Tesla: World’s biggest battery half-built
Source: BBC News Tesla has reached the half-way point in its plan to build the world’s biggest battery, in South Australia. The plan to build the 100MW (129MWh) lithium battery […]
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What to Know About the Mass Shooting in Las Vegas
Source: Time BY Joseph Hincks,Alana Abramson Updated: 11:46 AM ET | Originally published: 4:26 AM ET At least 58 people were killed and more than 500 were injured after a man opened […]
Here’s How to Cut Antibiotic Use in Animals
Source: Time BY Alexandra Sifferlin Sep 28, 2017 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. In the United States, close to 80% of all antibiotics used are given to animals, usually […]
2 Men Indicted In Bacon Vandalism At Islamic Center
Source: Huffington Post A rally supporting the center in Tennessee drew a strong crowd. By Ryan Grenoble A federal grand jury in Tennessee has indicted two men on charges they […]
Scottish Anglican church faces sanctions over vote to allow same-sex marriage
Source: The Guardian BY Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent Leaders of global Anglican communion expected to impose ‘consequences’ on Scottish church for its embrace of LGBTI equality The archbishop of Canterbury, […]
Sierra Leone arrests pastor who blamed Islam for ‘every terrorist act in history’
Source: The Guardian BY Cooper Inveen A Nigerian pastor has been arrested in Sierra Leone after recordings of a sermon targeting Muslims went viral on social media, sparking widespread outrage. In an […]
Saudi Arabia: Prince Mohammed plays his biggest card yet
Source: The Guardian Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent A rumbling war in Yemen, a festering standoff with Qatar, and a turbulent time at home: things haven’t being going well for Saudi Arabia lately. […]
Declining World.’ Mormon Leader Reaffirms Religion’s Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage
Source: Time By Brady McCombs / AP Sep 30, 2017 (SALT LAKE CITY) — A top Mormon leader reaffirmed the religion’s opposition to same-sex marriage on Saturday during a church conference watched […]
The health benefits of coffee
Source: BBC Food By Nicola Shubrook Coffee is a brewed drink prepared using roasted coffee beans which are taken from the berries of the Coffea plant. There are two main species of coffee beans […]
Catalan referendum: ‘Hundreds hurt’ as police try to stop voters
Source: BBC News Catalan emergency officials say 761 people have been injured as police used force to try to block voting in Catalonia’s independence referendum. The Spanish government has pledged […]
Could wood pulp make cars lighter and more efficient?
Source: BBC News By Virginia Harrison Business reporter, Singapore Car parts of the future could be made out of a surprising material. Wood. Researchers in Japan are working to create […]
DNA surgery on embryos removes disease
Source: BBC News By James Gallagher; Health and science reporter, BBC News website Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Precise “chemical surgery” has been performed on human embryos to remove disease in a world […]
US air force academy chief delivers stirring speech telling racists to ‘get out’
Source: The Guardian By Jamiles Lartey in New York Friday 29 September 2017 16.58 BSTLast modified on Friday 29 September 2017 17.25 BST The superintendent of the US air force academy in Colorado Springs addressed a direct […]
Five ways science can improve your focus
Source: BBC News By Caroline Williams 25 September 2017 The internet is bursting with advice on how to concentrate amid a sea of distractions. But many of them are either […]
India is working itself into a frenzy about interfaith marriages
Source: The Economist THE older woman’s slaps come quick and hard, followed by a shrill, “Have you no shame?” The younger woman sits still, eyes downcast, holding a hesitant hand […]
The Muted GOP Response to Roy Moore’s Anti-Muslim Prejudice
Source: The Atlantic The would-be Alabama Senator cements a Republican Party transition to acceptance of open intolerance of Muslims that is a long time coming. Tami Chappell / Reuters […]
A proposal for Islam
Source: The New York Times By Mustafa Aykol I am writing this column from an airplane, on my way from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to my new home, Wellesley, Mass. I’m […]
Sanders: White House disagrees with Roy Moore’s comments on homosexuality, Muslims
Source: Politico By LOUIS NELSON Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Thursday that the White House does not agree with comments by Roy Moore, the Republican Senate candidate in Alabama, that […]
The words that can make us calmer
Source: BBC News By Fiona Macdonald 27 September 2017 In the introduction to his new book The Poetry Pharmacy, William Sieghart quotes the British playwright Alan Bennett. “The best moments in […]
Michelle Obama scolds female Trump voters
Source: BBC News Former US First Lady Michelle Obama has lashed out at female voters who backed President Donald Trump. “Any woman who voted against Hillary Clinton voted against their […]