Peter Andrews is an Irish science journalist and writer, based in London. He has a background in the life sciences, and graduated from the University of Glasgow with a degree in Genetics. Those who like their foundation heavy may be a little disturbed by a new study that shows that they are perceived as less human and not taken seriously under the layers of makeup. But what if that’s the desired... 

When Wayne Hedgepath opened the door to his daughter Tracy’s home Friday night, he found her and two of his grandchildren dead, and a third clinging to life with a gunshot wound to the head. “Daddy did it,” the surviving girl, 7-year-old Destiny Minter, can be heard telling her grandfather on a recording of his call to 911. Court records show her father, Austen Minter, had a history...