President Obama says he makes mistakes, but has learned from them and is a better president heading into his re-election campaign
In Buddhism, there are many sects that all have their own take on exactly what enlightenment is, and the different stages of it. In Pure Land Buddhism, for example, enlightenment is the result of meditating in the Pure Land of Amitabha Buddha.
Upcoming events for the first week of 2012's Season of Non-Violence which starts this coming Sunday.
Jan. 19, 2012: Winter seems to have been on hold this year in some parts of the United States. Snowfall has been scarce so far in places that were overwhelmed with the white stuff by the same time last year.
Michael Hastings’s Polk Award–winning Rolling Stone article, “The Runaway General,” brought the career of General Stanley McChrystal, America’s commander in Afghanistan, to an abrupt end.
A nation that destroys its systems of education, degrades its public information, guts its public libraries and turns its airwaves into vehicles for cheap, mindless amusement becomes deaf, dumb and blind. It prizes test scores above critical thinking and literacy.
A panel at the World Economic Forum is going to address what happens if all of our antibiotics fail. The results are more far-reaching than you might at first think. For instance, many types of surgery become nearly impossible.
A NON-INVASIVE method of detecting a fetus's sex as early as five weeks into pregnancy has been developed. Knowing the sex of a fetus is important when the mother is a carrier of an X-chromosome gene that can cause a disease such as muscular dystrophy.
Exclusive: The murder of a fifth Iranian scientist on the streets of Tehran had all the earmarks of an Israeli-sponsored assassination. The killing also worsened tensions at a moment when the momentum toward war with Iran seems unstoppable, reports Robert Parry.
The long-awaited live-action Star Wars tv show has a title and we may finally know a bit more about its focus within “a galaxy far, far away.”
A mere handful of seafloor mud may contain as many species as are found in a square meter of tropical rainforest. The fantastic assemblage seen above was gathered from a single scoop of mud, about 2 inches deep and 5 inches across.
Former President Bill Clinton has a new book out, Back to Work. Its subtitle is: Why We Need Smart Government For A Strong Economy.
Science kits made by the Australian company WILD! Science have been causing a bit of a stir in the blogosphere lately. The kits, marketed for boys or for girls, come in blue or pink packaging and differ in their content.
Governments worldwide must boost internet accessibility in order to nurture democracy and economic development, entrepreneur Loic Le Meur said at the prestigious LeWeb technology conference in Paris which he founded.
Atheist bloggers have shown their charitable side by swarming to donate money to Doctors Without Borders, in what turned into the humanitarian agency's biggest online fundraiser.
Duke, 61, is one of the United State’s most prominent racists, who has served in the Louisiana state legislature and is a former leader in the Ku Klux Klan.
Warren Jeffs is tightening his grip on the polygamist group he leads as “prophet” while he is in prison, demanding people abandon amenities such as toys, pets and recreational vehicles to give more money to their church, possibly to support the sect’s massive …
Scientists from Russia and Japan are undertaking a Jurassic Park-style experiment to bring the woolly mammoth out of extinction.
Wine flowed freely from ancient Greece during its golden age, but new work suggests nuts and various herbs were also in demand.With the help of DNA analysis, scientists are getting a present-day look at centuries-old trade in the Mediterranean.
Stanford University plans to offer eight more free online computer science classes beginning in January, ZDNET Service Oriented reports.The new courses are Software as a Service, Computer Science 101, Machine Learning, Cryptography, Natural Language Processing, Human Computer I …
LOS ANGELES — Drone aircraft, best known for their role in hunting and destroying terrorist hideouts in Afghanistan and Pakistan, may be coming soon to the skies near you.
Leaves and snow rest on the ground in October 2011 in Pennsylvania. The threat to climate change posed by thawing permafrost, which could release stocks of stored carbon, is greater than estimated, a group of scientists said on Wednesday.
Huge dinosaurs stored vital minerals in bones under their skin (osteoderms) to help them survive, a study has found.
A 3D printer is being used to create "bone-like" material which researchers claim can be used to repair injuries.
Troubling new research suggests that the less people know about important complex issues such as the economy, energy consumption and the environment, the more they want to avoid becoming well-informed
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In Buddhism, there are many sects that all have their own take on exactly what enlightenment is, and the different stages of it. In Pure Land Buddhism, for example, enlightenment is the result of meditating in the Pure Land of Amitabha Buddha.
Upcoming events for the first week of 2012's Season of Non-Violence which starts this coming Sunday.
(Text link to video) Arabs and Jews...working together! :-)
Near the corner of Westchester Avenue and Pugsley Street in Parkchester, just off the elevated tracks of the No. 6 train, Yaakov Wayne Baumann stood outside a graffiti-covered storefront on a chilly Saturday morning.
Jan. 19, 2012: Winter seems to have been on hold this year in some parts of the United States. Snowfall has been scarce so far in places that were overwhelmed with the white stuff by the same time last year.
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