Neuroscientist Adrian Owen has been studying the brain activity of people who are in a “vegetative state.” A recent experiment showed a classic episode, “Bang! You’re Dead!” from Alfred Hitchcock’s TV show, directed by the master of suspense himself, to two unresponsive people with brain
A British study has found that the biggest factor in a child’s educational success is the level of the father’s education. That is, if the father is well-educated, his children are likely to do well in school. And the father’s lack of education also manifests
Gambling tycoon Sheldon Adelson wants to outlaw online gambling, which threatens his casino industry. So with the help of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R, SC), he has formed an alliance with Southern Baptists, who also oppose online gambling because they oppose gambling in general, including what
The Supreme Court has refused to hear gay marriage cases. That means that the lower court rulings legalizing same sex marriage (in Virginia, Oklahoma, Utah, Wisconsin, and Indiana) will stand. Not only that, since these were circuit court rulings, the other states in the circuits
President Obama has declared victory in the economic sphere, pointing to decreased budget deficits and slowed growth in the cost of health care. We may now, he said, dispense with “mindless austerity” when it comes to government spending. But, as Fred Hiatt points out, such
The Extraordinary Synod on the Family is underway at the Vatican. Two hundred bishops of the Roman Catholic Church summoned by the Pope will discuss the church’s teachings about marriage, divorce, contraceptives, annullments, and sexual morality. In particular, the bishops will study the pastoral issues
Virtually all living organisms sleep, or its equivalent. But it has been a puzzle why. Surely spending a big part of every day unconscious can’t have much survival value. But scientists have now discovered that sleep is when our bodies repair themselves and when our
Forty-five percent of Scots wanted to secede from Great Britain, and other secessionist movements are building up steam around the world (the Catalonians in Spain, the Flemish in Belgium, the Kurds in Iraq and Turkey, the Russians in the Ukraine, etc.). And according to a
A new “Left Behind” movie comes out today, this one with Nicholas Cage and big Hollywood studio connections. But, according to Christianity Today movie critic Jackson Cuidon, this story–supposedly, like the novels and earlier movies it is based on, about the Last Days according to
You might have thought that eugenics–the attempt to breed a master race by keeping inferior sorts from having children–perished with the Nazis. But no. . . . (more…)
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