04-24-2016, 11:05 PM
It was the kind of crime that sears the soul, the gang rape of a 13-year-old ethnic Russian girl by a trio of immigrants in Germany. The first reports galvanized the Russian diaspora, bringing tens of thousands into the streets to protest Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open-door policy. Trouble is, the attack never happened. It was just a teenager’s tall tale, police quickly concluded. German officials say the controversy -- known as the “Lisa Affair” -- was ginned up by President Vladimir Putin’s propaganda machine to undermine Merkel in the run up to last month’s regional elections, which resulted in stinging losses for her party.
From Rape Claim to Brexit, Putin Machine Tears at Europe's Seams - Bloomberg
Google's leading futurist, Ray Kurzweil, thinks his diet can help him live forever, a goal he recently told Playboy we could be close to achieving by as early as 2029. Kurzweil says he spends "a few thousand dollars per day" on diet pills and eating right, or roughly $1 million a year.
What Ray Kurzweil eats to live forever - Business Insider
Although it’s rare, with the odds of getting struck in your lifetime being roughly 1 in 12,000, every now and then a human will provide an attractive target for lightning bolts to unleash their energy. And of the roughly 500 people who are struck by lightning each year, about 90% survive. Here’s what you should expect if you ever find yourself in the path of lightning.
What to expect when you survive lightning - Business Insider
Sex boosts intelligence True According to research at the University of Maryland, sex greatly increased the creation of neurons within the hippocampus, a part of the brain responsible for forming long-term memory. The tests were on mice, though; the results have yet to be proved in humans.
Sex: the myths debunked | Life and style | The Guardian
June 6, 2005, seemed to be a triumphant moment for Intel. The chipmaker was already dominating the market for processors that powered Windows-based PCs. Then Steve Jobs took the stage at Apple's World Wide Developers Conference to announce that he was switching the main Windows alternative, Macintosh computers, to Intel chips as well. The announcement cemented Intel's status as the leading company of the PC era. There was just one problem: The PC era was about to end. Apple was already working on the iPhone, which would usher in the modern smartphone era. Intel turned down an opportunity to provide the processor for the iPhone, believing that Apple was unlikely to sell enough of them to justify the development costs.
Intel made a huge mistake 10 years ago. Now 12,000 workers are paying the price. - Vox