Armed and Dangerous

Max Read · 06/23/10 01:00AM

[Thousands of people gathered in Central Park today to do yoga with acclaimed yogi Elena Bower. God expressed his displeasure by causing a thunderstorm, which rained out the proceedings. Pic via AP.]

Jamaican Drug Lord 'Dudus' Coke Arrested

Max Read · 06/23/10 12:12AM

Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, the Jamaican gang leader whose Kingston neighborhood was put under siege by authorities last month, resulting in 70 deaths, was arrested on Tuesday. Jamaican police will reportedly turn him over to the U.S. for extradition. [ABC]

Want to Hear What the 'God Particle' Sounds Like?

Max Read · 06/22/10 09:30PM

The Large Hadron Collider is an enormous, $8 billion machine built to detect the existence of certain hypothesized-to-exist particles. But detect how? What if, instead of looking for particles, scientists could listen for them? This is what they'd sound like.

Comments of the Day: The Boomers Go Boom

Richard Lawson · 06/22/10 05:09PM

Today we looked at how, basically, school these days is dumb. One commenter thinks that his generation, the Boomers, learned how to do things better. Another commenter begged to differ.