By Karissa Rosenfield
October 2nd, 2012 Why Syria turmoil threatens Middle East By Fareed Zakaria As Syria continues its descent into civil war, the terrible humanitarian tragedy occurring is unfolding in plain view: 20,000 dead, 250,000 refugees outside the country by some accounts, over a million people internally displaced. There seems no easy solution to end the crisis….
The Science Behind Why Facebook Is So Addictive People use Mark Zuckerberg’s social network every day. But why? There are about 7 billion people on Earth. Over 864 million of them check Facebook every day. That’s an awful lot of daily habits, and it’s part of the reason Facebook is worth some $200 billion. So…
No war likely on Lebanon-Israel border – for now Photo released by Hizbollah’s press office on Thursday shows the Shiite Party Secretary General Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah (3rd right) meeting in Beirut with Ali Akbar Velayati, adviser for international issues to Iran’s Supreme Religious Leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (AFP photo) By Rana Moussaoui Agence France-Presse…
H has grabbed the country by the throat, with the low-budget likes of Paranormal Activity and The Purge regularly breaking into the box-office Top 10, while cable’s highest-rated drama, The Walking Dead, leads a crowded TV lineup of witches, vampires, and other ghoulish fare Down to the Morgan Library I bat-flew one afternoon to pay homage to Edgar Allan…
People feel happier if they believe they are having more sex than their peers. Researchers compared sex to income: People are happy if they have more than the people around them. Study participants who reported having sex at least once a week were 44% happier than those who hadn’t had sex in the past year….
Untitled (Chakraman) is a rare example of Nepalese painting. Visually striking in its scale and colour, and rich with iconography, it illustrates concepts connected to Buddhism, Hinduism, tantric principles and yoga, while depicting a great number of deities and incarnations.