For the world to tackle truly important problems, people have to stop looking to religion to guide their moral compasses, the philosopher Sam Harris told.
Read more »For the world to tackle truly important problems, people have to stop looking to religion to guide their moral compasses, the philosopher Sam Harris told.
Read more »The Beauty of Xiaohe, estimated to be some 3,800 years old and one of the most perfectly preserved mummies ever found, was discovered along the ancient "Silk Road" trade route of Asia.
Read more »"Prisoners should be focused on rehabilitation rather than on personal gratification" said state Rep. Greg Smith.
Read more »Found at the Oregon Culinary Institute, this chess set enlists the various styles of salt and pepper shakers to a long-standing, strategic war.
Read more »Tubal Eduardo Sr. is accused of stealing more than $33,000 in donations that were meant for his son, whose mother and siblings were killed in a 2007 house fire in Manville. Police say $7k was spent on escorts. Classy.
Read more »People like to joke about incontinence when it happens to someone else, but for nursing staff or those taking care of the elderly it's simply. But just think of all the other uses for this product. Maybe it could be modified to tell your boyfriend/husband when you are ready for sex... what? no?
Read more »Glistening in the early morning, these insects look like creatures from another planet as dew gathers on their sleeping bodies.
Read more »So, there's this guy Rick Nadeau who makes custom stuffed squirrels. As in taxidermy squirrels. Holding guns. Machine guns. And rifles. And nunchucks. And knives. Perhaps even a violin, or a deck of cards.
Read more »A Stony Brook University Medical Center in Long Island announced it was developing a revised ethics policy after a student posted a photo on Facebook of a classmate posing with a thumbs up next to a cadaver....
Read more »The modern world as we know it was shaped by the minds of geniuses. But the same outside the box thinking that gave us our great innovations also gave them some truly ridiculous ideas.
Read more »On the day that Twitter CEO Evan Williams would be the keynote speaker at SXSW, pranksters decided to dress a guy up as a fake Twitter mascot, then crash a conference of 10,000 rabid Twitter fans. Moments before Evan Williams took the stage, "security" attempts to escort the fake twitter mascot out, then chaos ensues.
Read more »Three poachers snuck into the nature reserve under cover of night to check some illegal traps they had assembled, they were apparently ambushed by a group of angry hippos. The three men all ran in different directions, but only two made it out of the park with their lives. The third, park officials say, was devoured by lions.
Read more »Just like a happy youngster, birthday boy Riley wolfs down his cake and pulls a satisfied doggy-smile for the camera.
Read more »Icicles falling from the rooftops in St Petersburg have killed and injured a record number of people after one of the bitterest Russian winters in years.
Read more »A woman pushing a stroller with her baby inside down a Slatington street Thursday afternoon was so drunk, police said, that she was charged with endangering the welfare of the child.
Read more »The man's alleged take was $46,000 withdrawn at Southern California ATMs between August and November.
Read more »An employee at Heathrow airport has been given a harassment warning by police officers after he snuck a peek at one of his female coworkers when she accidentally walked through a full-body scanner. Apparently that's considered...
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