Astronomers are using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to dissect one of the largest structures in the Universe as part of a quest to understand the violent lives of galaxies. Hubble is providing indirect evidence of unseen dark matter tugging on galaxies in the crowded, rough-and-tumble environment of a massive supercluster of hundreds of galaxies. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Boys who don't play videogames at all are at greater risk of getting into trouble than those who play violent games occasionally, according to two Harvard psychologists. The pair also said there was also no evidence to suggest violent games turn young people into criminals or violent people, despite some media reports. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

British censors have banned a violent video game from the UK for the first time in a decade.

The video game Manhunt 2 was rejected for its "unrelenting focus on stalking and brutal slaying", the British Board of Film Classification said. picked by Boomshank 1 year ago

Hong Kong residents want Bible reclassified as 'indecent' due to its sexual and violent content, following an uproar over a sex column in a university student journal. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Derek Rogers, 70, from Bedford, has a rare sleep disorder which causes him to become violent when he sleep-walks. He has destroyed furniture, attacked his wife and injured himself during the night - but remembers nothing. picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago

In most cultures, nursery rhymes feature children’s verses and songs that are verbally passed down from one generation to another. But how many of us realize that many of the most popular English nursery rhymes for our kids are often extremely violent in nature, filled with tales of death and suffering, and often contain quite disturbing and tragic endings? picked by DemureArt 6 months ago

The protest almost became violent as Tom Cruise, visiting London for a future film project, exited the church and began taunting the demonstrators. Police intervened after one of the demonstrators lunged forward, grabbing Cruise by the throat and shouting, "The multiplying villainies of Xenu do swarm upon him!" picked by buddha 6 months ago

I have no words... picked by gammerus 8 months ago

Yeah, that'll work. picked by gratheo 4 months ago

The Virginia Tech killer was referred to counseling after professors read his violent one-act play entitled "Richard McBeef." It features a 13-year-old boy who murders his father and accuses his stepfather of pedophilia. At one point, the child's mother brandishes a chain saw at the stepfather. The play ends with the man striking the child with "a deadly blow. picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago

The teenage brain, Laurence Steinberg says, is like a car with a good accelerator but a weak brake. With powerful impulses under poor control, the likely result is a crash.

*They haven't met Mershaulk though. picked by dollyllama 8 months ago

There's something real sexy about a turkey being tied up, amirite? picked by glik 6 months ago

In official testimony before the commission investigating the Virginia Tech massacre, a representative of fringe political figure Lyndon LaRouche called for banning violent games in the same way that heroin is banned. The witness also testified inaccurately on several issues and cited game critics like Jack Thompson and David Grossman. picked by sholom22 1 year ago

A man is playing through World of Warcraft trying to hit lvl 70, without intentionally killing anything, as he explores the concept of Pacifism in violent virtual settings.

Conclusion: This boy has WAY to much time on his hands. picked by muppetmaker 7 months ago

He added: "Drinking is behind so much of our work. Every act of violence, every violent offense, every rape we come across is increasingly caused by drinking. picked by gammerus 11 months ago

"Defendants [Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two, developer Rockstar, FCI Williamsburg and "Grand Theft Auto" itself] put me in prison. I face imminent danger from violent inmates who played Grand Theft Auto who will knock me out and take my gold Jesus cross." picked by ybcool 3 months ago

"We've never experienced such a violent attack on our members," Bo Soerensen, head of the Danish prison guards union told Ekstra Bladet. - This made me laugh picked by Bilb0 4 months ago

"An Omaha murder victim's wife said her husband saved the lives of others when he was confronted by a former co-worker with a gun back in July." picked by harmsc12 2 years ago

"The end of Free Speech in America has arrived at our doorstep. It's a new law called the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, and it is worded in a clever way that could allow the U.S. government to arrest and incarcerate any individual who speaks out against the Bush Administration, the war on Iraq, the Department of Homeland Security or any government agency (inc... read full post picked by tvirus 8 months ago

Virginia is still for lovers, but the state's tourism agency will eliminate images of people making heart symbols with their hands in its upcoming advertising campaign because the gesture is also used by a violent street gang. picked by misswinkle 11 months ago