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Great narration and content direction combined with irony, humor and intelligent critique. A magazine to be enjoyed alone and by yourself – no other distraction should be allowed. Quote by Kimberly Lloyd.
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How much would you pay for the Universe?
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson on the importance of NASA for the United States and the world.
Watch the video here.
Eric Sanderson
400 years after Hudson found New York harbor, Eric Sanderson shares how he made a 3D map of Mannahatta’s fascinating pre-city ecology of hills, rivers, wildlife – accurate down to the block – when Times Square was a wetland and you couldn't get delivery.
Watch Eric Sanderson on Ted.
Introducing
Aubrey de Grey
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta teams with anti-aging experts Aubrey de Grey and Dan Buettner to bring you an in-depth discussion on the search for immortality. Watch it here.
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Art Lawyer
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Pencil Craving a Japanese Craftsmanship
According to their forms, Pencil cravings are divided into 4 types: "Double spiral", "Chain", "Ring" and "Kikko" that may be called a honeycomb pencil. Others like "Six-fold spiral", "Extensible" and "Triangle, square, pentagon, hexagon" are considered to be variations based on one of those 4 types. "To take carving in the wood of a pencil", is certainly what pencil carving is all about but more woodwork skills are required and patience.
Science
Happiness: The Science Behind the Smile
How might we achieve it? If happiness is good in itself, why haven't we simply evolved to be happier? A book by Daniel Nettle and one of Stefan Sagmeister's favorite books.
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Tuesday, 11.05.2010
How might we achieve it? If happiness is good in itself, why haven't we simply evolved to be happier? A book by Daniel Nettle and one of Stefan Sagmeister's favorite books.
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Paul Freeman
Historians are interested in ordinary life, and Twitter is an incredible resource for ordinary life.
Science
Wednesday, 05.05.2010
Professor Freedman specializes in medieval social history, the history of Spain, comparative studies of the peasantry, trade in luxury products, and history of cuisine.
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The new design for the $100 note was unveiled on Wednesday, April 21 2010 during a ceremony at the Department of the Treasury's Cash Room. Here is a footage on the production of the new $100 note from officials at the Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve Board, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United States Secret Service. The U.S. government redesigns currency in order to stay ahead of counterfeiters and protect the public. The redesigned $100 note includes two new, advanced counterfeit-deterrent security features that are easy for consumers and merchants to check when verifying authenticity: the 3-D Security Ribbon and the Bell in the Inkwell. |
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Sunday, 25.04.2010
On April 25th, 1507, as a member of the Gymnasium Vosagense at Saint Diey in the duchy of Lorraine, German cartographer Martin Waldseemuller produced a globular world map and a large 12-panel world wall map where "America" was first used as the name of a continent on a map. Waldseemueller used the name in honor of Florentine explorer Amerigo Vespucci. A single copy of the map has survived, presently housed at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
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Friday, 16.04.2010
RoboThespian is a robot actor, created to intrigue, entertain and reveal. The concept was created by artist engineer Will Jackson in 2005. Meet RoboThespian at "phaeno" in Wolfsgburg, an initiative to promote popular science, innovation and design residing in probably the largest walk-through sculpture in Germany by Zaha Hadid.
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Possible breakthrough and a Key to Biofuel Happiness: The Science Behind the Smile
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Maiden Flight by Sir Richard Branson completed
Virgin Galactic, a Branson company announced Monday that his VSS Enterprise had successfully completed what they assumed as a captive carry flight attached to a carrier plane.
Read full article on CNN.
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Sunday, 21.03.2010
"As seen here, we cannot point to anything in these prints which establishes genius. Nevertheless, what very markedly differentiates Einstein's hands from what we normally find in any general population is the length of the fingers relative to the size of the palm." From the book: The Illustrated Textbook of Psychodiagnostic Chirology in Analysis and Therapy
The Science of Handreading in Psychological Diagnosis
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The Monotype Process
Spontaneity and experimentation have always characterized the monotype. In contrast to other printmaking techniques, an artist does not need special equipment or technical training to make a monotype.
Watch the instructions through these 12 tutorials.
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See how Museums restore pieces of Art
Here is a look behind the scenes with conservators from the Smithsonian Conservation Center on how they treat and care for works in their collections. The art of restoring is one the most important procedures in the realm of ancient historical art pieces.
