Asteroid nicknamed ‘the Beast’ buzzing by Earth
An asteroid the length of a New York city block will zip past Earth on Sunday, coming within 770,000 miles of our planet at its closest approach. Nicknamed "the Beast,"...
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Tinkerbell wasp, see-through snail among 10 new species
The top 10 new species of 2014 includes a see-through snail, a teeny tiny wasp with fairy wings, and an anenome that lives on the underside of a glacier --...
Women can get HIV from other women during sex: CDC
The first confirmed case of a woman contracting HIV from another woman during sex was reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week. Although there have been...
Older baby sitters find a welcome market
Meet Maile Yoshida, the baby sitter of the modern parent's dreams. She's a cute and chirpy 28-year-old with a degree in communication from the University of Southern California and more...
Ditch these 10 devices in 2012
When researching this list of obsolete technology, we discovered that most of the devices we've deemed no longer necessary are actually very useful items that served us better than the...
U.S. monuments perfect for families
Here's a list of the nation's historical hot spots — the five most- and least-visited monuments in 2009 — from National Park Service data. With ancient petroglyphs and eerie cave...
U.S. monuments perfect for families
Here's a list of the nation's historical hot spots — the five most- and least-visited monuments in 2009 — from National Park Service data. With ancient petroglyphs and eerie cave...
Aussie-inspired baby blankets
When Christine Dehaven's son was 2 months old, she wrote a list of what she considered essential baby products to pass along to her pregnant friends. "As a new mom...
Garden possible only in movies
Ever since "It's Complicated" was released in theaters, the online garden community has been buzzing about Jane's (Meryl Streep) vegetable garden. Its lushness, colorfulness, perkiness -- well, it's almost pornographic....
The spec script gets a home of its own
The very idea of a spec script -- an original script written by an aspiring or low-level TV writer for a show already on the air -- is one of...