Today in the News:
– U.S. military extends many benefits to same-sex partners
– Flying Squid’s in Japan
– Real-Life Vampire in Turkey
The Pentagon announced on Monday it would extend more of the benefits
offered to spouses of heterosexual troops to those of gay personnel but
acknowledged some key benefits, like housing, would still be off-limits,
at least for now. The step came 17 months after the Pentagon scrapped
its “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” ban on openly serving homosexuals in the
U.S. military and will affect the day-to-day lives of their spouses in
ways big and small. Pentagon officials estimated that the policy change
would only affect around 9,000 spouses of active duty and reserve
members and another 8,000 retirees. They hoped the changes would go into
effect by the end of August. The announcement came on the eve of
President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address and just weeks after
he made history by becoming the first U.S. president to praise progress
on gay rights in his inaugural address.
There have been numerous sightings of a certain type of Japanese squid
“flying” above the ocean’s surface, and now scientists have confirmed
this fenomenon and offered an explanation. According to a new study from
marine biologists at Hokkaido University, the Japanese flying squid
releases a high-pressured water jet for propulsion, and then spreads its
fins like wings to glide above the water. the squid can speed through
the air at over 11 meters per second. That’s faster than Usain Bolt, who
averaged only 10.3 meters per second in the 2012 London Olympics. When
flying, the squid can remain airborne for about three seconds and travel
upwards of about 30 meters. Now that is truly impressive!
In a chilling case report, doctors in Turkey have described what they
claim to be a real-life vampire with multiple personalities and an
addiction to drinking blood. The 23-year-old married man apparently
started out slicing his own arms, chest and belly with razor blades,
letting the blood drip into a cup so he could drink it. But when he
experienced compulsions to drink blood “as urgent as breathing,” he
started turning to other sources. Yaiks. The man, was arrested several
times after stabbing and biting others to collect and drink their blood.
The doctors said they found traumatic and most horrifying events in the
man’s life leading up to his two-year bloodsucking phase. It’s not clear
whether the man suffered any health consequences because of his gruesome
habit, but the human body isn’t well adapted for digesting blood.
Today in the News:
– U.S. military extends many benefits to same-sex partners
– Flying Squid’s in Japan
– Real-Life Vampire in Turkey
The Pentagon announced on Monday it would extend more of the benefits
offered to spouses of heterosexual troops to those of gay personnel but
acknowledged some key benefits, like housing, would still be off-limits,
at least for now. The step came 17 months after the Pentagon scrapped
its “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” ban on openly serving homosexuals in the
U.S. military and will affect the day-to-day lives of their spouses in
ways big and small. Pentagon officials estimated that the policy change
would only affect around 9,000 spouses of active duty and reserve
members and another 8,000 retirees. They hoped the changes would go into
effect by the end of August. The announcement came on the eve of
President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address and just weeks after
he made history by becoming the first U.S. president to praise progress
on gay rights in his inaugural address.
There have been numerous sightings of a certain type of Japanese squid
“flying” above the ocean’s surface, and now scientists have confirmed
this fenomenon and offered an explanation. According to a new study from
marine biologists at Hokkaido University, the Japanese flying squid
releases a high-pressured water jet for propulsion, and then spreads its
fins like wings to glide above the water. the squid can speed through
the air at over 11 meters per second. That’s faster than Usain Bolt, who
averaged only 10.3 meters per second in the 2012 London Olympics. When
flying, the squid can remain airborne for about three seconds and travel
upwards of about 30 meters. Now that is truly impressive!
In a chilling case report, doctors in Turkey have described what they
claim to be a real-life vampire with multiple personalities and an
addiction to drinking blood. The 23-year-old married man apparently
started out slicing his own arms, chest and belly with razor blades,
letting the blood drip into a cup so he could drink it. But when he
experienced compulsions to drink blood “as urgent as breathing,” he
started turning to other sources. Yaiks. The man, was arrested several
times after stabbing and biting others to collect and drink their blood.
The doctors said they found traumatic and most horrifying events in the
man’s life leading up to his two-year bloodsucking phase. It’s not clear
whether the man suffered any health consequences because of his gruesome
habit, but the human body isn’t well adapted for digesting blood.