Watch video here.
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Possible breakthrough and a Key to Biofuel
"If we can get these sugars out of biomass, in a cost effective manner, they can be fermented to produce the liquid biofuels we need to replace petrol." Professor Simon McQueen-Mason
Read article here.
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Four Big Trends to Watch
What the Web of tomorrow will look like? Read Ben Parr's report on Mashable. Ben Parr is the Co-Editor of Mashable, as well as a serial web entrepreneur, sci-fi author, and aspiring world changer. He has been writing for Mashable since August 2008.
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Perversion for Profit I
1964 – 1966
Anti-pornography film produced by financier Charles Keating, linking pornography to the Communist conspiracy and the decline of Western civilization.
Especially interesting for us: the magazines showcased in the the film.
Watch video here.
Science
Friday, 08.01.2010
Courtship is the traditional dating period before engagement and marriage. During a courtship, a couple dates to get to know each other and decide if there will be an engagement. Usually courtship is a public affair, done in public and with family approval.
The science of love or the whole art of courtship as seen on the frontispiece and title page of the book from the year 1792.
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Michael Shermer
A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have.
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Saskatoon in central Saskatchewan
Quite a name for city! And where could it be located?
Science
Saturday, 02.01.2010
Saskatoon is a city located in central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. Residents of the city of Saskatoon are called Saskatonians.
The name Saskatoon comes from the Cree inanimate noun misâskwatômina "saskatoon berries", which refers to the sweet, violet-coloured berry that grows in the area. It is a
Check Saskatoon on Google Maps.
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Water or no Water?
Water or no water, the moon may no longer be NASA's top choice for human exploration. In May, US president Barack Obama ordered a special committee to review NASA's plans for human spaceflight. By October, the committee had released its final report, which lists a number of possible destinations, including "gravity holes" in space and Mars orbit.
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Thursday, 24.12.2009
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Friday, 11.12.2009
Thomas Harriot (c. 1560 – 2 July 1621) was an English astronomer, mathematician, ethnographer, and translator. Some sources give his surname as Harriott or Hariot or Heriot. He is sometimes credited with the introduction of the potato to Great Britain and Ireland.
Harriot was the first person to make a drawing of the Moon through a telescope, on July 26, 1609, over four months before Galileo.
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Saturday, 05.12.2009
When were bent-wire paper clips introduced? The first bent-wire paper clip was patented by Samuel B. Fay in 1867. This clip was originally intended primarily for attaching tickets to fabric, although the patent recognized that it could be used to attach papers together. We have found no advertisement or other mention for the Fay paper clip before 1899, and it therefore appears unlikely that it had significant, if any, sales prior to the late 1890s. However, beginning in 1899 and for decades thereafter, the Fay design was widely advertised under many brand names for use in fastening papers.
Partners and Spade Happiness: The Science Behind the Smile RoboThespian at Phaeno
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What is the Singularity?
Living to 1,000? Superhuman robots? Matrix-style virtual reality? These staples of science-fiction may become a reality when (or, perhaps, if) the “singularity” happens.
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Monday, 23.11.2009
A singularity is a point at which an otherwise continuous mathematical progression becomes infinite, implying that all continuous extrapolation breaks down beyond that point.
Michael Anissimov and Roko Mijic explore the coming revolution in robotics and technology. More in this series:
The Utopia Force
The Benefits of a Successful Singularity
Birthing Gods
Building the "Everything Machine"
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How to Choose the Right Diagram?
Tree diagram, network diagram, flowchart, Venn diagram, histogram, bar chart, pie chart, function graph and so many more, but which to use and when to use?
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Sunday, 25.10.2009
Tree diagram, network diagram, flowchart, Venn diagram, histogram, bar chart, pie chart, function graph and so many more, but which to use and when to use?
Amit Agarwal has uploaded a chart to help with this on his Flickr account. Agarwal holds an Engineering degree in Computer Science from IIT and has previously worked with clients like ADP, Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch. In 2004, Amit quit his job to become India's first and only Professional Blogger.
Possible breakthrough and a Key to Biofuel Happiness: The Science Behind the Smile
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