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 […]
The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles on the anticipated genetic revolution
For our collection of articles about genetics please find the tab under the main menu Religion & Science DNA surgery on embryos removes disease Source: BBC News By James Gallagher; Health […]
Objects of exile : The special objects young immigrants hold close to their hearts
By Photo Editor Helen James and Stefania Summermatter This content was published on September 30, 2017 11:00 AMSep 30, 2017 – 11:00 A Chilean photographer who came to Switzerland as […]
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 […]
Italy woman marries herself in ‘fairytale without prince’
Source: BBC News An Italian woman has married herself in a ceremony complete with white dress, three-layer wedding cake, bridesmaids and 70 guests. “I firmly believe that each of us […]
A cleric arrived, the music stopped, a melee ensued: Why hard-liners stopped a Pakistani wedding
Source: The Washington Post By Haq Nawaz Khan and Pamela Constable September 26 PESHAWAR, Pakistan — For nearly a decade, nobody dared play live music at weddings or parties in much of the northwest region […]
Pope Francis’s actions not heretical, just human
Source: CNN By Jill Filipovic Jill Filipovic is a journalist based in New York and Nairobi, Kenya, and the author of the book “The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness.” […]
A conversation is unfolding about women’s voices in Christianity
Source: THE WICHITA EAGLE BY KATHERINE BURGESS The Rev. Tish Harrison Warren struck a nerve in April when she wrote a blog post titled “Who’s In Charge of the Christian Blogosphere?” for evangelical […]
Judge puts deportations of Indonesians on hold
Source: Associated Press By MICHAEL CASEY A federal judge on Tuesday put on hold the deportation of several dozen Indonesians in New England who had lost their bid to remain […]
Diwali festivals grow in US, from Disney to Times Square
Source: Associated Press By BETH J. HARPAZ NEW YORK (AP) — The holiday of Diwali is starting to light up mainstream America. Diwali, a festival of lights celebrated by Hindus, […]
Why ‘Why Buddhism Is True’ Is True
Source: NPR BY ADAM FRANK Here is one thing author Robert Wright and I agree on when it comes to Buddhist meditation: It’s really, really boring. At least, it’s boring in the beginning. […]
Kosher? Historic ruling lets Israeli diners decide
Source: Religion News Service By Michele Chabin | September 26, 2017 JERUSALEM (RNS) — For decades, Israeli restaurateurs who served kosher food but who did not want to submit to the authority of […]