A soccer mum who gained notoriety for openly carrying a loaded pistol to youth sports events has been fatally shot by her husband as she video-chatted with a friend, authorities say.

Rupert Murdoch has all but declared war on internet search engines for using the content that his (and others’) websites are generating. It seems more than just a little bit duplicitous for this billionaire tycoon to claim that search engines...

In the Australian retail sector there are two main entities running the show: Coles and Woolworths. They have been busily and autocratically squeezing smaller competitors out of the market and out of Australian shopping centers for many years now. ...

In the above painting by Francisco De Zurbarán we find Saint Francis of Assisi in deep religious contemplation. I chose this image of Saint Francis because it is one of the most powerful Christian devotional icons I have encountered. It is quite...

I knew something was up. I could feel it. I couldn’t sleep properly the night before. The words from our latest disagreement had just been ricocheting around inside my head like the shrapnel of an emotional and psychological explosion. ...

“Museums enable people to explore collections for inspiration, learning and enjoyment. They are institutions that collect, safeguard and make accessible artifacts and specimens, which they hold in trust for society.” source I have...

Some hopeful utopianism from newscientist.com - ways we can make the world a better place. A series of articles about what you can do to make the world a better place.

There is evidence that altruistic acts spread through social networks. In other words, if you are kind to a friend, they are more likely to be kind to someone else they know.

Rape as a weapon of war against men has begun to rise in Congo. The shocking plight of the women suffering what is likely the worst sexual violence in the world has been documented. I came across this article today about the prevalence of male rape in...

The problem is not that there is not enough money in the world. The problem is that most of the money is concentrated in so few hands. Money as a concept worked well for a long time but it is just ridiculous to keep structuring our societies around...