A History-Making Meeting

“BY THE time this meeting is over, you will say, ‘This was truly a theocratic history-making annual meeting!’” With those words, Stephen Lett of the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses intensified the sense of keen...

Powerful quake hits Costa Rica, tsunami warning issued

(Reuters) - A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake rocked Costa Rica on Wednesday, rattling buildings, cutting power in areas of the capital and triggering a tsunami warning.Residents of San Jose said phones went down, electricity poles rattled...

from 0 to 100 years in 150 seconds

 IIn October 2011 I started documenting people in the city of Amsterdam, approaching them in the street and asking them to say their age in front of the camera. My aim was to 'collect' a...

Jehovah’s Witnesses: Fastest Growing Christian Group in the US

The  Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches statistics listed the Jehovah's Witnesses as the fastest growing Christian group in the US for 4 years in a row (the 2008-2011 Yearbooks).  The 2011 Yearbook reported a...

Where did the English Language begin?

Here is one explanation:English is descended from a language that emerged in Turkey 8,000 and 9,500 years ago, new research has suggested.Scientists traced the origin of all Indo-European languages to Anatolia, an ancient region of...

Arepo simulation of galaxy formation

This computer animation, created using new software called Arepo, simulates 9 billion years of cosmic history. Arepo can accurately follow the birth and evolution of thousands of galaxies over billions of years. Arepo generates the...

High-Res Interactive Panorama Lets You Stand on Mars With Curiosity

Zoom in on every pebble and stone around the Curiosity rover in this amazing high-resolution interactive panorama taken on Mars.This 360-degree view shows the craggy rim of Gale Crater towering behind the rover and the looming precipice...

RUSSIA: One month in prison, another to follow

Jehovah's Witnesses Igor Yefimov and Aleksei Nikolaev, arrested in Chuvashia on 26 July, have been ordered held in continuing pre-trial detention until late September. "This is the first time in contemporary Russia that a court...

Japan Earthquake—Rebuilding Lives One Year Later

Jehovah’s Witnesses continue to provide practical help to earthquake survivors over one year after the disaster in Japan.  http://www.jw.org/en/news/by-region/asia/japan/video-clip-702012006/ 

Jehovah’s Witnesses in Manhattan

A group of Jehovah’s Witnesses have set up multilingual showcases of their Bible literature in Grand Central Station in Manhattan, New York. http://www.jw.org/en/news/by-region/americas/united-states/video-clip-witnesses-manhattan/