Digg - What the Internet is talking about right now http://digg.com/source/theglobalmail.org Mon, 20 May 2013 04:57:19 +0000 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:57:19 +0000 15 Belief in black magic persists in Papua New Guinea, where communities are warping under the pressure of the mining boom’s unfulfilled expectations. Women are blamed, accused of sorcery and branded as witches — with horrific consequences. http://www.theglobalmail.org/feature/its-2013-and-theyre-burning-witches/558/ http://on.digg.com/XcFNDi Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:21:36 +0000 After 55 years, the final patrol for cases of the mysterious ‘laughing death’ in remote Papua New Guinea has returned from the highlands. From this pursuit came Nobel-winning science, clues to ‘mad cow’ and insights into Alzheimer’s disease. It also revealed a little bit of cannibal hidden in us all. http://www.theglobalmail.org/feature/the-last-laughing-death/470/ http://on.digg.com/UzqOXI Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:36:34 +0000 On a hill in the centre of Java, thousands of Muslims regularly turn up to a religious ritual with a surprising stipulation: to seek their fortunes, they abandon spouses, find strangers, and have sex with them. http://www.theglobalmail.org/feature/the-swingers-guide-to-islam/419/ http://on.digg.com/OnY40u Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:52:34 +0000