

Google Timelapse Shows Earth's Change

Working with the U.S. Geological Survey, NASA and Time magazine, search giant Google has unveiled a project that shows how planet Earth has changed over the course of a quarter century. Compiled from millions of Landsat satellite images, one can see the retreat of a...    

abcnews.com (9 days ago)

WATCH: Canadians Eagerly Sign Up For Mars 'Suicide Mission'

MONTREAL - Andrew Rader has always wanted to be an astronaut and he's ready to do anything to get into space - even spend the rest of his life on Mars. The Ottawa native is one of at least 35 Canadians to apply for a mission to the Red Planet in 2023. The Mars One project, the brainchild of Dutch entrepreneur Bas...

huffingtonpost.com (9 days ago)

Al Gore: 400 PPM

Yesterday, for the first time in human history, concentrations of carbon dioxide, the primary global warming pollutant, hit 400 parts per million in our planet's atmosphere. This number is a reminder that for the last 150 years -- and especially over the last several decades -- we have been recklessly polluting the...

huffingtonpost.com (9 days ago)

PHOTOS: Noted Designer Wins BIG

Today, we raise a glass to honor Margie Ruddick, noted landscape designer (though "artist" would be more apt to the genius work she does) and HuffPost Home blogger. She won the prestigious Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Landscape Design, highlighting a 25-year award-filled career. We've long been fans of...

huffingtonpost.com (9 days ago)

Tesla Beats the Odds — And the Haters — But Now Comes the Hard Part

The electric car company Tesla has always been an easy target. There’s the CEO,  messianic Silicon Valley entrepreneur Elon Musk, who sometimes actually seems to be convinced that he’s the real-life Tony Stark. There’s the sheer chutzpah of a startup company from outside the auto industry trying to successfully...

time.com (9 days ago)

Curiosity Wakes Up To Drill This Bumpy Rock

The Mars rover will drill a new rock to double-check for signs the planet could once have been hospitable to life. After a few weeks off because of the pesky sun, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is awake and back to work, and scientists are about to give it a new assignment. In the coming days, Curiosity will drill into...

popsci.com (9 days ago)

Guest Post: Degrowth, Anti-Consumerism And Peak Consumption

Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith of OfTwoMinds blog, Degrowth embraces the ongoing devolution of paid work and wealth that cannot be reversed.   The anti-consumerism Degrowth movement is gaining visibility and adherents in Europe. Degrowth (French: décroissance, Spanish: decrecimiento, Italian: decrescita) recognizes...

zerohedge.com (10 days ago)

The World Bank wants to fight climate change. Here are four ways it can help.

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim says he is determined to make a difference in the world's response to global warming. In a major report last year, the bank warned that the globally agreed-upon goal of limiting the planet's temperature increase to 2 degrees Celsius was slipping away, and that the more likely...

washingtonpost.com (10 days ago)

Timelapse Video Shows Changing Face Of Planet

The dramatic transformation of the Dubai landscape and the shrinking Brazilian forest are among the places captured on camera.

sky.com (10 days ago)

Britney Spears talks post-'X Factor' plans in bikini cover for Shape magazine

In a interview with Shape magazine, Britney Spears has confirmed that she will be doing a concert residency in Las Vegas, where she will reportedly perform at Planet Hollywood for a period of months that are to be announced. It...

examiner.com (10 days ago)

Viewpoint: Don't Call the Planet 'Mother' Earth

Viewpoint: Don't Call the Planet 'Mother' Earth

time.com (10 days ago)

Plug into a plant: A new approach to clean energy harvesting

Millions of years have evolution has resulted in plants being the most efficient harvesters of solar energy on the planet. Much research is underway into ways to artificially mimic photosynthesis in devices like artificial leaves, but researchers at the University of Georgia (UGA) are working on a different approach...

gizmag.com (10 days ago)

WATCH: Humanity's Startling Impact On The Planet

Google has released some stunning time-lapse images of our changing planet, highlighting some of the most startling impacts made by humans. The project, called Timelapse, was undertaken in conjunction with Time, NASA and the United States Geological Survey. Satellite images taken by the Landsat Program from 1984 to...

huffingtonpost.com (10 days ago)

The European Magazine: Richard Branson: 'There Is No Such Thing as Failure'

What separates a good idea from a revolutionary one? How can a small business grow into a global corporation? Alexander Görlach and Thore Barfuss asked Richard Branson to explain. Do you today see an inflationary use of the terms "innovation" and "innovative"? Joseph Schumpeter's defines entrepreneurs as "innovators...

huffingtonpost.com (10 days ago)

CW Orders 'Tomorrow People' And 'The 100'

The CW has ordered Julie Plec and Greg Berlanti's superhero-esque drama "The Tomorrow People," futuristic sci-fi series "The 100," period drama "Reign" and alien romance "Star-Crossed," the network confirmed today. Episode order and scheduling will be confirmed at the network's upfront presentation on May 16. "The...

huffingtonpost.com (10 days ago)