The boy who stayed awake for 11 days
Source: BBC News By Sarah Keating 18 January 2018 This story is from The Boy Who Stayed Awake for Eleven Days, an episode of Witness produced and presented by Lucy Burns. To listen […]
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China’s economy grows by 6.9% in 2017
Source: BBC News China’s economy grew by 6.9% in 2017 according to official data – the first time in seven years the pace of growth has picked up. The figure […]
US slumps in global leadership poll after Trump’s 1st year
Source: CNN By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN (CNN)A year into Donald Trump’s presidency, global confidence in US leadership has fallen to a new low, according to an opinion survey conducted across 134 […]
Sexual abuse case against Mormon Church begins in West Virginia
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer January 18 at 5:54 AM The spire of the Salt Lake City Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is seen in […]
‘Pro-life’ must encompass more than opposition to abortion
Source: Religion News Service By John Gehring (RNS) — If being “pro-life” only means opposing abortion, we need a better conversation about the myriad ways human life is threatened today. On Friday […]
The Influential Network for a New Generation of American Muslim Leaders
Source: Religion And Politics It was June 12, 2016, and a man named Omar Mateen had just opened fire inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people and […]
Padmavati: Controversial film cleared by India’s top court
Source: BBC News India’s Supreme Court has cleared the release of controversial Bollywood film Padmavat, and overturned the decision by four states to ban its screening. It has been approved […]
More Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jews buck tradition and head for the army, higher ed
Source: Religion News Service By Michele Chabin | January 17, 2018 JERUSALEM (RNS) — Moshe Lifshitz says he always felt motivated to serve in the Israeli army even though, as an ultra-Orthodox Jew, […]
Cancer blood test ‘enormously exciting’
Source: BBC News By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent, BBC News Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Scientists have taken a step towards one of the biggest goals in medicine – a […]
This Destination Is Set to Replace The U.S. As The Second Most Popular Country for Tourists
Source: Travel and Leisure Take a look at the countries travelers have been heading to most. BY TALIA AVAKIAN JANUARY 16, 2018 While France is set to remain the world’s most popular tourist destination, Spain is […]
The Complicated History of Surrogacy From ‘Baby M’ to Kim Kardashian and Kanye West
Source: Time By OLIVIA B. WAXMAN January 16, 2018 Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West have announced that their third child, a daughter, was born on Monday via surrogate. “We are […]
A 3,000-year-old city that runs on AI
Source: BBC News By Lindsey Galloway 16 January 2018 It may have a history stretching back 3,000 years, but Beijing is fast becoming today’s modern ‘it’ city. With amazingly fast […]
The timeless allure of ruins
Source: BBC News By Paul Cooper Mankind has always lived among its own ruins. Since our earliest history, we have explored ruined places, feared them and drawn inspiration from them, […]
Can listening to classical music improve your life?
Source: BBC News By Clemency Burton-Hill 17 January 2018 Can a daily dose of classical music change your life? It sounds like an impossibly grand claim, but in my case, […]
Pope Pleads For Forgiveness In Chile For Clergy Sex Abuse Scandal
Source: Huffington Post By Philip Pullella, Dave Sherwood SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Pope Francis expressed “pain and shame” on Tuesday over a sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church in Chile, seeking […]
This Country Is Making It Illegal to Boil Live Lobsters
Source: Time By JENNIFER CALFAS January 16, 2018 Boiling lobsters alive — a common practice for cooks transforming the popular crustaceans into a meal — will soon be illegal in Switzerland. The […]
Serena Williams shares the No. 1 lesson she hopes to teach her daughter
Source: CNBC BY Courtney Connley When Serena Williams isn’t competing on the tennis court, you can find her gushing over her new baby. On Sept. 1, 2017 she gave birth to […]
The Real Meaning of the Separation of Church and State
Source: Time By JAMES LANKFORD, RUSSELL MOORE January 16, 2018 IDEAS Lankford is a U.S. Senator from Oklahoma; Dr. Moore is the President of the Southern Baptist Convention Ethics and Religious […]
Pregnancy really does cause ‘baby brain’, new research finds
Source: Independent BY Sarah Young From forgetfulness to poor decision-making and a lack of concentration, pregnant women have long complained of so-called ‘baby brain’ but until now it has been […]
How feeling bad changes the brain
Source: BBC News By Melissa Hogenboom 15 January 2018 In Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel A Handmaid’s Tale, the many wrongs that befall Offred strike a chilling chord among most readers. […]