The Swiss public has said yes in a poll to banning the construction of minaret towers which are a symbol of Islamic tradition.
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A teenager who has confessed to an horrific murder listed her hobbies as “killing people” on a social networking web site.
A giant underground Salt Mine cavity in New Mexico is a “time bomb waiting to implode” according to geologists who expect the surrounding region to sink into a hole at any moment.
An Indonesian Minister has determined that the recent natural disasters such as tsunamis and earthquakes in his country are due to the ubiquity of porn DVDs.
A blogger whose site was hacked decided to take matters into his own hands and interviewed the 17-year-old hacker to find out his motivation.
Scientists have developed an eco-friendly silicon air battery capable of working for thousands of hours before running out.
A recent brain scan study suggests that men and women respond differently to danger – with men primed to fight and women responding with emotion.
A college dedicated to growing marijuana has opened up in Michigan – the only required reading is “Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower’s Bible”.
Just like the time Slate’s Jacob Weisberg invited me to join his Mafia family, his latest tweet made me think some wiseass had hacked his Twitter account: “If you’re looking […]
How many friends do you have who, under the “religious views” section of their Facebook profile, list “environmentalist,” “nature,” “mother earth,” “dirty hippy,” “dirt-worshiping treehugger,” or some variation thereof? Well, […]
Reporting from Mexico for the December issue of the The Atlantic, author Philip Caputo writes that “drug trafficking and its attendant corruption are a malignancy that has spread into Mexico’s […]
The battle for control of the Republican Party continues. Earlier this week, 10 Republican National Committee members circulated a resolution aimed at making sure that every Republican supports “conservative principles […]
Ebay has mapped out its Black Friday transactions. It’s was a real east-of-the-Mississipi kind of day. Let’s all give thanks for a robust 2nd Amendment. Animal rights activists react to […]
Graham Greene’sThe Quiet American and Antonio Giustozzi’s Decoding the New Taliban — two books that I’ve started more or less simultaneously — are jostling in my brain. In the very […]
It’s Black Friday here in the U.S., the worst shopping day of the year. Do yourself a favor and check out an alternate reality: the Rev. Billy’s Church of Life […]
Thanks giving for President Barack Obama was largely about thanking the armed forces giving their lives in Afghanistan.
Political leaders in Iraq are seeking to avoid disagreements on how to conduct a national election which would delay the vote even further.
China has announced firm targets for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions two weeks before the Copenhagen summit on climate change.
New evidence suggests that remnants of Martian microbes were transported to Earth in a meteorite that crashed into Antarctica 13,000 years ago.
Unidentified authorities have reportedly removed the Nobel Peace Prize medal and diploma from Iranian human-rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi’s bank safety deposit box.
Having someone’s breath on your neck may help deaf people to hear what you are saying according to recent research.
It seems Americans are no-longer thankful for their President as Obama’s maiden thanks giving speech was met by a barrage of criticism.
A British student who pleaded guilty to outraging public decency has been spared jail by a court after he was arrested for urinating on a war memorial.
While most of the more prominent details of the 9/11 attacks have been made bare, the search to find the psychological undertones of these tragic events goes on. But as […]
The Guardian has shined some light onto the obscure, back alleyway of the internet: Freenet. Consider it digital anarchy, a unitary place where people can exchange information without identifying themselves […]
New research in quantum measurement could reveal ion flow through cell membranes in an important scientific discovery.
A meteor lit up the skies and was caught on CCTV as it zoomed over South Africa but experts are unable to work out where it landed.
A teenager who claimed to have been bitten on the neck by an older man during a showing of vampire flick ”New Moon” has admitted to having made the story up.
Making a spacecraft powered by dark matter or a black hole would be a formidable task, but appears to be possible according to top physicists.
Questions are being asked about the financial health of Dubai after a major, government-owned investment firm asked to delay the repayment of its $59bn debt pile.