http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf Apes that write, start fires and play Pac-Man: Savage-Rumbaugh’s work with bonobo apes, which can understand spoken language and learn tasks by watching, forces the audience to rethink how much of what a species can do is determined by biology – and how much by cultural exposure. (Source: http://video.ted.com/) Continue reading
Month: January 2009
OK for young girls to wed intones top Saudi cleric
“It is incorrect to say that it’s not permitted to marry off girls who are 15 and younger. A girl aged 10 or 12 can be married. Those who think she’s too young are wrong and they are being unfair to her.” OK for young girls to wed intones top Saudi cleric Continue reading OK for young girls to wed intones top Saudi cleric
Student auctions off virginity for offers of more than $3.7 million
Natalie Dylan, 22, claims her offer of a one-night stand has persuaded 10,000 men to bid for sex with her. No wonder she looks so smug. Student auctions off virginity for offers of more than $3.7 million Continue reading Student auctions off virginity for offers of more than $3.7 million
The attack on Gaza may be a test-run for Iran’s nuclear sites. In that case, what we may be witnessing is Israel’s initiation of full-scale war with Iran. That would certainly make as much sense as the current stated rationale for invading Gaza. Andrew Sullivan from The Atlantic Monthly speculates on Israel’s motives. Continue reading
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