Despite the objections of privacy advocates, the Los Lunas Police Department is now running beta tests for a new form of built-in body camera facial recognition, paving the way for a more RoboCop-ish future.
Read MoreFrom cowboys to bank robbers to noir detectives, those pieces of rapid firing machinery have been omnipresent in the country's culture since the 19th century. And we have one man to thank for that: Samuel Colt, the inventor of the revolver.
Read MoreAirplane parts to ballet shoes. Mars Rover calibration gear to a digital abacus. Bill Nye, famously the Science Guy, is also the Busy Guy.
Read MoreOf the arachnids who do pose a real risk to humans few have garnered as much media attention as the Brazilian wandering spider, sometimes referred to as the banana spider.
Read MoreFiona Apple might be famous, but her relationship with the limelight has always been a double-edged sword. But when it comes to money -- how big is her cut?
Read MoreWhen you think of the word "obedient", all manner of examples come to mind. But it's a safe bet that none of those examples include the word "cat." But take heart, because there are indeed some breeds of cat that can be considered obedient. Even trainable.
Read MoreProfessional tennis superstar and five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova shocked the world on March 7th, 2016, when she announced that she had been suspended from professional play after testing positive for performance enhancing drugs. Reaction to the revelation was swift.
Read MoreIt wasn't immediately clear to Paula Nelson that her father was a bonafide country music star. But when that realization came, it wasn't exactly wine and roses.
Read MoreIn 1919, prohibition became, as they say, "a thing," and bootlegging became America's new favorite pastime.
Read MoreThere's no question that Ernest Hemingway was one of the 20th Century's professional manly men. So it's a shame that he met such a sad end.
Read MoreThe idealized image of Rome often portrayed in movies and TV shows was only known to the empire's richest citizens. For everyone else life was usually short and brutal.
Read MoreUFC president Dana White is a pretty powerful dude these days. However, everyone has to start somewhere ... and his start came while running away from the Winter Hill Gang, a gangster outfit led by none other than Whitey Bulger, the notorious gangster.
Read MoreScience rules. Perhaps nobody knows this better than William Sanford Nye, born in Washington, D.C. in 1955, and known to generations of kids — literally — as the Science Guy.
Read MoreElvis Presley was the King of Rock and Roll, and as befits a man with this regal title, he lived a life of rock royalty. How much was Elvis worth when he died?
Read MoreSeeing how the pope runs his own country, and has a lot of influence, it wouldn't be inaccurate to state that he lives anywhere he wants.
Read MoreKurt Angle is one of the more successful wrestlers out there, both in the amateur circles and the world of pro wrestling. But winning nearly cost him everything.
Read MoreStar Trek is a global phenomenon. It's one of the largest, most popular, and most influential science fiction franchises and has some seriously fanatical fans.
Read MoreColombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is notorious for, among other things, amassing an illicit fortune larger than the gross domestic product of a small nation. And throughout his tenure as the most wanted man in the world, his older brother, Roberto Escobar, worked as his accountant.
Read MoreOzzy Osbourne has lived a life so unbelievable that many bonkers stories about him are indeed real. But a lot of common knowledge about the man is just plain wrong. Here are the false facts about Ozzy Osbourne that you always thought were true.
Read MoreEven people who don't like Kung Fu movies like Jackie Chan. It's hard not to. As an actor and director, he's charming, beguiling, and boy howdy, can he ever perform a stunt. Where'd he learn all that stuff?
Read MoreEminem has lived one wild life. From his days in a trailer and struggling to get by, to being friends with Elton John and starring in superhero crossover comic books with the Punisher, he's one shining, potty-mouthed example of the American dream come true.
Read MoreDespite their virulence, most mosquito activity reaches its peak during the dog days of summer. But where do these little vampires go once it turns cold?
Read MoreSometimes, stuff that should logically never be able to disappear will just up and vanish in quantities that are hard to describe. For our purposes, we'll use the quantifiers "a boatload," "a town-full," and "basically the entire wing of a museum."
Read MoreThe reign of ancient Egypt's final pharaoh, Cleopatra VII, is one of the most famous sagas in history. However, if you only know the parts of the story involving Julius Caesar and Marc Antony, you're missing out on some delicious family drama that played out between Cleopatra and her siblings.
Read MoreBorn in 1898 in Brooklyn, Jacob Bruskin Gershowitz (for such was his name) was identified early as a genuine musical prodigy. Here's how he died.
Read MoreA mass suicide left 918 people dead. Loved ones were left to wonder why they'd followed the man at the head of it all. This is the messed up truth of Jim Jones.
Read MoreIn a development sure to alarm both Sam Neill and Chris Pratt, researchers announced the recent discovery of what they believe to be actual dinosaur DNA. So, you know, start booking your theme park tickets to the Isla Sorna now.
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