We've heard about old water for years, but this may honestly be the oldest water EVER. A pocket of water some 2.6 billion years old the most ancient pocket of water known by far, older even than the dawn of multicellular life has now been discovered in a mine 2 miles below the Earth's surface. Click the photo for more!
Yale owes the federal government $165,000 after multiple violations of the Clery Act, which calls on colleges to report crimes and release safety warnings. Among the "serious and numerous" violations, per a letter from a Department of Education official, are four unreported forcible sex offenses; the category includes rape, sexual assault, and fondling, the Huffington Post reports. Each of those offenses carries a $27,500 fine. Yale also owes that amount for leaving certain policy statements out of its crime reports, plus an additional $27,500 because it left out Yale-New Haven Hospital crime figures.
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(Newser) - The latest thing out of industrial agriculture isn't too appetizing: Burbling up from the manure pits beneath factory hog farms is an oozing substance that's charmingly being dubbed "poop foam"—and it's un-charmingly explosive, reports Mother Jones. The ooze is wreaking havoc on large hog farms, trapping the toxic gases in manure and causing explosions in the upper Midwest—including one that killed 1,500 pigs. The worst part? Scientists are stumped to its cause. Perhaps more than 25% of operations in Minnesota, Illinois, and Iowa are now grappling with the issue, a University of Minnesota engineer says.
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The CDC just released a new report on public POOLS, and found FECAL CONTAMINATION in 58% of them. In other words, when you jump in a pool, there's a 58% chance you're jumping into other people's feces. The best ways to keep yourself from getting sick are to avoid swallowing pool water and wash your hands after you swim.
On this day in 1973, Watergate scandal: Televised hearings begin in the United States Senate.
