Edward Stourton chairs a live debate in which Professor David Marsland defends his view that the mentally and morally unfit should be sterilised. Professor David Marsland is Emeritus Scholar of Sociology and Health Sciences at Brunel University, London and Professorial Research Fellow in Sociology... Read more...
Security concerns over Facebook have been raised yet again after a security consultant collected the names and profile URLs for 171 million Facebook accounts from publicly available information. The consultant, Ron Bowes, then uploaded the data as a torrent file allowing anyone with a computer co... Read more...
The U.S. National Hurricane Center has warned that a weather system near Cuba, centered between islands of Acklins and Great Inagua, may move into the Gulf of Mexico this weekend, reports Bloomberg this morning. “I am still worried about how it will move the oil slick into the coastal areas of L... Read more...
Preface from Alex Jones: To truly grasp the magnitude of this story, you really have to read the entire article. Immediately after the “pull it” controversy, debunkers claimed there was no plan to conduct a controlled demolition of the building. Now the fact that officials were considering blow... Read more...
U.K. labels trade body the BPI is meeting with the BBC Trust to express concern about the proposed closure of digital radio station BBC 6 Music. BPI chief executive Geoff Taylor and label executives are due to meet with chairman Sir Michael Lyons and other members of the BBC Trust today (April 14... Read more...
Preemo connects with Westwood while over in the UK. Above he runs down his hits, talks about music he grew up with, rap fistfights and more. After the jump he talks Roc Raida and Guru. Via: Read more...
“In order for hip-hop to have sustained careers like a Bono or these huge rockstars, we have to stretch the audience. It can’t be a young man’s game. It has to be a genre of music.” (5:10) Jay-Z hit up Jonathan Ross’ show while in London for the Brit Awards. He talks about his re... Read more...
The vice-chairman of the UN's climate science panel has admitted it made a mistake in asserting that Himalayan glaciers could disappear by 2035. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) included the date in its 2007 assessment of climate impacts. A number of scientists have recentl... Read more...
Police in Hong Kong have arrested a man suspected of carrying out an acid attack that injured 30 people. The man was detained after being spotted on a rooftop near the scene of Saturday's attack on a night market in the Kowloon area, a spokesman said. Nine tourists and a seven-... Read more...