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Monday, August 16, 2010

Jason Clay: How big brands can help save biodiversity


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Convince just 100 key companies to go sustainable, and WWF's Jason Clay says global markets will shift to protect the planet our consumption has already outgrown. Hear how his extraordinary roundtables are getting big brand rivals to agree on green practices first -- before their products duke it out on store shelves.

New Scientist Top 10 Videos of the Month


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This month's video round-up of the best videos we've found on the web features ancient blobs, whale songs in perfect pitch and multiple space explosions. Not only that: a climbing robot swings up walls, nanoparticles duel on the world's smallest racetrack, fruit flies get frisky, moss blows its top, and chemistry gets hypnotic. Finally, watch as the sun wakes up from a long slumber.

Kizito - openly gay in Zambia (world humanism day)


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Homosexuality is legally prohibited in the Christian nation of Zambia. However, there are gay people who are more or less open about their sexual identity, including the 22-year-old Kizito from Lusaka.

Mister Chen - Nanjing's bridge operator (world humanism day)


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In Nanjing, China, Mister Chen has given the notion of 'bridge operator' an entirely new meaning. By driving back and forth on his motorbike along the railing of the bridge, he saves many lives of people who are planning to commit suicide. Entirely voluntary.

Nebil Abdurazak - finds a gap in the market (world humanism day)


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The 16-year-old Ethiopian pupil Nebil Abdurazak meets the demand of Addis Abbeba's praying citizens. Thanks to Nebil, people can now pray on a paper mat in stead of a jacket.

BATTLE FOR KANDAHAR IS ON


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Meet The Press - Gen. Petraeus' media blitz to define "Progress" in Afghanistan


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The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)


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Dr. Laurence, a once-respectable scientist, begins to research the origin of the mind and the soul. The science community rejects him, and he risks losing everything for which he has worked. He begins to use his discoveries to save his research and further his own causes, thereby becoming... a Mad Scientist, almost unstoppable..

Sunday, August 15, 2010

E. O. Wilson: Synergism Between Science and the Humanities


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Scientist and author Edward O. Wilson, draws on studies from a broad spectrum of disciplines to show how various fields of inquiry, and especially the humanities and sciences, intersect with each other. According to Wilson, "the greatest enterprise of the mind has always been and always will be the attempted linkage of the sciences and the humanities." Series: "Frontiers of Knowledge"

The Neuroscience of Emotions


The Neuroscience of Emotions
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