Sexual abuse
Thursday, July 30th, 2009 Posted in Taking a stand | No Comments »This message has to be repeated over and over again until it stops. This video was made by MTV EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking), Unicef, the American Agency for International Development and pop group The Killers. The video features their song Goodnight, Travel ...
Patience – toothpick San Francisco
Friday, July 24th, 2009 Posted in Creativity | 1 Comment »Scott Weaver used over a million toothpicks to build a model of San Francisco. It took 34 years to build: There some Youtube videos of his work, they are of bad quality, but it's nice to hear him describe his creations. Bryan ...
The pursuit of happiness
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 Posted in ... Other | No Comments »What makes us happy? That appears to be an important question, often debated and investigated. Here are some thoughts. A 72-year-long study at Harvard about how different experiences affect the health and happiness of people was described in the June 2009 issue ...
We choose the moon
Monday, July 13th, 2009 Posted in ... Other | No Comments »The web site WeChooseTheMoon.org goes live at 8:02 a.m. Thursday, 90 minutes before the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla. It will track the capsule's route from the Earth to the Moon, ending with the ...
The YouTube Symphony Orchestra
Friday, July 10th, 2009 Posted in Creativity | 1 Comment »On April 15, 2009, the world's first collaborative online orchestra performed at Carnegie Hall in New York. Over 3000 people worldwide had sent in their musical video resumes and 96 of them were selected by Youtube viewers to be in the orchestra. This ...
Tinkering with molecules
Friday, July 10th, 2009 Posted in Smart thinking | No Comments »This is so smart! You are dealing with molecules that make heart valve transplants a problem, because the body's immune system fiercely attacks those molecules. So what do you do? You make these same molecules attach to unwanted bacteria so the ...
