Why are people eating out of dumpsters in Spain?
Social service groups report that austerity measures imposed by a government trying to balance its budget have lead to a sharp increase in the number of people rummaging through dumpsters looking for food. Nearly 20 percent of Spain’s households now live in poverty, and 600,000 have no income at all. One city is combating the scavenging by installing locks on supermarket trash bins.
Was Kyle Shanahan penalized for yelling at replacement NFL referees?
The Redskins’ offensive coordinator and son of head coach Mike Shanahan was fined $25,000 by the NFL this week as part of the league’s crackdown on coaches yelling at replacement refs over bad calls. Shanahan berated refs in the final moments of Sunday’s loss to the Cincinnati Bengals because, he said, he worried that officials were going to misapply the 10-second runoff rule and not allow the Skins a chance to run one last play.
What is NASA’s next big mission?
After landing a rover on Mars, NASA’s next major priority will be to find a way to bring Martian materials back to Earth — and to do it on a budget, Popular Science reports. One option: Shoot a capsule carrying the materials into Mars’ orbit where an astronaut would grab it and bring it home. It may be 2030 or 2040, however, before a piece of Mars makes it to Earth, scientists report.
