A leading anthropologist suggests that protohumans became domesticated by killing off violent males. The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution BY RICHARD WRANGHAM PANTHEON When i was studying for my doctorate, in the…
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11-Year-Old Iranian Girl Gets the Highest Mensa IQ Score, Beating Einstein, Hawking
An 11-year-old Iranian high school student in the United Kingdom is making headlines for getting a remarkable result on her Mensa IQ test that even surpasses those of great thinkers such as Albert Einstein and…
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Gorillas Pose With Anti Poaching Rangers! World’s Coolest Selfie?
The gorillas of the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo and their wardens have set the internet on fire this week with a series of unbelievable selfies. Gorillas break the internet with…
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Brunei LGBT law backlash: Global banks boycott hotels owned by sultan
Banks and big businesses worldwide are boycotting hotels owned by the Sultan of Brunei on account of that country’s new law that sentences gays to death for homosexual acts. P. Morgan Chase & Co., the…
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Homeless Man Becomes Millionaire by Building Beaches in People’s Backyards
Sometimes, you don’t know your true calling until it finds you. This was certainly the case for Eric White, 33, the owner of Zydeco Construction. The once formerly-homeless man now owns a Louisiana-based company that builds beaches in…
Emile Ratelband, a 69 year old man from the Netherlands, is suing to legally change his age. Ratelband’s reason: He feels like he’s in his 40s. Ratelband lives in a society where people can legally change their…
It sounds like the start of a joke, but this unlikely thing just happened recently near Lake Tahoe. Imagine the surprise of the officers as a standing bear casually opened the door and entered the…
Move over, lashes! Voluptuous nose hair is officially the latest beauty craze. After years of trying to remove those ill-placed little hairs, the beauty world is finally embracing them as—wait for it—a trend. Believe it…
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New Bridge Leads Tourists Through “Hands of God”
The gigantic, giant hands that support the Golden Bridge in Vietnam offer a truly amazing look. At the same time, the bridge is a route that takes tourists away from the Ba Na hills and is…
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Easter: People nailed to crosses while others beat themselves in blood-soaked religious ceremonies
Thousands of people watch annual spectacle, which is frowned on by Catholic Church Catholic worshippers have been nailed to wooden crosses in a gory Easter ritual in the Philippines. Four men and a woman, some wearing…