Liberals Admit to Discriminating Against Conservative Academicians
When social psychologist Jonathan Haidt famously polled his fellow academics for their political leanings at the 2011 convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, only 3 hands out...
View ArticleA. Barton Hinkle on Falling Animal Parts
There are less than three weeks to go before the election, writes A. Barton Hinkle, yet not once have the candidates brought up one of the gravest threats facing the nation: falling chicken parts. A...
View ArticleBreitbart.com genius: Christie being nice to Obama because Romney is winning...
As you’ve probably seen, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie — a prominent Republican and Romney endorser — has recently repeatedly praised President Barack Obama for his and the federal government’s...
View ArticleSex During The Ninth Month Of Pregnancy Won’t Actually Start Labor [STUDY]
NEW YORK, Kerry Grens (Reuters Health) – Despite a widespread belief that sex during the later stages of pregnancy can jumpstart labor, a new study from Malaysia found no differences in the timing of...
View Article“Homeland” recap: I’ve never been that stupid
It is a sign of a sticky television show— and by sticky, I mean a show that one cares about, that gets under ones skin, that leaves one wanting more, however disappointing it eventually does or does...
View ArticleDaily Report: Apps for Children Fall Short on Disclosure to Parents, Report Says
Natasha Singer reports on a new federal report that says hundreds of the most popular educational and game mobile apps for children fail to give parents basic explanations about what kinds of personal...
View ArticleKidSpirit: Has Science Explained Religion?
Although Durkheim, Dawkins, and Alper’s explanations are all incomplete, together, they only cover three perspectives of approaching religion in its entirety. Finally, I ask: Will, or can, science...
View ArticleEritrea – Dawit Isaac case presented to African Commission on Human and...
Reporters Without Borders welcomes the referral of the case of imprisoned Swedish-Eritrean journalist and writer Mr. Dawit Isaak to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR). Dawit...
View ArticleQuelle Horreur Culinaire: Fast food more profitable than traditional cuisine...
Hamburgers, pizzas, hotdogs and other fast foods have swiped 54percent of the overall market share, accounting for €34 billion insales in the sector in 2012. A year ago, that number was only...
View ArticleBitcoin Busts Out! Federal Reserve to Blame?
Those delightful doomsayers at Zerohedge may or may not be kidding when they float the idea ;after contemplating in charts ;the 14 times rise in Bitcoin value in dollar terms in the past year, and the...
View ArticleLeaked confidential report: Nearly half of US drone strikes in Pakistan not...
Instead, many of the attacks are aimed at suspected low-level tribal militants, who may pose no direct danger to the United States – and for many there appears to be little evidence to justify the...
View ArticleDo “Strikes” Programs Help to Reduce Piracy?
After years of negotiating and planning the U.S. “six strikes” system finally went live in February. The Copyright Alert System follows the example of French three-strikes law Hadopi, with the...
View ArticleUK security services ‘completely out of control’
An extension of their powers and surveillance capabilities following the Woolwich tragedy will not benefit the UK populace. MI5 has kept tabs on numerous terrorists who have followed through with...
View ArticleNew NSA spy claims hit Germany as EU calls on Washington for explanations
|| Related US calls on Ecuador to reject Snowden asylum request 30/06/2013 00:46 CET Ecuador’s Correa says Snowden has not been given… 30/06/2013 10:36 CET NSA bugged Brussels US spy story hits the EU...
View ArticleAtheists smarter than religious believers – study
Professors Miron Zuckerman and Jordan Silberman, from the University of Rochester, looked at 63 studies in the field carried out between 1938 and 2012. In their paper, entitled “The Relation Between...
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