Losing Our Cool: Uncomfortable Truths About Our Air-Conditioned World (and Finding New Ways to Get Through the Summer) written by Stan Cox is a refreshing…
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http://blip.tv/play/AeaDFAI The magnitude of nuclear bomb testing by various countries from 1945- 1998 is staggering as artist Isao Hashimoto explores through a global bird’s eye…
Dentistry as we know it could be a thing of the past. There is a new gel that could easily replace painful teeth fillings. The…
What happens to your favorite underwater characters when BP comes spilling into town?
I am reminded of the Police’s song Message in the Bottle where hundred billion bottles wash up on the shore. The Atlantic as much as…
http://media1.nfb.ca/medias/flash/ONFflvplayer-gama.swf Great little animation from 1966 by Les Drew & Kaj Pindal from the National Film Board of Canada. This animated short proposes what many…
http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=148706&theme=blackHow To Make Your Own Soda on Howcast If you ever wanted to make your own soda, you don’t have to go far. Most of…
It’s amazing how far we have come in storage space for information. To think in the 80’s 100 MB was more than enough, and games…
The tiger fish is a myth to some in the Congo. It was pulled from his aquatic murky domain for all to witness one of…
Like something out of a comic book, Guatemala experienced a giant sinkhole that just swallowed a whole building. The picture making the rounds on social…
Just how much wattage are your appliances juicing up your bills each month? Smart appliances are the way to go. An aging appliance is a…
Do you know exactly where your milk comes from besides the farm. Well you would be surprised with the wealth of information that can be…
The power of numbers has a significance in our daily lives. From the day you are born to the numbers you are assigned, they can…
http://fora.tv/embedded_player I keep thinking of REM’s song “It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine).” Learning from our past…
You don’t have to be Jacques-Yves Cousteau or Captain Nemo to know your ABC’s or live under the sea. If you are James Mattison, knowing…
Artist Russell Walks has embarked on a captivating endeavor to infuse life into the otherwise mundane periodic table. Through his remarkable creation, the "Periodic Table of Imaginary Elements.
The world of rotifers makes you wonder about the origins of life on this world and others. The possibility of finding life in the true…
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8569187&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1 Will mankind and machine merge together? Are we at the threshold of mankind’s greatest leap into cerebral commercialism and slave to big industry? The…
Want to live like hobbits as in the Lord of the Rings? Well you are not alone. These rather green homes are the envy of…
Ross Berens has compiled the greatest collection of planet posters that would grace any wall with envy. The richly designed poster group of planets titled…
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/flash/syndicatedVideoPlayer.swf?vid=squid-vampire-threatened-vin The vampire squid is an unusual aquatic creature that inhabits the waters and turns itself “inside out” to avoid predators when threatened. The deep…
In the later part of the 19th century till the advent of the automobile there were close to 200 000 horses working in New York…
The Cargoshell is an ingenious new way to transport products and is easily collapsible for future storage. You will no longer need empty towering shipping…