Posts By Matt Towns
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1.7KHealth NewsWhole Foods Cheese Recalled After FDA Identifies Dangerous Listeria
The Whole Foods Market grocery chain has recalled its cut and wrapped store-labeled Papillion Organic Roquefort cheese after an inspection by the Food...
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2.1KBusiness NewsLogMeIn Buys LastPass For $110 Million Leaving Many Customers Unhappy
LogMeIn, Inc., a company known for its remote access software, has bought the password protection company LastPass for $110 million. LogMeIn is...
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1.7KEnvironmental NewsBanning The Microbead To Protect The Environment
Microbeads, those tiny little plastic bits added to cleaning products to make them work better, are pouring into the environment at a...
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1.9KCrime NewsBluto Bandit Suspect Caught After Fleeing Failed Bank Robbery
The bank robbery spree of the ‘Bluto Bandit’ might be over after a failed robbery at the Chase Bank in South Pasadena,...
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2.0KBusiness NewsLyft Slapped With FCC Citation For Robocalls And Text Messages
After receiving a number of complaints, the FCC has cited Lyft for violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The citation was handed...
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2.0KScience NewsAncient Giant Virus Reanimated By French Scientists
Mollivirus sibericum is the latest of four giant viruses to be isolated and grown in a lab by French scientists working from...
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1.9KEnvironmental NewsBurning All Remaining Fossil Fuels Would Melt Antarctic Icecap, Study Claims
According to a study released on September 11, if all of Earth’s remaining fossil fuels, including hard to access reserves of shale...
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2.0KScience NewsNASA’s Bouncing ‘Hedgehog’ Robot Designed To Explore Celestial Bodies
There are so many planets, asteroids, and other celestial bodies to explore in space and most of them don’t have the same gravity...
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1.6KMedicine NewsLegionnaire’s Outbreak Sparks Concern Amongst Health Officials
A third outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease in the United States has health officials concerned with the increase in the number of affected...
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1.8KMedicine NewsPutting A Human Face On September’s Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Mason Silva was a wonderful and happy baby. Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) took him from his family shortly after his first birthday,...
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1.6KBusiness NewsUS Unemployment Falls To Lowest Point In 7 Years While Workforce Participation Rate Remains Lowest Ever
The Department of Labor released its August Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report, today, and it’s a mixed bag for watchers of...
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1.6KMedicine NewsAspirin May Improve Cancer Therapy, Experts Claim
Adding another reason to call aspirin a ‘wonder drug,’ a recent study in the United Kingdom suggests that the common aspirin may...
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1.8KPolitics NewsNew Hampshire Politics: Bush Campaign Announces $500K Granite State Ad Buy
Beginning next week, Jeb Bush starts his first TV ad buy in New Hampshire. The initial $500,000 media buy will include ads...
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1.6KCrime NewsDeath Penalty Sought For Kansas City Murder Suspect
A year after the brutal murder of a Kansas City couple and three potential witnesses, the prosecutor on the case has stated...
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2.4KMiddle East NewsMERS Outbreak Raises Concern In Saudi Arabia Prior To Hajj
A recent surge in Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) has officials in Saudi Arabia worried because of the upcoming Hajj in September....
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1.9KEnvironmental NewsNASA Warns Of Global Sea Level Rise
In the last century, the oceans have risen between four and eight inches, but new research from the National Aeronautics and Space...
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1.6KPolitics NewsTeen Sentenced To Over 11 Years for Supporting Islamic State
A Manassas, Virginia teenager has been sentenced to 136 months in prison for using social media to gather support and fund the...
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2.3KScience NewsTungara Frog Study’s Findings Counter Sexual Selection Theory
There is hope for all of those slightly unattractive male frogs out there. According to a new study, male túngara frogs of...
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1.7KBusiness NewsPentagon Funding $75 Million Silicon Valley Tech Venture
The Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded a $75 million grant to a consortium of Silicon Valley tech companies to develop advances...
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1.6KScience NewsResearchers Delve Into The History Of The Universe
A group of scientists, led by astronomers from Dublin’s Cardiff University’s School of Physics and Astronomy, have discovered why galaxies are shaped...
