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Will Lunar Hole Become First Settlement on the Moon?

Posted March 10, 2010 08:01 pm

Physicists Find Way To See Through Opaque Materials

Posted March 10, 2010 08:01 pm

Bottled Wind Could Be as Constant as Coal

Posted March 10, 2010 08:00 pm

Fuel-injection System That Delivers 64 Miles Per Gallon

Posted March 10, 2010 08:00 pm

Google Adds 'Bike There' Feature to Google Maps

Posted March 10, 2010 08:00 pm

Soldier throws back a grenade to save lives

Posted March 10, 2010 07:58 pm

Ten Companies Reinventing Our Energy Infrastructure

Posted March 4, 2010 12:34 am

Virgin Galactic sees space test flights in 2011

Posted March 4, 2010 12:34 am

Bottled Water fad dries as environmentalists wise up

Posted March 4, 2010 12:33 am

The Aging Brain Is Less Quick, But More Shrewd

Posted March 2, 2010 02:13 pm

The 7 Most Affordable Fuel Efficient Cars of 2010

Posted March 2, 2010 02:13 pm

New laws tighten Definition of 'Organic' Meat, Milk

Posted March 2, 2010 02:12 pm

Texting While Driving More Dangerous Than DUI (Infographic)

Posted March 2, 2010 02:12 pm

Tons of Water Ice Found on the Moon's North Pole

Posted March 2, 2010 02:10 pm

6 Hot New Electric Cars Soon to Hit Showrooms

Posted February 13, 2010 04:50 pm

Canadian researchers claim love gets stronger with age

Posted February 13, 2010 04:50 pm

Vectorial Elevation: Olympic Light Art Designed By You

Posted February 13, 2010 04:50 pm

Can Chocolate Lower Your Risk for Stroke?

Posted February 13, 2010 04:50 pm

Research Promises Pig-Human Lung Transplants Within a Decade

Posted February 13, 2010 04:49 pm

Norway Plans the World's Most Powerful Wind Turbine

Posted February 13, 2010 04:49 pm

Inexpensive Home Built With Recycled Containers

Posted February 13, 2010 04:49 pm

Making It More Profitable To Leave a Tree Alone

Posted February 13, 2010 04:48 pm

Congratulations to Jamie Oliver, 2010 TEDPrize winner

The Man Who Could Fly

On Nov. 11, extreme wingsuit pioneer Ueli Gegenschatz died in a Swiss hospital, after an accident during a BASE jump . This spring at TED, Gegenschatz spoke movingly of his desire "to come as close as possible to the human dream of being able to fly." Footage of his spellbinding flights are some of the most captivating on the internet. Our thoughts are with his friends and family, and we honor his vision and legacy.

Choose a Book. Change a Life.


Among the hill tribes of Northern Thailand, children who attend Morwakee School can’t afford to own a single book. So The Asia Foundation asked each student to choose their favorite Thai storybook, and then gave it to them.

The Applied Fun Theory

Join the Global Climate Wake-Up Call

On September 21st, thousands of activists are getting together in public places across the world to hold "wake-up call" events pressing our leaders to take urgent action on climate. Global leaders have only three months to get their act together and sign a strong Climate Treaty in Copenhagen. With all kinds of events in 5 continents organised by Avaaz and their partners, they plan to show our leaders that the movement is massive and unstoppable. Check out the World In Action's Avaaz.org to find events near you and help spread the word.

iTunes U


One of the coolest features in Apple's free iTunes media player is iTunes U, a collection of the best in higher education learning from sources like Stanford, Yale, Texas A&M, the Library of Congress, and MoMA. You can learn a language, learn how to write a business plan, hear Oxford professors discuss the reasons for the global recession, learn Photoshop or the history of Art, or unravel the mysteries of the human genome. If you're interested in global warming, do a search in iTunes U and it will show you a long list of related lectures from all different sources. You can watch one class or subscribe to a whole series. Some lectures are audio only, but many are video, and most include downloadable written support materials. iTunes U is a great source for anyone committed to lifelong learning, and it's all FREE. Watch a video overview of iTunes U here.

From TEDGlobal - July/09


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