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Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is encouraging Cuban scientists to “bomb clouds” with aircraft in order to stimulate rainfall during sever droughts.
A new book by Osama Bin Laden’s first wife and son give an insiders’ view on one of the world’s most notorious terrorists.
President Obama has ruled out the setting of binding targets for tackling climate change at the Copenhagen summit next month.
Since the Republican Party’s historic defeat in the 2008 elections, American conservatives have been seeking new ideas to rally around, new leaders to point the way forward. One year later, […]
For centuries, the dominant image of college in America has been that of a secluded campus, full of 18-22 year-olds educating themselves for the future. Yet, as Big Think’s recent […]
It is becoming increasingly common knowledge that our world is on the brink of an unprecedented environmental crisis. However slow the reaction has been, it is beginning to take tangible […]
How do you know someone’s just caught the jazz bug? According to Village Voice critic and “Jazz” author Gary Giddins, when Ken Burns started loving Louis Armstrong as a fan […]
Paul Auster is associated with two things, both in constant flux: the novel and New York City. The author of “The New York Trilogy,” “The Brooklyn Follies,” and the new […]
A new breed of “super bee” has been bred by government scientists in a bid to tackle the honeybee epidemic.
A new study suggests that forming new brain cells can push out old memories as newborn neurons destabilize established connections.
Gardeners at a UK heritage property are urging visitors to urinate in the gardens to help the gardens “go green.”
The Huffington Post says the media fell hook, line and sinker for the military account of what happened at Fort Hood last week.
The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington has said it will stop its social service programs if gay marriage is legalized.
In response to Europe’s “Seven Wonders of the World” list which didn’t include Russia, the former Soviet Republic has compiled its own list of “wonders”.
A staggering third of all homeless men in America are veterans of the army – so where is the post commission support?
Following the controversial restrictions on abortion imposed by the healthcare reform bill women are asking if congress has reverted to the Mad Men era?
In a bid to win US sympathy, China’s government has argued that the “liberation” of Tibet is comparable to the abolition of slavery by Lincoln.
Traces of cocaine, hormones and spices are among the things found in the drinking water of Puget Sound.
The Washington Post sets out the changing face of the US-Japan relationship ahead of Obama’s visit to Tokyo this week amid some complex politics.
Scientists searching for the Loch Ness monster have unearthed 100,000 golf balls – and no Nessie.
Police in Georgia say a pilot tried to hit officers with his plane at a small airport.
Israel claims it has seized a cargo ship containing evidence that Iran is supplying Lebanese militant group Hezbollah with weapons.
Dita Von Teese has given up Los Angeles for Paris because “Europe gets her art.”
The brown pelican has been removed from the endangered species list after a century of special protection.
An attempt by Carrie Prejean to storm off Larry King was thwarted by dithering and a commercial break.
A global dating service called BeautifulPeople.com has turned away 1.8m people for being “too ugly” in the two weeks since its launch.
Recently retired senator Dave Schultheis has caused outrage online by comparing Obama to the 9/11 hijackers on Twitter.
A British police-man sacked for believing in psychics has received backing from judges in an employment tribunal.
Who are the “Tea Party” activists, and what do they hope to accomplish? Will their crusade purify American conservatism or factionalize it further? Former Republican House Minority leader Dick Armey, […]
Ben Heineman’s book, High Performance with High Integrity, is a sort of memo to CEOs on how to run a major company. He would know; Heineman was GE’s general counsel […]