White House defends birth control rule against religious protest

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/31/us-usa-healthcare-contraception-idUSTRE80U2HL20120131 By David Morgan WASHINGTON | Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:12pm EST (Reuters) – The White House on Tuesday defended a new federal rule requiring religiously affiliated nonprofit groups to provide free birth control coverage to women, as opponents ratcheted up pressure to alter the provision. The decision, announced on January 20 by Health and […]

U.S. Navy takes major step towards its first ‘rail gun’ – a hi-tech electromagnetic weapon that fires projectiles at 5,000MPH

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2094413/Rail-gun-US-Navy-takes-step-hi-tech-electromagnetic-weapon.html Shipboard weapon fires projectiles for hundreds of miles Uses electromagnetism to hurl projectiles down rails High-powered weapon hurls metal ‘bullets’ with enormous force ‘Will change how navy engages enemies’ By Rob Waugh Last updated at 4:36 PM on 31st January 2012 The U.S. navy has awarded a $10 million contract to research a power […]

Ready, fire, aim! U.S. Army’s new self-steering bullet comes with tiny fins that guide it to its target

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2094256/Armys-new-self-steering-bullet-comes-tiny-fins-guide-target.html By Katie Silver Last updated at 10:13 AM on 31st January 2012 Scroll down for video A bullet that can steer itself has been developed by national security researchers for widespread use by the army. US military researchers have developed the technology that will see regular army soldiers shooting with the accuracy of snipers. […]

Nearly HALF of U.S. households live just one crisis from poverty

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2094453/Nearly-HALF-U-S-households-live-just-crisis-poverty.html By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 6:59 PM on 31st January 2012 Nearly half of U.S. households are just one piece of bad luck – such as a job redundancy or a medical emergency – from poverty, it has emerged. A staggering 43 per cent are ‘liquid-asset poor’, meaning that they are above […]

Texas town forced to trunk in tanks of water after historic drought causes severe shortage

By Associated Press Last updated at 7:55 PM on 31st January 2012 Tanker trucks loaded with water have become the lifeline for a Texas lakefront village that came precariously close to becoming the state’s first community to run out of drinking water during a historic drought. Spicewood got its first delivery of water on Monday […]

Bang – you’re not dead! Amazing video shows bio-engineered ‘bulletproof’ human skin reinforced with spider silk

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2094364/Bio-engineered-bulletproof-skin-human-cells-spider-silk-revealed-video.html Human skin reinforced with spider silk – four times stronger than Kevlar Substance can stop a bullet Silk produced by goats, genetically altered to produce ‘milk’ made of webs By Rob Waugh Last updated at 2:57 PM on 31st January 2012 Human skin can stop a bullet – with a little help from genetically […]

The day it rained blue balls of jelly! Homeowner stunned as hailstorm showers his garden with weird goo

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093814/The-day-rained-blue-balls-jelly-Homeowner-stunned-hailstorm-showers-garden-strange-objects.html By Emma Reynolds Last updated at 1:19 PM on 30th January 2012 A baffled homeowner could not believe his eyes when jelly-like blue balls began falling from the sky outside his house. Steve Hornsby, 61, was forced to run for cover when the freak weather hit his neighbourhood in Bournemouth, Dorset. He said the […]

Security scare at LAX after TSA agents confuse woman’s insulin pump for gun

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093619/Security-scare-LAX-TSA-agents-confuse-womans-insulin-pump-gun.html By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 1:20 AM on 30th January 2012 A diabetic woman caused a security scare at Los Angeles International Airport after TSA agents mistook her insulin pump for a weapon. The woman, who was not identified, was going through a security checkpoint on Friday morning when a body scanner […]

Stoned with tiredness: Generation of children are becoming zombies because of late-night gaming sessions, claims charity

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093413/Generation-children-zombies-late-night-gaming-sessions-claims-charity.html By David Baker Last updated at 9:25 AM on 30th January 2012 A generation of children are becoming living zombies from sleep deprivation due to computer game addiction. That is the view of a charity which says it has serious concerns over an increasing number of a young computer gamers ‘stoned’ from sleep deprivation. […]

Pentagon developing more powerful bunker buster bomb to target Iran’s ‘hidden nuclear weapons’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093371/Pentagon-developing-powerful-bunker-buster-bomb.html By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 10:23 AM on 29th January 2012 The Pentagon has made a secret request to develop its largest bomb because officials believe it is not capable of destroying Iran’s fortified underground facilities. The 13.6 ton Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) is the deepest penetrating ‘bunker buster’ currently in the […]