Under the plan, people who earn over $1 million in New York state will pay an income tax surcharge of about 3/4 of 1 percent for five years. In all, it would raise over $5 billion for mass transit. picked by deEPCHill 2 years ago

If you’re an avid movie watcher, you’ve probably come across some pretty weird urban legends and myths. What’s amazing is that oftentimes real-life occurrences of mass hysteria, spurred on by mass psychogenic illness or collective obsessional behavior are much more bizarre and scary than fictional myths. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Twin NASA spacecraft have provided scientists with a view of the speed, trajectory, and three-dimensional shape of powerful explosions from the sun known as coronal mass ejections, or CMEs. This new capability will dramatically enhance scientists' ability to predict if and how these solar tsunamis could affect Earth. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

No, not like that!

As his congregation of deaf Roman Catholics prepared to head home after Mass, the priest indicated that he had something to tell.

Then, using sign language, Father Peter McDonough dropped his bombshell picked by Doggylives 3 months ago

Mass strandings of dolphins and whales could be caused because the animals are rendered temporarily deaf by military sonar, experiments have shown. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

An amateur paleontologist in Switzerland may have unearthed Europe's largest dinosaur mass grave after he dug up the remains of two Plateosaurus. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Latin mass says, "Bring it on!" picked by kxmk 3 years ago

Colombian authorities have uncovered the mass graves of more than 100 people believed to have been killed during the country's long-running civil conflict. picked by KingKoopa 3 years ago

A US forensics expert took the stand in Saddam Hussein's trial for genocide against ethnic Kurds to tell in grim detail how he unearthed the remains of 27 people from a mass grave in northern Iraq. picked by teaya21 3 years ago

An asteroid impact may have caused one mass extinction in the past, but this article argues that relatively sudden releases of hydrogen sulfide gas from the world's oceans may have caused others. H2S is thought to be released as a consequence of high levels of CO2 in the atmosphere. Guess what's happening now? picked by Fanatic 3 years ago

When we think of the Holocaust we have horrible scenes of concentration camps burned in our psyche. Less known is the early days of the Nazi's "Final Solution" where the entire Jewish population of towns would be shot and killed and buried in unmarked mass graves. picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

A follow up to this. picked by kxmk 2 years ago

Saddam Hussein initially didn't think the U.S. would invade Iraq to destroy weapons of mass destruction, so he kept the fact that he had none a secret to prevent an Iranian invasion he believed could happen. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Previous estimates had ranged from 750 billion solar masses to up to 2 trillion. Lately, researchers have been leaning toward the higher figure. But now astronomers have used a more refined method to conclude that our galaxy's mass is slightly less than 1 trillion solar masses. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Americans keep putting on the pounds — at least according to a report released this week from the Trust for America's Health. The study found that nearly two-thirds of states now have adult obesity rates above 25 percent.

But you may want to take those findings — and your next meal — with a grain of salt, because they're based on a calculation called the body mass index, or BMI. picked by lynxears 5 months ago

NASA′s Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft has spotted the first major activity of the new solar cycle. On May 5 STEREO-B observed a Type II radio burst and a bright, fast coronal mass ejection (CME) emanating from the far side of the sun. The activity originated in a solar active region that rotated into view from Earth on May 8. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

ROME - An Italian couple who were caught having sex in a church confessional box while morning Mass was being said have repented and made peace with the local bishop. picked by bevissimo 1 year ago

...percentages of "fat people" by national populations. Guess who's #1? picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

Unless cooler heads prevail or concerns are addressed, Gamespot could see "mass resignations". picked by punthe 2 years ago

Not only has a large chunk of the universe thought to have been found in 2002 apparently gone missing again but it is taking some friends with it. The new calculations might leave the mass of the universe as much as ten to 20 percent lighter than previously calculated. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago