A car powered by its roof
Source: BBC By Bryan Lufkin Cars that run on sun and not petrol still seem fantastical, even in 2016: They’re expensive and slow to make, and seem stuck in university […]
Why You Should Care About Zika
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin The U.S. declared the Zika virus outbreak in Puerto Rico a public health emergency on Friday, which U.S. Health and Human Services says means the virus is a “significant threat” to the territory. The declaration comes amid massive spread of Zika through Puerto Rico, infecting well […]
Milwaukee Officials Call for Calm After Unrest Over Shooting
Source: Time By Gretchen Elke MILWAUKEE (AP) — Simmering anger over the fatal shooting of a man by police erupted in violence on Milwaukee’s predominantly black north side, with protesters skirmishing with officers over several hours and setting fire to at least four businesses in an outburst the mayor says was […]
Swiss Train Attack Suspect and Female Victim Die of Wounds
Source: Time By David Rising BERLIN (AP) — The man who attacked passengers on a crowded Swiss train with a knife and burning liquid died of his wounds Sunday, as did […]
The Religious Right’s Last Gasp
Source: Huffington Post By Kerry Walters Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Gettysburg College; Catholic priest I can think of nothing that’s done more damage to American Christianity than the Religious Right. Despite what the movement’s prophets sanctimoniously shout from their pulpits, it’s not secular humanism, gay marriage, abortion, the ACLU, evolution, porn, […]
No Privilege? No Problem. Why You Can Be An Interfaith Ally
Source: Huffington Post By Lori L. Fazzino Sociologist and Interfaith Action Faculty, Claremont Lincoln University I try to live by a number of mantras, one of which is: Give credit where credit is due. I was motivated to write this piece after reading Zoha Qamar’s Huffington Post piece, “An A-Z […]
Trump Spokesperson Says Obama Invaded Afghanistan. He Didn’t.
Source: Huffington Post and Youtube By Sam Stein; Senior Politics Editor, The Huffington Post A spokesperson for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has blamed PresidentBarack Obama for invading Afghanistan ― a foreign […]
‘Rising Muslim hate’ sparks peace call at Alton gathering
Source: BBC The largest Islamic gathering in the UK has opened with a call to end “hate incidents” among Muslims. Around 30,000 Ahmadi Muslims from dozens of countries are holding […]
Imam and his assistant shot dead in Queens, New York
Source: BBC An imam and his assistant were shot dead as they walked along a street in the New York borough of Queens. The men were approached from behind by […]
Video: Fareed’s Zakaria: ‘Trump is a B.S. artist’
Fareed offers his take on why Donald Trump fits the definition of a B.S. artist.
6 Things Christians Should Stop Saying To People Who Doubt – And what to focus on instead
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla; Associate Religion Editor I couldn’t tell you exactly when I started losing my faith. I can only describe it like this: It’s something like standing […]
Most states allow religious exemptions from child abuse and neglect laws
Source: Pew Research Center BY ALEKSANDRA SANDSTROM All states prosecute parents whose children come to severe harm through neglect. But in 34 states (as well as the District of Columbia, Guam and […]
Religious Freedom Is A Shield Not A Weapon
Source: Huffington Post By Roy Speckhardt; who is executive director of the American Humanist Association. Religious freedom isn’t an excuse to be a bigot, it isn’t a free license to discriminate, […]
The rare bird that screams and growls
Source: BBC By Shannon Wianecki 12 August 2016 Paul Banko has an enviable commute: he rides his bike through cooled lava flows and dense fern forests to reach his office […]
Find out what really killed the Neanderthals
Source: BBC By Pierangelo Pirak 14 July 2016 In a special series, BBC Earth has recreated the last days of the last Neanderthal on Earth. It is a story based […]
IS conflict: Manbij residents celebrate liberation
Source: BBC Residents in the northern Syrian city of Manbij have been celebrating new freedoms after being liberated from the rule of so-called Islamic State. They have poured into the streets enjoying basic rights they had been denied for two years, including shaving off their beards and smoking. US-backed Kurdish […]
The giant pyramid hidden inside a mountain
Source: BBC By Zaria Gorvett They arrived in their thousands. Hardened by months of war with ferocious natives, near-starvation and exotic diseases, Hernan Cortez and his Spanish army marched into […]
Trump Campaign Looks to Evangelicals to Mobilize Hispanic Outreach
Source: Time By Elizabeth Dias Donald Trump’s campaign is preparing to announce an Hispanic advisory board of evangelical pastors to help mobilize support for the GOP nominee. Several evangelical Hispanic pastors […]
Why Olympic Swimmers Win the Most Medals
Source: Time By Alice Park/Rio de Janeiro Michael Phelps may collect gold medals like they’re Brazilian centavos, but he’s not the only swimmer dominating the all-time medal tally. While no other […]
Venus May Once Have Been a Garden Planet
Source: Time By Jeffrey Kluger One of the hard facts of our solar system is that even with eight perfectly nice planets, Earth remains the only house on the block with […]