Cessna plane crashes in California parking lot, killing all 5 on board (PHOTOS)

Five people were killed when a Cessna 414 plane fell from the sky onto a car-park in front of an office supplies store in Santa Ana on Sunday afternoon. Local authorities said it is ‘a miracle’ that no one was hurt on the ground. The twin-engine 1973 Cessna light plane, bound for John Wayne Airport […]

Review: Azul, board game of the year?

Enlarge (credit: Nate Anderson) Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board gaming coverage at cardboard.arstechnica.com. At a local game night this week, my table was playing Splendor. If you don’t know it, the game is a light “engine building” affair in which you gather gems, then use […]

Replacement EPA Boss on Board With California Gas Confab

Following Andrew Wheeler’s appointment as acting head of the Environmental Protection Agency, he extended an invitation to the California Air Resources Board to discuss emission regulations — a matter which former EPA administrator Scott Pruitt seemed less inclined to discuss with the state. Mary Nichols, chairman of the board, said Wheeler reached out to state officials and […]

Altiplano review: A brain-tickling board game about… alpacas

Enlarge Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board gaming coverage at cardboard.arstechnica.com. Altiplano—or, as it is affectionately known ’round these parts, “the llama game”—displays a hobby in rude creative health. As you’d expect from noted German designer Reiner Stockhausen, the game is a formidable packet of innovative […]

New laws that threatened to tear the internet apart have been sent back to the drawing board in Europe

Getty The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly to reject sweeping reforms to copyright laws that threatened to tear the internet apart. The proposals, which could have required the likes of Reddit to filter content and forced a so-called “link tax” on firms including Google, have been sent back to the drawing board.See the rest of […]

Ryanair flights: How much hand luggage can you take on board the plane?

Ryanair cabin baggage allowance rules are strict, and passengers wanting to put hand luggage into overhead lockers must pay for Priority Boarding at £5. This is the travel advice. With the basic fare you are only allowed one small bag on board.  This item must fit under the seat in front of you in the aircraft to be […]

Medical board puts infamous doc on probation for toddler vaccine exemption

Enlarge / Dr. Robert Sears in his Capistrano Beach, CA office on Aug 8, 2014. Among his many books on pediatrics, Sears has written The Vaccine Book, in which he discusses possible side effects from vaccines. (credit: Getty | Don Bartletti) Dr. Robert Sears, a pediatrician infamous for promoting alternative vaccine schedules that allow parents […]

LeBron James ‘played with broken hand’ in last 3 NBA Finals games after punching board

LeBron James says he played the last three games in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 4-0 NBA Finals loss to the Golden State Warriors “pretty much with a broken hand,” after punching a blackboard in an outburst after Game 1. The Warriors claimed a 4-0 series sweep on Friday with a 108-85 win in Cleveland, but James […]

EPA Scientific Advisory Board votes to review auto emission decision

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Doctor slammed by med board for selling $5 homeopathic sound waves for Ebola

Enlarge / Listen to that homeopathic energy. (credit: Getty | Ian Waldie) The California medical board is threatening to revoke the license of Dr. William Edwin Gray III for selling homeopathic sound files over the Internet that he claims—without evidence or reason—can cure a variety of ailments, including life-threatening infections such as Ebola, SARS, swine […]