Perspectives
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Rate of Environmental Degradation puts Life on Earth at Risk, Say Scientists
Oliver Milman
January 15, 2015
Humans are “eating away at our own life support systems” at a rate unseen in the past 10,000 years by degrading land and freshwater systems, emitting greenhouse gases and releasing vast amounts of agricultural chemicals into the environment, new research has found.
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Wycliffe Reaches 5.8 Billion People With Bible Translations
Michael Gryboski
November 11, 2014
An estimated 5.8 billion people now have all or some of the Holy Bible translated into their first language, and the Bible is now in more than 2,800 different languages, according to a recent announcement by Wycliffe Bible Translators USA.
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Bible’s Most Popular Verse is ‘Be Anxious For Nothing’, Says Amazon
Stephanie Samuel
November 9, 2014
The most popular portion of the Bible is a verse urging readers not to be anxious, according to data released from online book seller Amazon. The online retailer recently released a list of the most popular passages from its most popular books. Amazon’s most popular books include The Hunger Games, The Harry Potter Series, Pride and Prejudice, and the Bible. It found that the commonly highlighted portion of the Bible is Philippians 4:6-7.
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Tiny Implants Could Give Humans Self-Healing Superpowers
Elizabeth Palermo
September 18, 2014
Wolverine, Ghost Rider, the Incredible Hulk--all of these characters have at least one awesome trait in common: the ability to heal themselves. And now, the Pentagon wants to give ordinary people this superhuman capability.
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Franklin Graham ‘Can’t Help But Wonder’ If End Times Are Near
Michael Gryboski
September 4, 2014
The Rev. Franklin Graham, president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan’s Purse, has questioned whether news coming out of the Middle East is a sign of the end times.
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UN: Number of world’s displaced over 50 million
Barara Surk and John Heilprin
June 20, 2014
For the first time since the World War II era, the number of people forced from their homes worldwide has surged past 50 million, the United Nations refugee agency said Friday.