How Rabbits Can Save The World
It is a fact universally acknowledged that rabbits reproduce at a rapid rate. But did you know that rabbit meat is kosher, halal and acceptable for Hindus who decline beef for religious reasons? All of...
View ArticleWhen You’re Stuck In The Antarctic, Who You Gonna Call?
The recent rescue of a French sailor poses ethical and financial questions.
View ArticleAustralian Kids Face Birthday Candle Ban To Prevent Spreading Germs
Australian children are to be banned from blowing out candles on birthday cakes under new hygiene regulations that have been slammed by the Australian Medical Association as “bubble-wrapping.”
View ArticleThe Committee To Save The Planet: Who Watches The Asteroids?
If we were to identify an incoming civilization-ender 200 years out, what do we owe future generations in terms of R and D to save the planet? And what do the nations owe each other if, say, an...
View ArticleSyria’s War Revealed in Satellite Imagery
On the world map, Syria remains a country. On the ground, it has devolved into a battlefield warred over by sectarian fiefdoms, guerrilla outfits, extremist militias, criminal gangs and a regime...
View ArticleSavage Online Videos Fuel Syria’s Descent Into Madness
In the video a man who is believed to be a rebel commander named Khalid al-Hamad bends over the government soldier, knife in hand. He has already cut out the soldier's heart. The man then cuts another...
View ArticleParents Of China's Toilet-Pipe Baby Feel Wrath Of Country's Netizens
Babies don’t belong in sewage pipes. That much the online community in China agrees upon.
View ArticleWhy NSA Leaker Snowden Picked Moscow As His Transit Point
It seems Moscow is a safe enough place for whistle-blowers to seek some respite, however temporary.
View ArticleThe Southeast Asian Haze Is Back And Worse May Follow
With August to October considered the peak period for forest fires, authorities have warned that the worst may be yet to come.
View ArticleSlain Tsarnaev Friend's Father Will Sue FBI For Wrongful Death
Abdulbaki Todashev, whose 27-year-old son Ibragim was killed in May during an FBI interrogation related to the Boston Marathon attacks, landed in the U.S. on Aug. 5 to seek answers from U.S....
View ArticleThe Crowded – And Epic – Reality Of Climbing Japan’s Mt. Fuji
At times the trail to the top of Fuji can be as crowded as a Tokyo subway station at rush hour.
View ArticleLittle Boy To Kenya Gunman: ‘You’re A Bad Man’
A four-year-old British boy survived the bloody Kenyan shopping mall attack after standing up to a terrorist gunman and telling him: “You’re a very bad man.”
View ArticleA Conversation With An Assassin
Dawud Salahuddin, who was named David Belfield when he was growing up on Long Island, says he’s never regretted serving as an assassin for the Islamic Republic of Iran.e-cia/#ixzz2neh38BTf
View ArticleBurma's Opium Production Hits Record Levels
U.N. says figures are up by 26% in 2013 — the seventh consecutive year of increase.
View ArticleWhy Hong Kong’s Private Tutors Are Millionaire Idols
In an exam system that puts a premium on cramming, a little star power can go a long way.
View ArticleFrench Protester Dumps Truckload Of Horse Sh*t On National Assembly
A protestor was arrested in Paris Thursday after unloading a dump truck full of horse manure in front of the Bourbon Palace, the country’s national parliament building.
View ArticleWatch Nine Years Of Olympic Preparation In Six Seconds
With the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics less than three weeks away, here's a look back at how the city has changed since Russia began its bid for the Games.
View ArticleThe Beer Fridge That Only Opens For Canadians
Molson beer refrigerator offers free brews when Canadians scan their passports.
View ArticleNew Photo Of The Middle East’s Most Deadly Terrorist Released
But it may not make locating the secretive leader of ISIS much easier.
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