Spotlights On Our Global Village As A New Society
The issue was put back on the Vatican’s agenda in March when one of Pope Benedict’s senior advisers, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, the archbishop of Vienna, said the abolition of the celibacy rule might curb sex abuse by priests, a suggestion he hastily withdrew after Benedict spoke up for “the principle of holy celibacy
With 38 days, it begins. The World Cup captivates more people around the globe than any other event, sporting or otherwise. Every four years, in pubs and corporate boardrooms, thatched huts and flophouses, fans of “the Beautiful Game” gather around televisions and transistor radios—and now, for the deep of pocket, iPhones and 3-D flat screens—to…
Some Tombs Almost 5,000 Years Old, Shedding Light on Ancient Religions; Many Contain Mummified Remains May 23, 2010, shows tombs discovered in Lahoun, near Fayoum, some 70 miles south of Cairo, in Egypt. (AP Photo) Archeologists have unearthed 57 ancient Egyptian tombs, most of which hold an ornately painted wooden sarcophagus with a mummy inside,…
The Taliban are scary. Dinosaurs are scary. But, put together, they’re actually pretty awesome. This work of genius is courtesy Dan Evans via Atlantic
P’s oil isn’t leaking “four or fives times” faster than everyone thought—at a rate of 4 million gallons per day, it’s twenty times worse than BP thought. And the chemical they’re using to “disperse” it is toxic, too. Now the EPA has ordered BP to find a new, less toxic dispersant. (The stuff they use…
Craig Venter creates synthetic life form Craig Venter and his team have built the genome of a bacterium from scratch and incorporated it into a cell to make what they call the world’s first synthetic life form While it is correct to say that the individual cell was not created, a new line of cells…
The Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded on April 20, 2010, killing eleven men. The oil rig then sank on April 22, 2010. Since then, oil has been spilling into the Gulf of Mexico. Attempts to stop the oil spill have been met with only limited success.
Count the books now on store shelves that “reconstruct the crimes” that triggered the global meltdown. Count the Goldman Sachs jokes on late night TV. Count the hours that C-Span will devote to congressional inquiries into what happened, why it happened, and who is ultimately to blame. Forensics is a necessary process if we’re to…
Plot twist for arts reporting Tuesday March 16, 2010 | 14:33 by András Szántó in New York City | permalink This wasn’t supposed to happen. Arts journalism is supposed to be going down the tubes. But here in New York, two arts sections are being expanded, with professional writers, editors, and, for now, what counts…
Dr. Jennifer Ashton discussed an upcoming drug that will improve sex drive in women. video attached