Download: Brother Ali - "Obama, You're The Man"The politically-conscious and politically-active Minneapolis rapper crafts a soulful-rap song that recalls Marvin Gaye's early 70s efforts, with a bite and edge that only hip-hop could provide (i.e., the word "fuck" is used). Ali's joy at the historic victory is barely contained. While he spends the first two verses lauding Obama's achievement, and the fact that the Illinois senator has inspired the downtrodden, Brother Ali, like the President-Elect, ...

A fast food shop owner is banned from running his business after he prepared kebabs while a body lay on a nearby sofa.

Per una volta Progetto Galileo non è qui a fare le pulci ai giornalisti che stravolgono e deformano i risultati di una qualche ricerca scientifica, bensì alla ricerca scientifica stessa. Stiamo parlando della lecture del professor Steve Jones, qualche giorno fa riportata dal TimesOnline e dai giornali italiani, secondo cui l’evoluzione dell’uomo si sarebbe pressochè fermata. Il dubbio che la colpa sia dei giornalisti viene fugato dalla voce stessa di Jones in un’intervista alla BBC. ...

The Rough Guide to Evolution contains an evolutionary tourist guide, with guides to the places associated with Darwin in Shrewsbury, Cambridge and London. In an earlier draft, there was also a guide to Darwin's Edinburgh, but this was dropped by the time we got to the final draft, chiefly because the tangible links to Darwin in Edinburgh are rather scanty and it is probably not worth visiting the city just to see them. But for ...

Texting while driving is riskier than driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, a study has suggested.

Reader Jeffrey Mindich, a senior news anchor at International Community Radio in Taipei, writes:I just happened to be working on a story about traffic accidents while reading your March 10 post on the subject and I thought you might find my story of interest.About a year ago in Taiwan, they started installing countdown timers at [...]