world

Outside of politics, this is a fascinating, enchanting world, rarely shown in all its color.

ScienceDaily (Mar. 17, 2008) — Far from being a model of social co-operation, the ant world is riddled with cheating and corruption -- and it goes all the way to the top, according to scientists from the Universities of Leeds more...

The world is in the middle of a massive financial crisis. Who better to guide us through how it came to pass, what its implications are, and how to repair the damage, than the man universally regarded as the greatest more...

Under Article IV of the IMF’s Articles of Agreement, members of the IMF commit to a code of conduct on exchange rate policies and domestic economic and financial policies. The IMF has a duty to monitor adherence to this code more...

Like my Grandpa always said, there were no naked human pyramids in Starcraft. There were no whiny anti-war Hollywood types or questionable war motives or granola-munching protesters. I'm starting to think that even World in Conflict, a real time strategy more...

In a follow-up to his now-legendary TED2006 presentation, Hans Rosling demonstrates how developing countries are pulling themselves out of poverty. He shows us the next generation of his Trendalyzer software -- which analyzes and displays data in amazingly accessible ways, more...

Human rights monitoring doesn't necessarily stop torture, according to an expert on government interrogation. He says it simply causes torturers to use techniques that leave no physical scars. Many of these techniques came to their current practitioners from democracies like more...

“I’m the Mekuri Master, the Skirt-Flip King. The name isn’t their idea… It’s mine. I’m a man who was born to lift skirts. You think any so-called “rules” are gonna stop me? When classes get out, I race through the more...

Rock group Arctic Monkeys have become the latest music industry stars to question whether the performers taking part in Live Earth on Saturday are suitable climate change activists. "It's a bit patronising for us 21 year olds to try to more...

The Babalu Blog (now on the blogroll) has the full text of his resignation in Granma. The key line: "And I reiterated in that letter that …I never forget that ‘all of the world’s glory fits in a kernel of more...

If we want clean water, fresh food, a sound financial system, and healthy communities, we are going to have to finance and govern these resources ourselves.