Orthodox Jews in Britain aren’t afraid of modernity, but they are worried about the negative influences it can have on young people. Rabbis there have now sanctioned a “kosher” phone that blocks the internet and text messages.
We’re in Scotland for the Geo Quiz, in the city where Robert Burns started to make a name for himself in the late 1780′s, and where his portrait now hangs in the Scottish National Gallery.
The piece is the first movement of what will become a concerto in three movements.
Our Geo Quiz starts 93 million miles away: on the surface of the Sun. That’s where a solar eruption happened over the weekend. It’s described as an immense blast of plasma and radiation streaming out from the sun. The question is, what kind of storm are we talking about?
After the Arab Spring of 2011, many people living in Sub-Saharan Africa began to wonder when they would rise up and have an African spring. It is hard to say when that might happen, but if it does, the uprising already has a house band in Mali, SMOD, with several road-tested anthems.
Peru’s booming cultivation of asparagus for export to the US and Europe is causing water stress in the region.
The “Hero, Villain, Yeti” exhibit at the Rubin Museum of Art in Manhattan examines the history of comic books about Tibet.
For our Geo Quiz, we want you to name a landlocked country in central Europe where seltzer rules.
The music festival had an additional objective of wanting to give Mexicans something positive to unite around.
A decade ago Gabon established more than a dozen new national parks. But the story of one big tourism investor shows the difficulty of actually getting the tourism dollars flowing.
Born to Sri Lankan parents, Bhiman grew up in St. Louis and was initially inspired by Bob Dylan and Stevie Wonder.
During the Contra war in the 1980s, a Nicaraguan distillery was hide away some of its rum. But there was a long-term payoff: Flor de Caña ended up with one of the world’s largest supplies of aged rum.
A pristine freshwater lake that is famous for its clear blue water and for the dwarves that, according to the local legend, protect the lake.
Marco Werman talks with Wael Ghonim, who played a role in last January’s protests in Egypt. As administrator of a Facebook page, he urged people to take to the streets.
There is a debate going on within the Ultra-Orthodox community over how much they should integrate into the Israeli mainstream.
