Sexy Jihad

Wired reports of a new documentary that sheds light on how Raelians use sex to incite nerds to join their cult:
Two amateur documentary makers say they’ve infiltrated the UFO cloning sect known as the Raelians and come away with candid videos they hope will further tarnish the group’s reputation and even help shut it down.
The […]

Kuro5hin has an excellent piece where they analyze how the corporate media works in the US:
Thus we have a system that encourages lowest common denominator stories that appeal to the Jerry Springer in all of us, stories about missing teens in Aruba that we can all get concerned about. This is also why we don’t […]

This is one for all you kids to print out and show your teachers. A recent study has shown that too much homework can be counterproductive to student development:
Instead of improving educational achievement in countries around the world, increases in homework may actually undercut teaching effectiveness and worsen disparities in student learning, according to two […]