Laura Matthews

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Laura is a U.S. politics reporter for the International Business Times. She was always fascinated by the BBC World News each morning on the radio in Jamaica. That, and a love for writing led her to a masters in journalism from Columbia University and a bachelors in media and communication from the University of the West Indies, Mona. She has worked for Gannett's Pacific Daily News in Guam, the Jamaica Observer, the Jamaica Gleaner, the Nassau Guardian in the Bahamas and Choices magazine for whom she ghost wrote the guidebook Help Your Child With Career Choice.

Laura Matthews

Dutch Team Makes Bulletproof Skin from Spider Silk and Human Skin Cells [VIDEO]

Bulletproof skin has been preserved in Hollywood movies, but a team of Dutch scientists has claimed to have bridge the gap between science and science fiction by making such skin a reality. Dutch artist Jalila Essaïdi along with the Forensic Genomics Consortium Netherlands (FGCN) said they have made a piece of bulletproof skin from spider silk and human skin cells.

Nigeria Successfully Launches 2 Satellites Into Space

The SSTL's NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X satellites, which were built under contract with the Nigerian National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), will give Nigeria the ability to perform monthly crop monitoring, help with increasing urban planning demands through the development of engineering skill, and advance the growth of new technologies in the African country.

Brain-Eating Amoeba Linked to Three Deaths

Sixteen-year-old Courtney Nash, who died from a brain infection last week after going for a swim in a Florida river, reportedly is the third person to die after being exposed to the waterborne amoeba Naegleria fowleri.

Child Poverty Rate Increased 18 Percent in Past Decade: Study

Data released on Wednesday by the Annie E. Casey Foundation in its annual KIDS COUNT Data Book, show that over the last decade there has been a significant decline in the economic well-being for low-income children and their families. The KIDS COUNT Data Center provides information about the 10 key measures tracked in the Data Book in addition to hundreds of other indicators of child well-being by state, county, city, and congressional district.

ESA Plans Mission to Blast Asteroid Headed for Earth

Scientists at the European Space Agency is planning a test mission to blow up an asteroid to see if it's possible to change its course from heading towards the Earth. The mission, called Don Quixote, launches in 2015.

Oxygen Made on Earth Millions of Years Before Detectable in the Atmosphere, Study

Oxygen may have been made on Earth hundreds of millions of years before it breathed new life into the atmosphere, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, discovered. The MIT researchers suggest that oxygen may have been laying low in what they call "oxygen oases" in the oceans, long before the Great Oxidation Event, or GOE. Researchers have found evidence that small aerobic organisms may have evolved to survive on extremely low levels of oxygen in undersea oases.....

ESA Planning Mission to Protect Earth from Potential Asteroid Collision [PHOTOS]

The European Space Agency is looking to test to see if it's possible divert an asteroid headed for Earth. The mission, called Don Quixote, is already underway at the ESA, and will help the agency learn more about how the Earth can defend itself against any potential asteroid collision threat. The project is slated for 2015.

Cops Search Landfill in Spierer Case

Police in Bloomingdale are combing through the Sycamore Ridge Landfill near Pimento, Ind. in search of any evidence that can help with the disappearance of Lauren Spierer. The search is expected to take about two weeks, police say.

Protesters Cause BART Station Shutdown

Bay Area Rapid Transit authorities closed San Francisco's Civic Center Station Monday afternoon to control a protest against an earlier cellphone shutdown.

Zachery Tims? Cause of Death Remains Unknown

Tims, 42, was found dead at the W Hotel in Times Square, New York City, on Friday. A housekeeper found him unresponsive on the floor of the hotel room and he was pronounced dead at the scene, CNN reported. Grace Brugess, spokeswoman for the New York Medical Examiner's Office, told CNN that more tests will be needed to determine a cause of death and that could take a few weeks.

Radioactive Isotopes of Sulfur Detected in San Diego, Possibly From Japan

Tiny amounts of radioactive isotopes of sulfur, believed to have traveled by wind across the Pacific Ocean from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, were detected in California, scientists say. But the amounts detected weren't in any way harmful, says Mark Thiemens, a professor of chemistry at the University California, San Diego.

NASA?s Final Space Shuttle Crew to Visit the Big Apple

The astronauts will take part in a series of public events. On Aug. 16, the crew will visit the American Museum of Natural History where they will answer questions from children in attendance at the event that is free with museum admission. They will also appear on The Colbert Report later that night, according to the SPACE.com article.

Perseid Meteor Shower 2011: What Happened While You Slept

Perseids are associated with the comet Swift-Tuttle, which orbits the sun once every 133 years. Every August, the Earth will through a cloud of the comet's debris. These bits of ice and dust - most more than 1,000 years old - burn up in the Earth's atmosphere to create one of the best meteor showers of the year, NASA said.

Darkest Planet Found is Blacker Than Coal, Reflects Almost no Sunlight

The planet, TrES-2b, is a distant, Jupiter-sized gas giant situated in our home galaxy, and was discovered with NASA's Kepler space telescope. It reflects less than one percent of the sunlight that falls on it, scientists say, which is what makes TrES-2b blacker than coal or any planet or moon in our solar system

City of Cupertino Reveals More Detailed Renderings of the Apple Spaceship Campus [VIDEO & PHOTOS]

Cupertino is currently reviewing the tech giant's campus proposal. The city will first perform an environmental impact assessment to evaluate traffic, noise, air quality and will provide for the public an opportunity to comment on the project. The new Apple project will also undergo a development review and public hearings will then be slated at the Planning Commission and the City Council, according to Cupertino.org.

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