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Why Do We Read? 27 Aug 2013 | 05:48 pm
One of the first things I notice when I visit a friend’s home is their bookshelf. It’s a snapshot of their interests, not to mention an instant topic of conversation. And it’s not just the titles of t...
Watch This If You’re Putting Off Work Right Now. 27 Aug 2013 | 05:23 pm
We’re all familiar with procrastination on some level. This video gives us some insight into the psychology involved and ways we can overcome the urge to put things off. Original by AsapSCIENCE
March On Washington 2013 27 Aug 2013 | 05:03 pm
Fifty years ago in 1963, Martin Luther King Jr gave his famous ‘I Have A Dream’ speech during a peaceful march on Washington DC. Poh Si Teng of The New York Times follows seventy year old Oris Stuart ...
Lost For Words: Spring-Cleaning The English Dictionary 27 Aug 2013 | 04:48 pm
Every year, approximately 4000 new words (or ‘neologisms’) are added to the English dictionary. But what about the words that get taken out?
When You Put It That Way…Here’s Why Scandinavia Has Got It Right 27 Aug 2013 | 04:21 pm
Ever complained about the American government? Ever picked up on one or two inherent flaws in this system? In this cartoon, Silhouette Man tells it like it is:
A Movement Spurs Art In Public Spaces 27 Aug 2013 | 06:02 am
Artists are embracing public spaces as a medium for installations In the terminal of a British train station, a child is lost. Amidst the 8 o’clock rush, underneath the arched ceilings and plaster wal...
Professor Martin Blumt Asks: Is Carbon Capture And Storage Our Only Hope To Avoid Global Warming? 27 Aug 2013 | 12:09 am
In the lecture below, Professor Martin Blunt of Imperial College London, discusses current research into carbon capture and storage at the launch of the Grantham Institute’s briefing paper on carbon d...
Faith Schools And Homosexuality – “SUNDAY Morning Live”on BBC1 26 Aug 2013 | 09:14 pm
BBC1 on 25/8/13 “SUNDAY Morning Live” at 10.00. Skip ahead to the third segment: The subject – Faith Schools and Homosexuality The Panel – Rev. Chris Hudson (Unitarian minister), Christina Patterson (...
Pay With A Kiss! 26 Aug 2013 | 07:23 pm
If you are one of those incurable romantics who feel that the new era has killed the sparkle of the old-fashioned romance, do not desperate! There is the perfect place for you and your soul mate to en...
A Star Older Than The Universe? 26 Aug 2013 | 07:14 pm
Our universe is approximately 13.8 billion years old. We know this from studying the light emitted from the cosmic microwave background radiation that was emitted approximately 380,000 years after th...
