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Dog Owners Who Don’t Scoop Poop Get Outed By DNA
Gone are the days of anonymous dog droppings.
Casey Anthony Sentencing: Release Date Set for July 17
In her final appearance in Florida’s Ninth Circuit Court, Casey Anthony stood convicted of four misdemeanors after after being found not guilty of murdering her two-year-old daughter.
One Librarian’s Mission: To Locate American Flags On The Moon
Annie Platoff, a librarian at UC Santa Barbara, is on a mission to find out what happened to the American flags that astronauts planted on the moon during the six lunar landings.
Inbred, Disease-Prone Bananas Put Breakfast in Peril
This study is bananas.
NASA Sues Astronaut to Get Apollo 14 Lunar Camera Back
Your plans to shoot your first film on a lunar camera from the 1971 Apollo 14 moon mission just got scuttled by NASA.
Was Shakespeare a Stoner? His Grave Could Hold the Answer
Almost 400 years after his death, a literary legend may get drug tested.
Casey Anthony Trial: Forensic Evidence Comes Under Fire
It seems Jose Baez saved the big guns for the end.
Incoming Asteroids: They’re Here, They’re Near, Get Used to Them
We wish we could be more reassuring about the whole asteroid-collision-wiping-out-all-life-on-Earth thing, but no can do. Just ask the dinosaurs.
Phew! Asteroid to Miss Earth by 7,600 Miles
Duck! (If you happen to be 7,600 miles tall.)
Defense Disputes Human Decomposition in Car Trunk in Casey Anthony Trial
Casey Anthony’s lawyers again called witnesses to dispute forensic evidence as trial proceedings got underway on Wednesday.
Science Confirms It: Whining Is The Most Annoying Sound Ever
Finally, empirical evidence has arrived that whining is one of the most annoying noises ever. (As if you needed proof.)