Another victory for bigotry, as Nigeria imposed long prison sentences on homosexuality and even membership in organizations associated with homosexuality.

Egypt's vote on the new constitution, which gives the military too much power, is being run in unfair conditions.

Many Egyptians intend to vote yes, but the point is that the unfair conditions mean they have never been exposed to arguments against.

An experiment shows that humans can often detect that there has been a small change in a scene, even though they cannot determine what the change was.

This mental ability provides a rational explanation for many experiences that people often interpret as premonitions or otherwise supernatural.

Individual banksters face criminal charges for falsifying the Libor rate.

They were in charge of local trading activities, and must have been 2 or more levels down from the top management. Was it possible that Libor rigging could be so widespread without encouragement from above?

Plain packaging for cigarettes in Australia was followed immediately by a big jump in the numbers of people asking for help in quitting.