Michael Henson may have just had the world’s worst date–one that ended in a jail cell. The 35-year-old was arrested in Dayton, Ohio, on August 16th for allegedly attempting to have sex with a vehicle. A woman called the police after witnessing Henson drop his shorts and insert his genitals into the front grill…
The Putin-Trump Connection When you hear this story you may be primed to tune out and chalk it up to a wild conspiracy theory. However, in this very rare case such an assumption would be a mistake. As it turns out, there may actually be a connection between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, and there…
A recent study published in Ecology and Evolution showed that the DNA of Namibian desert elephants is the same as elephants in the Namibian savanna. Since these two groups of elephants act so differently from one another, it was assumed for years that they were totally separate elephant groups. This study both demolishes that old…
As Hillary Clinton continues to pull ahead in the polls, rival Donald Trump continues to tank. More than thirty points separate Trump from his opponent and he’s not helping himself move up with his continued battle with the media and constant backpedaling from his off-the-hip statements. Politico covered Trump’s most recent comments about the…
Hillary Clinton is pulling ahead in the polls with the most recent count showing her as being some thirty points ahead of Trump. Battling key states, both candidates are chomping at the bit to bring out the voters and claim their count. However, with Trump continuing to fall from grace, Clinton has taken full…
Donald Trump continues to defy the very foundation of American politics. First he solicited the country’s biggest adversary, Russia, to hack Clinton’s campaign; then, more recently, he made a backhanded remark implying that “Second Amendment” Americans could take things into their own hands if Hillary were to be elected. At what point do the American…
The Internet: a New Battleground Against Terrorism Since the Islamic State’s (ISIS) dramatic rise to power in 2014, one of the group’s more disquieting successes has been its ability to use social media as a means of creating and disseminating propaganda, recruiting followers, and inspiring terrorist attacks. Now, more than ever, this is an…
DEA Puts Marijuana Reclassification Decision on Hold There had been several months of speculation that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency was ready to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule II substance. Now that speculation is going to have to linger on until at least 2017. An unnamed senior executive at the DEA…
Elizabeth Holmes was poised to be a leading giant in the tech industry, successfully running her nine billion dollar company, Theranos. That all came crashing down, however, when the company was investigated for their “testing” accuracy. Holmes claimed to be able to test for over 70 different markers in a single drop of blood,…
Maracana Stadium was the setting of this year’s Olympic Games opening ceremony. After a brief introduction to the life, culture, music and city that is Rio, the ceremony continued with colorful costumes and Brazilian beats. With a party planned that only Rio could pull off, the opening message was to show not only what is…
