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Physicists at The Australian National University (ANU) have created a tractor beam on water, providing a radical new technique that could confine oil spills, manipulate floating objects or explain rips at the beach.

The group, led by Professor Michael Shats discovered they can control water flow patterns with simple wave generators, enabling them to move floating objects at will.

U.S. air support helps Kurdish forces expel Islamic State fighters from two Iraqi towns

Women stoned to death in Syria for adultery

At least half of the 40,000 people besieged by jihadists on a mountaintop in northern Iraq have escaped in the past 24 hours, aided by Kurdish rebels who crossed from Syria to rescue them.

Aboriginal Fires Actually Increase Kangaroo, Lizard Populations

Colorado teen birthrate drops 40% with low-cost birth control

Exxon Mobil starts drilling in Russia's Arctic

Fighting rages in Donetsk despite truce call

Government shelling against eastern city kills one and injures ten, as military rejects rebel calls for a ceasefire.

Poland has asked the United States to open its market quickly to Polish apples banned by Russia in a sanctions war over the crisis in Ukraine.

NSA Tried To Delete Court Transcript In Lawsuit Over Deleting Evidence

Plants have unexpected response to climate change

It's hard to discern what lies at the root of climate deniers' logic. But an argument often heard against addressing climate change is that doing so would add unnecessary costs to corporations.

U.S. President Barack Obama says that argument doesn't make any sense, because, according to him, the corporations themselves acknowledge climate change is occurring.

U.S. urges India to step up as regional power

China Rejects U.S. Proposal to Ease South China Sea Tensions

Chad withdraws Chinese exploration permits

Israel, Palestinians accept 72-hour cease-fire in Gaza

How to Criticize Israel Without Being Anti-Semitic

A guide to spam to the clueless

Southeast could become an overdeveloped ‘megalopolis’ in the next half century

For kitchen staff at federal agencies, background checks are a must-order item

Hiring has ground to a crawl because of lengthy waits for security clearances

What These Inmates Found During Lunch Is Everything Wrong With Prison in America

Four Women Doing Fine After Getting Vagina Implants Made From Their Own Cells

First-ever 3D-printed space telescopes nearing completion

Civilians in Abandoned McDonald’s Seize Control of Wandering Space Satellite

Their mission control console is a refurbished flat screen and some parts found on eBay. Yes, this is really happening.