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Published on Tuesday, 11 November 2008 19:00 | | 
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How do good people turn evil - and vice versa? In a talk that has remarkable echoes of Buddhist philosophy, Philip Zimbardo explains
Philip Zimbardo knows what evil looks like. After serving as an expert witness during the Abu Ghraib trials, he wrote The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil. From Nazi comic books to the tactics of used-car salesmen, he explores a wealth of sources in trying to explain the psychology of evil.
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Published on Saturday, 08 November 2008 05:52 | | |
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Alex Renton reports from the toxic shrimp swamps of Vietnam.
Industrially
farmed prawns contain pesticides, colourants, feed enhancers and growth
stimulants, as well as norfloxacin, an antibiotic that has been used to
treat gonorrheah in humans but which is now restricted in the US and EU
due to dangerous side-effects.
Published on Monday, 10 November 2008 19:00 | | |
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Staring across interstellar space, the alluring Cat's Eye Nebula lies 3,000 light-years from Earth.
The Cat's Eye (NGC 6543) represents a brief, yet glorious, phase in the life of a sun-like star. This nebula's dying central star may have produced the simple, outer pattern of dusty concentric shells by shrugging off outer layers in a series of regular convulsions. But the formation of the beautiful, more complex inner structures is not well understood.
Published on Friday, 07 November 2008 19:00 | |
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We all worry. Sometimes worry is a necessary motivator, at other times it depletes and immobilizes us. The following article explores the difference between productive worrying and unproductive worrying.
Published on Thursday, 06 November 2008 19:00 | |
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Rock band U2 met the Irish author, Christopher Nolan, when he enrolled at their school. He made such an impression on them that they later wrote the song ‘Miracle Drug’, from the album How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, about him.
‘We all went to the same school and just as we were leaving, a fellow called Christopher Nolan arrived. He had been deprived of oxygen for two hours when he was born, so he was paraplegic. But his mother believed he could understand what was going on and used to teach him at home.
'Eventually, they discovered a drug
that allowed him to move one muscle in his neck. So they attached this
unicorn device to his forehead and he learned to type. And out of him
came all these poems that he'd been storing up in his head. Then he put
out a collection called Dam-Burst of Dreams, which won a load of awards
and he went off to university and became a genius. All because of a
mother's love and a medical breakthrough.’ Bono
Published on Wednesday, 05 November 2008 19:00 | | |
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Sex addiction is often regarded as a male problem, but more women are braving prejudice and sexism to share their experiences about overwhelming compulsions that result in Sex Addiction.
This condition wreaks just as much chaos and disharmony as any other form of addiction. Harder to classify and open to even more misconception than when applied to their male counterparts- the naughty 'bad boys' and lovable 'rogues'.
Published on Monday, 03 November 2008 19:00 | | |
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The Eternity of Life is often mirrored in the Universe we are fortunate enough to inhabit. By a real quirk of fate, I was given a copy of a poem in which a bereaved mother had found some solace. You have to be in the mood for it.
Click here to read the poem.