phenomena.nationalgeographic.com It's easy to forget sometimes that evolution is always a work in progress. We contemplate the eye or look upon an oak tree, and ask, how could they be any better? Somehow, in those moments of awe, ...

"When the US moved off the gold standard in the early 1970s, the dollar more or less became a de facto oil-backed currency. In return for protection and the purchase of US treasury bonds, among other things, oil-producing Arab states agreed to conduct...

royaldutchshellplc.com The Sun newspaper alleges Shell boss Jeroen van der Veer secretly met Lord Browne of BP twice a year to discuss oil prices. Perfectly matched pair to engage in some jiggery-pokery. By John Donovan ...

www.motherjones.com Smart machines probably won't kill us all—but they'll definitely take our jobs, and sooner than you think.

"The Green party forced the information into the open" www.thelocal.de After a freighter went up in flames at the start of the month while carrying radioactive material into Hamburg's harbour, it has emerged that the German port city receives such hazardous...

www.forbes.com The U.S. media are suppressing evidence of American decline.

4closurefraud.org i Correcting Foreclosure Practices Payments to Eligible Borrowers Begin April 12 Payments to 4.2 million borrowers are scheduled to begin on April 12 following an agreement reached by the Office of...

"As the American Enterprise Institute argued, “Any entry-level job teaches the important skills of showing up for work, regularly and on time… prepared to cooperate.” www.truth-out.org The Clinton-era arguments used to end welfare have been turned on...

www.vice.com According to testimony given during the prostitution trial of his three former aides, Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was alleged to have dressed women up like Barack Obama, and…

www.nytimes.com A Bahraini court jailed six people for a year on Wednesday for insulting King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa in messages on Twitter, the official news agency said.