UN Calls for North Korea Human Rights Inquiry
GENEVA — The U.N.’s top human rights official is calling for an international inquiry into what she calls the "deplorable human rights situation" in North Korea.
Internet Activist and Prodigy Aaron Swartz Dead from Suicide, Family Blames Over-Reaching U.S. Attorney's Office
26-year-old Aaron Swartz, a computer prodigy turned Internet activist, was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment on Friday. He committed suicide by hanging.
The Grass is (not) Always Greener on the Other Side
Moving from a village of 600 to Anchorage was definitely a dramatic change. Before, I only ate at home or in a relatives house, suddenly there was a plethora of restaurants to choose from ( I did not know what most of the food was either). In the village, the only option to shop for […]
Scientists Find Milky Way’s Spine
Scientists have announced the discovery of a spine-like structure within the Milky Way that might help explain the dynamics of galactic formation. The Milky Way is the spiral galaxy we live in and is one of billions of such vast pinwheel-like formations scattered throughout the universe, each containing hundreds of billions of stars.