Controversially Yours

In April three biohackers from a California Do-It-Yourself biology lab, BioCurious, posted a Kickstarter campaign to crowdsource their plan to bioengineer a glowing plant. They asked for $65,000. But by the close of their campaign at midnight on ...

Now cricket is a national pastime, and irrespective of the amount of controversy surrounding it, the sport continues to be as popular as ever. If the current Champions Trophy tournament doesn't really excite you, or you'd rather play the game on you ...

President Barack Obama, under attack for allowing the controversial surveillance programme, has defended the policy by saying the covert operations were "transparent" and had disrupted multiple terrorist plots not just in the US but overseas. "The one thing ...

When a former IT contractor at the National Security Agency gave The Guardian U.S. government surveillance information, he told the paper that his only motivation was to spark a public debate about government surveillance. "This is something that's ...

China on Monday joined the growing international chorus in demanding an explanation from the United States over its controversial surveillance programmes, which had collected troves of information by tracking millions of telephone records and Internet activity globally. "We believe that the US side should pay attention to concerns and demand of international community and public over this issue and give a necessary explanation," Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters ...

In a debate in Congress to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, the bill's sponsor, Rep. Trent Franks said the incidence of rape resulting in pregnancy is low, sparking a controversy. Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele explains that the GOP ...

All this while, Suraj Pancholi was being accompanied by his father, controversial actor Aditya Pancholi. But on Tuesday as Suraj made his way to the court on charges of abetting Jiah Khan's suicide, his mother actress Zarina Wahab was seen ...

Most brands have avoided commenting on the NSA's surveillance of phone calls and web activity, but Denny's has proven to be a surprising outlier. The restaurant chain offered the following tweet on Tuesday, making light of the issue: Denny's ...

Edward Snowden's decision to publicly reveal his identity has placed him at the center of growing controversy about the U.S. government's intelligence-gathering activities. But by stepping forward, Snowden, the source behind reports in the ...