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The Swiss public has said yes in a poll to banning the construction of minaret towers which are a symbol of Islamic tradition.
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”.
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.
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.
The US Navy is training sea lions to assist them with underwater activities such as retrieving explosive mines and even detaining intruder divers.
A couple who gatecrashed a White House state dinner – and boasted about it on Facebook- have sparked an urgent investigation into the US Secret Service’s security procedures.
If we take another look at the space/time spectrum could we come up with a theory of quantum gravity?
A Chinese oil firm has signed an MOU with its Iranian partners to invest $6.5bn in Iranian oil refinery construction in Iran.
The trade of human beings in sex trafficking is an American problem too says Bridgette Carr the director of Michigan University’s Human Trafficking Clinic.
The CIA’s “Magic Manual”, a book on trickery and misdirection written by magician John Mulholland, has magically reappeared.
Gary Giddins learned early in his career that his job isn’t to spend whole columns trashing albums no one would have bought anyway. His job is to buttonhole readers and […]
It’s been an exciting Wednesday morning here at Big Think. Not only were we pleased to present our Nobel Wisdom series, having interviewed two recent laureates in the past several […]
A German banker has been hailed as “Die Robin Hood Bankerin” after she transferred money from rich accounts to help the poor.