Jason Whitely

Including the first female fighter pilot to become an astronaut in almost 20 years

newser.com — (AP) - NASA has eight new astronauts-its first new batch in four years. Among the lucky candidates: the first female fighter pilot to become an astronaut in nearly two decades. A female helicopter pilot also is in the group. In fact, four of the eight are women, the highest percentage of female astronaut candidates ever selected by NASA.

Smoking alcohol: Can you inhale calories?

slate.com — Public health officials worldwide are warning young people off the new trend of "smoking alcohol." The user either pours hard liquor over dry ice or heats it, then inhales the vaporized alcohol. Some believe the process affords the inhaler a high without the calories of alcohol, but experts say there...

Brazilians spend as much as 26% of their income to ride the bus

qz.com — A $.09 hike in the price of a single bus fare in Sao Paolo ignited the biggest protests to hit Brazil in over 20 years. As we noted earlier today, the bus fare hike was merely the last straw in a long list of public grievances about the shaky Brazilian economy.