Spotlights On Our Global Village As A New Society
HUAIROU, China — The movie has ancient Greek warriors, pirates, underwater kingdoms, a villain called the Demon Mage and mermaids that kill men during sex. There is a sultry Bond girl, too, playing the mermaid queen. Most of the actors are American, and the cameras use 3-D technology. But the movie, “Empires of the Deep,”…
World Naked Bike Ride took place this past weekend to protest overdependence on cars. A good message, but why is bike solidarity always naked? If biking without a helmet is dangerous, shouldn’t nude biking be, too? I support biking and I support nudity. But as a joint phenomenon, nude biking has always eluded me. Naked…
By ANDREW MIGA and GLEN JOHNSON, Associated Press Writers Andrew Miga And Glen Johnson, Associated Press Writers – WASHINGTON – For decades after gunmen shot down his brothers, Sen. Edward Kennedy lived under constant assassination threats of his own, sometimes chillingly specific, as he became a target for extremist rage, previously private FBI documents disclosed…
STORY HIGHLIGHTS * Thirty-two teams compete for football’s ultimate prize for the first time on African soil * South Africa will be hoping to avoid being first host nation to crash out at group stage * Offside is arguably the rule most likely to infuriate players, managers and fans alike * World’s greatest player, Lionel…
Robert Lanza, M.D. Scientist, Theoretician Posted: June 10, 2010 07:00 AM What happens when we die? Do we rot into the ground, or do we go to heaven (or hell, if we’ve been bad)? Experiments suggest the answer is simpler than anyone thought. Without the glue of consciousness, time essentially reboots. The mystery of life…
Hannah Elliott is a Lifestyle Reporter at Forbes. A new memoir, A Time To Betray, puts author Reza Kahlili at such risk that it is published under a pseudonym. Kahlili was an Iranian Revolutionary Guard member who worked uncover as a CIA agent during the 1980s and 1990s. The book chronicles the horrors Kahlili witnessed…
Since we first heard Gaga belt out, “Don’t call my name, don’t call my name, Alejandro! I’m not your babe, I’m not your babe, Fernando!”, we couldn’t wait for the video. After all, the Lady practically reinvented interest in music videos with Beyoncé in “Telephone”. And we assumed that for her Ace of Base-esque song…
Other, more open systems will catch up soon enough. Meanwhile, digital networks can’t handle all the cool features By Dan Gillmor Apple CEO Steve Jobs holds the new iPhone 4 at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco on Monday. It does look like a nice piece of gear, the new iPhone. The chances…