God and Big Bang: Homosexuals don’t subscribe to Creation Theory because they don’t believe God exists
The farthest galaxies were moving faster than the ones close to us. This means if some things were moving away, then long ago everything was close to every other thing, and most likely interconnected. This means that everything we can see in our universe today – stars, planets, comets, asteroids were not there at the beginning. The question is where did they come from? According to Lamaitre, a super long time was involved. Scientists have calculated that the universe is 13,800,000,000 (13.8 billion) years old, which is a very long time.
80-year-old childless billionaire picks his 51-year old ex-gardener to inherit his $220 billion wealth
The gardener is reportedly married to a woman from Spain, with two children of their own, and stands to inherit a significant portion of Puech’s fortune, which includes acquiring substantial properties in Marrakesh, Morocco and Montreux, Switzerland valued at $5.9 million.
Portuguese ship that vanished in 16th century excavated in Namibian desert with gold, copper
The condition that the ship was found in suggests that the storm that caused the shipwreck was especially violent, although an absence of human remains (besides a few scattered bone fragments) in the site suggests that most of the crew on board survived the wreck or died at sea.
Imagining Africa in 2123: In parts of Africa concealed genocide by foreigners is decimating nations
The consequences of colonialism have been many, diverse and well-documented. One consequence is continued deceptive ownership of Africa by the orthodox colonisers in terms of economics, politics, sociality and futurity. This is most expressed by the deceptive robbery of Africa through foreign aid. In reality money flows out of Africa far more than comes in from the so-called foreign aid-giving countries.
Making of CIA spy III: Learning to steal secrets, exploiting locals and ruthlessly killing anyone
When Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields came up with the idea for The Patient, it was Fields who was initially intrigued by serial killers. Weisberg wasn’t, but they kept talking about it, then figured out that Sam, played by Domhnall Gleeson, was in therapy: he wants to change. Then they had the idea that he kidnaps his therapist, and now it was a show – also a merciless examination of how unfree all us benighted humans are, manacled to our stupid psychologies and impediments, even when not literally manacled in a basement.
Making of CIA spy II: ‘If you’re a case officer, a shockingly high ratio of your informants are lying to you’
Weisberg spent a couple of weeks wandering around and thinking about it, and decided the story should be set in the 1980s and be told from the point of view of the KGB spies. And it should be about a family. Weisberg was by then a father himself and something that had stuck with him from his CIA days was how many people there lied to their kids about what they really did for a living.
Age of Unreason: How African universities churn out parrots, endorse knowledge ‘incest’ and stymie academic production
Hierarchical teaching and learning become a thing of the past and all become teachers and learners when they interact, not in classrooms or lecture theaters, but in teams. That way universities start to produce graduates who are more of independent thinkers who can see alternative views as sources of new ideas rather than opposition.
Making of a spy: Weisberg dumped the CIA, went to therapy and now makes incredible television
At a time when most scripted television specialises in moral preening – trafficking in sentimentality, pandering to liberal do-gooderism, leaving us feeling better about ourselves and the world – Weisberg’s shows put you through a merciless psychological and spiritual wringer. They’re willing to leave you floundering
Dress code: Texas high school sends Black student back to in-school suspension over dreadlocks
George’s family has filed a formal complaint with the Texas Education Agency and a federal civil rights lawsuit against the state’s governor and attorney general along with the school district, alleging they failed to enforce the new law outlawing discrimination based on hairstyles.
Kenya’s doomsday cult leader to appeal 12 months jail sentence for illegal film production
Mackenzie’s lawyer James Mouko said he would appeal against the ruling. Local media reported Mackenzie was convicted and fined for a similar offence in 2017.
