Fire observations from around the world taken over nearly 10 years are shown in this visualization of NASA satellite data. NASA has released a series of new satellite data visualizations that show tens of millions of fires detected worldwide from space since 2002. The visualizations show fire observations made by the MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, or MODIS, instruments onboard NASA’s... 

An international team of astronomers has discovered the world’s youngest gas giant planet, which is five times younger than the previous record holder. The newly discovered planet named LkCa 15 b after its star, has been started to take shape about 50,000 to 100,000 years ago, Discovery News reported. Dr. Adam Kraus of the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy spotted the planet... 

US President Barack Obama US President Barack Obama has dashed the Democrats’ hopes of re-election after his approval rating hit the lowest since he took office in 2009. The results of a new Gallup poll released on Friday found Obama’s job approval rating down at 41 percent, AFP reported. The figure showed a drop of six percentage points from the group’s prior poll. Gallup said the... 

On numerous occasions during President Obama’s 2008 campaign he promised to withdraw two brigades per month, with all US combat troops out by 2009. Three years have passed since Obama was elected into office and the US troops are still in Iraq. However it is possible that this time Obama will really withdraw the US troops because the 2012 Elections are coming and Obama needs an image boost. President... 

This story from Bloomberg just hit the wires this morning. Bank of America is shifting derivatives in its Merrill investment banking unit to its depository arm, which has access to the Fed discount window and is protected by the FDIC. This means that the investment bank’s European derivatives exposure is now backstopped by U.S. taxpayers. Bank of America didn’t get regulatory approval... 

All of Ron Paul’s answers from last night’s GOP debate in Las Vegas.  Read More »

Scientists have found a way to prevent HIV from damaging the immune system and say their discovery may offer a new approach to developing a vaccine against AIDS. Researchers from the United States and Europe working in laboratories on the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) found it is unable to damage the immune system if cholesterol is removed from the virus’s membrane. “It’s like... 

Scientists have sequenced the DNA of a woman who lived to be 115 years. A study suggests that the elderly woman had protective genes against dementia and diseases associated with old age The oldest woman in the world was found to have rare variations in DNA that can protect against the diseases of aging. Billed as the oldest in the world at the time of her death, she had the mental agility of someone... 

President Barack Obama just guaranteed himself a place in the record books. Under his watch, the United States deported more immigrants than ever before last year. For the fiscal year ending September 2011, the Obama administration sent nearly 400,000 illegal immigrants out of the United States, a statistic more than triple the figure for the year 2000. In total, 396,906 non-citizens were evicted... 

Some people have started realizing that there are large financial groups that dominate the world. Forget the political intrigues, conflicts, revolutions and wars. It is not pure chance. Everything has been planned for a long time. Some call it “conspiracy theories” or New World Order. Anyway, the key to understanding the current political and economic events is a restricted core of families... 

An Occupy Wall Street protester wearing the mask of Guy Fawkes demonstrates in Zuccotti Park, near Wall Street in New York October 15, 2011. The Occupy Wall Street movement, which has gained momentum and attracted anti-corporatism protesters across the globe, marked its one month anniversary on Monday. The Occupy Wall street (OWS) movement began on September 17 in the financial district of New York... 

Arrested: Video footage shows a woman being detained outside of a Citibank branch in Manhattan after she attempts to enter with her chequebook in hand. The banks fight back: Customers locked in and arrested after attempting to close their accounts in Occupy Wall Street protests. Banks across America appear to be fighting the growing protest against income disparity and rising fees as the Occupy Wall... 

“As the faith that gave birth to the West is dying in the West, peoples of European descent from the steppes of Russia to the coast of California have begun to die out, as the Third World treks north to claim the estate. The last decade provided corroborating if not conclusive proof that we are in the Indian Summer of our civilization.” So begins Pat Buchanan in his hardcore work, SUICIDE... 

The building of the US Treasury Department in Washington DC The US Department of the Treasury has announced that the government’s budget deficit has climbed to USD1.3 trillion in the current fiscal year, fueling concerns about the country’s economic crisis. Washington’s 2011 budget deficit shows an increase of USD 0.01 trillion dollars from the US deficit in the fiscal year 2010,... 

Demonstrators with 'Occupy Wall Street' protest at Zuccotti Park in New York on October 13, 2011 the day after Mayor Bloomberg gave a message to Occupy Wall Street protestors that the park needs to be cleaned. Protests against economic mismanagement and corporate greed are going global. In addition to the Occupy Wall Street movement sweeping the US, protesters from over 70 European and Asian...