The inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, is celebrating today, but also voicing concerns for the future of http, urls and html.
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Teen who vaccinated himself says anti-vaxx Mom gets misinformation from Facebook
Ethan Lindenberger, 18, says his mother often cites social media groups to refute health officials. “That’s what they want you to think,” she says.
Large study adds to proof that measles vaccine doesn’t cause autism
A new decade-long study of more than half a million people found that the measles vaccine does not increase the risk of autism.
Why people are throwing their Vans shoes and sharing videos on social media
The #VansChallenge might have you believing the popular shoes have cat-like reflexes.
Video of huge spider dragging opossum is nightmarish: ‘We couldn’t really believe what we were seeing’
Warning: Readers might find this disturbing. Michigan researchers believe this is the first time a tarantula was ever recorded preying on an opossum.
Texas lawmaker says he’s not worried about measles outbreak because of ‘antibiotics’
Texas state representative Bill Zedler is promoting legislation that would allow Texans to opt out of childhood vaccinations.
Three people killed after two New York trains hit car ‘trying to beat the gate’
A car that drove around railroad crossing gates in Long Island was struck by two trains traveling opposite directions.
Having a baby? You won’t get a good night’s sleep for 6 years, study says
Not surprisingly, mothers reported losing the most sleep in a study of more than 4,600 German parents published in the journal Sleep.
‘Zombie’ deer disease: How to prevent it and avoid eating infected meat
Don’t touch road-kill, eat infected meat and more advise from the CDC on how to avoid getting chronic wasting disease.
Woman who wrote racist ‘ape’ post about Michelle Obama defrauded FEMA $18K, report finds
Pamela Taylor admitted to illegally taking FEMA benefits in 2016. The same year, a Pamela Taylor also made headlines for a racist Facebook post.