There's plenty of recent controversy in the science fiction field, most of it having nothing to do with books themselves. So let's put the controversy limelight back where it belongs picked by BernardBlack 1 year ago

A mangy donkey tied to a post all day in a Beijing street wearing an advertisement for a donkey meat shop run by his owner has sparked debate in the Chinese capital. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Hong Kong residents want Bible reclassified as 'indecent' due to its sexual and violent content, following an uproar over a sex column in a university student journal. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

A different Kennedy Conspiracy?

Researchers say evidence shows that there was a second gunman in the 1968 assassination. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Many cities throughout Germany have a sister city in Israel, but it hasn't been easy to find a willing partner for the German town of Dachau.

(It's heartwarming to see people trying to move beyond the past. I lost family too but you can't waste generations on hate.) picked by Aluna 1 month ago

The Brazilian Senate is in full-blown crisis these days. A controversy over 600-plus undisclosed (or “secret”) acts over recent years has centered on the upper house’s president, 79-year-old Jose Sarney.But it was not just Sarney involved in the secret acts. About half of the senators have been implicated, according to one report. And many Senate employees saw their salaries zoo... read full post picked by Bingo 5 months ago

A German minister for culture has provoked outrage among politicians and some religious figures for suggesting theological questions about the origin of the world should be included in school biology lessons. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A new study may end the century-old controversy over what ingredient in absinthe caused the exotic green aperitif's supposed mind-altering effects and toxic side-effects when consumed to excess. picked by mutil8or 2 years ago

Cartoons are basically the visual manifestation of all the twisted, derailed trains of thought of their creators. I mean, seriously, what sort of guy can get up every morning to go to an office where he draws mermaids? picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Yesterday, the story broke that a school district in Albuquerque, NM was instituting a policy to go after parents who fail to pay for their children's school lunches. That policy? Serving students whose parents are delinquent in their payments a cheese sandwich, fruit, and milk. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Using the World Wide Web to gather and process data from across English-speaking North America, the website's creator plots the regional variations in the use of the terms "Pop" and "Soda" to describe carbonated soft drinks. picked by coldbladed 2 years ago

Biomedical researcher Robert Lanza has been on the frontier of cloning and stem cell studies for more than a decade, so he's well-acclimated to controversy. But his book "Biocentrism" is generating controversy on a different plane by arguing that our consciousness plays a central role in creating the cosmos. picked by bornbad 5 months ago

An LA photographer causes controversy with her photos of children crying in anguish. She got them to cry by taking away their lollipops. Some are calling it child abuse, she calls it art - and says she did nothing harmful. Her website is picked by capriccio 3 years ago

I saw the headline and thought the ruling was fine, but it turns out the man stopped after 5 seconds picked by xenity7 2 years ago

It turns out that not everyone wants the viral effect, especially when the viral video in question wasn’t really approved by the company that got its name promoted in the clip. Actually it is an enjoyable video that brings back lots of sneaky high school memories. Now even I am ready to shop at JC Penney.I can just imagine the unusual excitement in the JC Penney boardroom this week… L... read full post picked by TheArtofLife 1 year ago

An Islamic civil rights and advocacy group has asked Warner Bros. to change the title of its upcoming film "Towelhead," saying "the word is commonly used in a derogatory manner against people of the Muslim faith or Arab origin." picked by pvisi111 1 year ago

"Gideon’s International, the same group that places Bibles in hotel rooms, distributes them at Plano schools..... The Bibles are placed on a table in the cafeteria...." picked by lunasol 2 years ago

Eight kisses that stunned the world, stopped the presses, or were thoroughly over-hyped for one reason or another. picked by beckinacea 3 years ago

She laments, "Oh popularity! Why hast thou foresaken me?" picked by mrnelson 3 years ago

Theme pic IS the prof and student in question*...whoa...

*The prof resigning is NOT in the pic...the colleague is. picked by moe 2 years ago