Engineering students at Olin College spent 3 months and a $250 budget to construct a face-tracking marshmallow shooter nicknamed the Confectionery Cannon.

Tomorrow, June 28, 2014, marks the 100-year anniversary of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination in Sarajevo, the monumental event that led to the outbreak of World War I. Ferdinand's 19-year-old assassin, the Bosnian Serb Gavrilo Princip, is remembered today as both hero and villain.

The Myo armband, developed by Canadian company Thalmic Labs, allows wearers to control electronic devices with hand and arm gestures. The technology evokes sci-fi films such as Star Wars and Minority Report.

PopWed Co. in Washington DC offers couples an inexpensive pop-up wedding free from the stress of large event planning. The company's two employees officiate and photograph the intimate, public ceremonies -- sometimes to the chagrin of local security guards.

John B. Judis of New Republic argues that the United States is powerless to combat the breaking down of nonsensical Middle East borders drawn nearly a hundred years ago by colonial powers.

Timothy J. Burger has penned a fascinating article for Politico highlighting several gay men who worked in George W. Bush's administration, most of them in the closet the entire time. The piece provides a glimpse into their lives and their allegiance to a president they couldn't help but support.

The president's requested war budget is America's lowest in a decade. The request includes over $2 billion in funds to support American interests in Syria and neighboring countries.