Spotlight Online: Blogs

Could we have a word, please?

Mike Pilewski — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:14:11 +0100

Loanwords are words that are borrowed from another language. But that's an odd thing to call them, says Mike Pilewski. A loan is temporary; we expect it to be repaid.

The path to nirvana

Mike Pilewski — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:34:05 +0100

Heavenly Path is a religious movement in Nepal. Its followers believe their guru was sent by God to show people how to remove pain and suffering from the world. They say peace is a tree with love as its root. Click to find out what the symbol in the picture means.

You can't say that on TV!

Mike Pilewski — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:24:12 +0100

Mike Pilewski: "Swear words are now too common to be powerful — so the Supreme Court has to make a decision."

February is looking a whole lot better

Mike Pilewski — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:41:13 +0100

Claudine Weber-Hof tells you what you can do to make February a great month.

Back to Agua Prieta

Mike Pilewski — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:14:11 +0100

A group of migrant workers abandon their attempt to cross into the United States near Douglas, Arizona, and head back to the town of Agua Prieta, Mexico, in this photo taken in 2005. This year, they might not even have come. Find out why.

The rise of the meerkat

Dagmar Taylor — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:14:08 +0100

"What are all the meerkats doing here?" asks Dagmar Taylor. "The answer is simples!"

Joe Paterno didn't call the police

Mike Pilewski — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:34:16 +0100

What happened was so shocking that no one could do the right thing. Mike Pilewski on the Penn State University scandal.

A stormy, tropical romance

Mike Pilewski — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:14:10 +0100

Inez Sharp describes the very special atmosphere of a tropical island town — Key West, Florida — that started an epic romance.

Forgotten specimens

Mike Pilewski — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:28:37 +0100

Professor Lynn Morgan was surprised to find that her college had a collection of human foetuses in its basement. Such collections were once common. Morgan studies society's changing attitudes to ethical questions such as the start of human life. Read more.

The day Wikipedia went down

Mike Pilewski — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:55:41 +0100

"Is the idea to civilize the internet or to censor it?" Mike Pilewski explains the proposed laws behind the recent online protest.