Antarctic ozone hole expands
Source: Emirates 24/7 The Antarctic ozone hole has swelled this month to one of its biggest sizes on record, UN and US scientists say, insisting that the Earth-shielding ozone layer […]
Why All College Students Should Be Asking The Big Questions
Source: Huffington Post Over the last two years, Evgenia Cherkasova, an associate professor of philosophy at Boston’s Suffolk University, has taught the university’s first course focused entirely on exploring the […]
What Seventh-day Adventists like Ben Carson believe
Source: CNN Donald Trump made headlines this weekend by questioning fellow GOP candidate Ben Carson’s Seventh-day Adventist faith — literally. “I’m Presbyterian,” Trump said at a rally in Florida on […]
Why are some Catholics so afraid of change?
Source: CNN The Synod on the Family, the gathering of bishops from around the world that just concluded, changed no Catholic doctrine. None. But you wouldn’t know that from the […]
NASA Says ‘Great Pumpkin’ Asteroid Will Fly by on Halloween
Source: Time Something strange will appear in the skies this Halloween, and it’s not a witch on a broomstick. NASA says an asteroid dubbed the “great pumpkin” will fly by […]
18% of Americans say they’ve seen a ghost
Source: Pew Research Center On Saturday evening, many American children will encounter costumed ghosts as they roam the streets in search of candy and other treats on Halloween. Before bedtime, to […]
Russia Dismisses ISIS Claim It Brought Down Jet in Egypt
Source: Time Reports “must not be considered reliable,” Russian transport minister says The Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) group is claiming responsibility for bringing down the Russian […]
Oct 31: 95 thesis of Luther will change Christianity forever. Watch PBS documentary in TMT
Martin Luther posts 95 theses today on October 31st in 1517 Source: History.com On this day in 1517, the priest and scholar Martin Luther approaches the door of the Castle […]
In criminal justice push, Hillary Clinton calls for end to racial profiling
Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) Hillary Clinton will push for a series of criminal justice reform plans Friday by calling for eliminating the sentencing disparity for crack and powder cocaine and ending racial […]
How Reluctance to Debate Religion Is Compounding Problems
Source : Huffington post By Raza Habib Raja I have often been much more amazed not at the religious fanaticism of the few, but at passivity of the moderate majority. […]
‘Milestone’ prostate cancer drug
Source : BBC The first drug that targets precise genetic mutations in prostate cancer has been shown to be effective in a “milestone” trial by UK scientists. The study, at […]
Google’s Project Loon internet balloons to circle Earth
Source: BBC Google believes it is on course to have enough internet-beaming balloons in the stratosphere to form a ring over part of the world next year. It told the […]
Surprise discovery suggests ‘gentle’ start for Solar System
Source: BBC The Rosetta spacecraft has discovered molecular oxygen in the cloud of gas surrounding the comet it is tracking. The discovery has come as a complete surprise to scientists […]
West helped increase corruption in Middle East by selling weapons: report
Source: Tribune Western nations, particularly the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia and Germany, have helped increase corruption in Middle Eastern and North African countries by selling them large quantities […]
Muslim leaders in UK warn of ‘worrying’ levels of Islamophobia
Source: The Guardian The Muslim Council of Britain has warned of increasing levels of Islamophobia in the UK after recent videos showing anti-Muslim abuse on public transport were posted online […]
Climate pledges keep ‘door open’ to warming under 2C
Source: Gulf News Carbon-cutting pledges from 146 nations for a universal climate rescue pact leave the “door open” to capping global warming below the danger threshold, the United Nations said […]
Video: If You Still Want Shariah Law, I May Have You Declared a Witch
If Taliban rule and our large collection of articles and videos for secularism, have not convinced you, not to demand Shariah Law, here is a video to show you what […]
The Witches: What Really Happened In Salem In 1692 — An All Together Conversation With Stacy Schiff
Source: Huffington Post By Paul Brandeis Raushenbush; Executive Editor Of Global Spirituality and Religion, The Huffington Post Over nine months in the year 1692, 14 women and five men were executed in […]
Call for improvements in blasphemy law not objectionable: Supreme Court Pakistan
Source: Dawn ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has held that a call for improvements in the blasphemy law in order to provide safeguards against its misuse by levelling false allegations should […]
