Secularism has no spiritual and ethical base

Seeded on Tue May 8, 2007 5:28 PM EDT (The New Nation (Bangladesh News Source))

"Secularism is a man-made ideology of modern age. It is a based on the belief that education, politics, economy etc. should be separated from religion. This ideology is entirely based on materialistic outlook.

religion, islam, allah, secularism, holy-quran, almighty-allah

Is a space tourism revolution just around the corner?

Seeded on Thu Jan 12, 2006 5:24 PM EST (BBC News)

Following on from the BBC's program on commercial spaceflight, this small article tries to answer the question to whether we are nearing the "space tourism revolution", and what has been attempted to make commercial flights into space feasible.

space, physics, stars, holiday, science, rocket, tourism, astronomy, richard-branson, spaceflight

A tornado in the stars

Thu Jan 12, 2006 3:18 PM EST

It's rare that there's a huge tornado of high energy particles that create a cosmic "tornado" in the stars. But that's exactly what NASA have spotted from the Spitzer Space telescope.

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space, physics, stars, nasa, science, astronomy, tornado, spitzer-space-telescope, telescope, scientists

Symantec issues patch for rootkit-style flaw

Seeded on Thu Jan 12, 2006 2:43 PM EST (electricnews.net)

SonyBMG hit the news recently after they issued a number of CDs with a rootkit, but now it seems Symantec (the makers of Norton Anti-Virus) might be joining the ranks

technology, privacy, tech, norton, computer, symantec, virus, rootkit, worm, anti-virus

Blackhole makes an indent on "space-time"

Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:57 PM EST

The physicists behind MIT have pin-pointed a blackhole that has dented itself into space-time. Although, this theoretically has already been proved the fact that scientists have actually observed such "phenomena" in the stars above brings home the peculiarity of blackholes.

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space, time, physics, stars, nasa, science, astronomy, einstein, warp, cosmology

Too Much Is at Stake to Risk Placing Samuel Alito on Supreme Court

Seeded on Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:21 AM EST (rcrc.org)

Relgious groups have used the Alito case, to once again affirm their views about abortion. One of these organization is the RCRC (Religious Coalition of Reproductive Choice)

human-rights, women, abortion, politics, religion, rights, science, supreme-court, faith, samuel-alito

Dodgy anti-spyware firms to cough up $2m

Seeded on Tue Jan 10, 2006 6:09 PM EST (channelregister.co.uk)

Spyware has long been a problem for computers with the likes of CoolWebSearch, 180 Solutions and many more attacking your privacy from all sides.

technology, privacy, spyware, internet, computers, trojans, protection, viruses, adware, anti-spyware

Altruism 101: What and why (are all actions done for self gain)

Seeded on Tue Jan 10, 2006 5:23 PM EST (Science & Theology News)

It doesn't seem strange that someone might preform an act of kindness (like giving up your place in a queue). However, in recent days philosophers and scientists alike have discovered the grim reality of "self-benefit".

life, human, religion, science, god, psychology, biology, sociology, philosophy, mind

Even galaxies get hungry

Tue Jan 10, 2006 3:09 PM EST

Does Earth seem such a peaceful place? And when you look out at the night sky doesn't everything seem beautiful? But really the "Milky Way" is more than it seems.

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space, physics, stars, science, galaxy, astronomy, milky-way, solar-system, planets, galaxies

Stardust - the NASA probe literally bringing home the stars (but in the end is it worth it?)

Mon Jan 9, 2006 6:03 PM EST

What's going to come plumetting down towards Earth at nearly 30,000mph while containing real "stardust"? The answer is the NASA "Stardust" space probe.

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space, physics, probe, science, astronomy, solar-system, stardust, comet, cosmology, wild-2