America’s founding fathers wouldn’t approve of anti-vaxxers and nine more must-see stories
February 3, 2015
- Work is so over. So many jobs will soon be automated that we should just pay people to do whatever they want.
- Obama’s Israel strategy is backfiring. The US president is only Motorcyclesbolstering Binyamin Netanyahu’s lead.
- Motorcycles are a threat to public health. They pose a bigger threatto developing economies than malaria or AIDS.
- Creditors should forgive Greece’s debt—for the children. The unemployed youth can’t pay it back.
- America’s founding fathers wouldn’t approve of anti-vaxxers.Thomas Jefferson was one of the first to vaccinate Americans.
- YouTube can teach robots to cook. Researchers had them watch videos and imitate what they saw.
- The father of Star Wars doesn’t like modern sci-fi. George Lucas says today’s movies are “more circus than substance.”
- The Queen of England is done with corgis. The world’s oldest monarch is afraid she’ll trip over a dog and hurt herself.
- You can finally buy McDonald’s Big Mac sauce. But only in Australia, and only in small tubes. (McDonald’s also shows you how to make it.)
- Previously-owned power plant for sale, free shipping included.German utilities offer tempting terms to offload their old plants.