
What exactly is violence? Is it an inevitable aspect of the human condition? What role do systems and cultures play in encouraging - or discouraging - violence in individuals and societies? A short talk by Kai Brand-Jacobsen
Kai Brand-Jacobsen is a practising peaceworker, and founder
and Director of the Peace Action, Training and Research Institute of
Romania (PATRIR). This video courtesy of Big Picture TV.
Camila Batmanghelidjh was born in
Tehran into fairy-tale privilege. She now works with underprivileged children in London. Vida Adamoli charts her journey.
In the midst of dazzling opulence nine-year-old Camila became aware of a desire to help children less fortunate than herself. The Islamic Revolution destroyed her privilege, condemned her to exile - but focused her mission.
So sang David Bowie, and so have asked many others down the ages. Are we about to find out?
Landing a probe on a distant planet has almost become commonplace - but make no mistake, this current achievement has taken years of painstaking effort by hundreds of people. The big question - 'Is there life on Mars?' - is certainly eclipsed by the curiosity of a race of creatures who are determined to find out.
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Things that you can only get away with saying at Christmas!
I prefer breasts to legs.
Tying the legs together keeps the inside moist.
Smother the butter all over the breasts!
If I don't undo my trousers, I'll burst!
Does a giant sponge hold the key to the missing matter of the universe?
Although the universe contains billions of galaxies, only a small amount of its matter is locked up in these behemoths. Most of the universe's matter, created during and just after the Big Bang, is 'missing' - and a giant sponge looks like it might be hiding it, writes Mike Shull.
Take one plastic bag, add a little thought - and maybe a few slaps...