German Police Hunt for Chocolate Thieves

"Anyone offered large quantities [of chocolate] via unconventional channels should report it to the police immediately." That's a real statement given ...

Children Prefer Food Covered in McDonald's Wrapper

In a study included in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine children were shown to overwhelmingly prefer the taste of food that comes in McDonald's ...

Sports Journalist Notices Athletes' 'Christian Years'

There's a sports personality named Bill Simmons. He's on the television now, but I loved it when he was just a writer. He's coined a few phrases, like ...

Highly Trained but Incompetent Dogs

Have you ever poured time, money, and energy into a wild scheme, only to have it turn into just that: a wild scheme? That's what happened to the British ...

Accident Victims Happier Than Lottery Winners

In 2010 The New Yorker magazine summarized the findings of an earlier study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. The researchers ...

The Power of a Con Artist

Maria Konnikova wrote a wonderful article on how we are all "born to be conned." She writes about one person in New York who walked by a three-card ...

N.T. Wright: The Bible's Counter-Intuitive Sexual Ethic

In the interview with Jonathan Merritt, N.T. Wright said:

We need to remind ourselves that the entire biblical sexual ethic is deeply counter-intuitive. ...

Lindsay Lohan Faces Her Problems

In 2011, after being convicted of stealing a necklace, actress Lindsey Lohan was sentenced to work 12-hour shifts at a county morgue twice a week for ...

Desire … and "Diamond Shreddies"

Processed food giant Kraft Foods came to marketers Ogilvy & Mather with an interesting request—to reintroduce their "Shreddies" cereal ...

Greedy Dog Gobbles Up Seven Golf Balls

A dog named Wilson was left feeling under par, after gobbling up a staggering seven golf balls. Owner Tim Norris rushed Wilson to the vet thinking his ...