Hubble reveals Ring Nebulas true shape

New observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have revealed the real shape of the Ring Nebula. The glowing gas shroud around an old, dying, Sun-like star is like a doughnut, scientists suggested. "The nebula is not like a bagel, but rather, it's like a jelly doughnut, because it's filled with material in the middle," said C. Robert O'Dell of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. ...

The Intelligence Squared Debate Masha Gessen Has Some Really Strange Ideas About The 1990s

, and the recently fired head of Radio Liberty. It might come as a surprise, but while I enjoy a good verbal tussle as much as they next man, and while the Brits are exceedingly good at this sort of polemical showdown, I ultimately think that these sorts of debates are unhelpful because they always end up covering only a small slice of the relevant issues. Answering a question like "has ...

Video Schieffer on AP subpoenas Outrageous overreach

CBS News chief Washington correspondent and host of "Face the Nation" Bob Schieffer discusses President Obama's response to the media in the wake the Associated Press scandal, as well as the the president's recent counter-terrorism ...

‘Poor reading culture not peculiar to Nigeria’

Those who feel that poor reading culture is peculiar to Nigerians may have to think again. A Nigerian author based in the United Kingdom, Mr. Femi Onasanya, says in the western world, those who read after leaving school or the university constitute about 20 per cent of the ...

A true warrior loving father

The British soldier beheaded in broad daylight was the 25-year-old father of an adorable little boy and a star in his battalion’s corps of drums - who survived the war in Afghanistan only to be slain by extremists at home.Lee "Riggers" Rigby - described as "cheeky and humorous" and a "loving father" to 2-year-old Jack - joined the army in 2006 and was ...