Nationality and Place of birth: Israel Ethnicity: Ethiopian, African She won the Iaraeli Top Model competition at 16 years old. Article about Miss Avtau below: www.scribd.com/fullscreen She left Israel to seek a modelling career in New York. Israela signed a multi-million dollar deal with Avon Cosmetics in the US. She is the highest paid model after Bar […]
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Incredible Human Journey Out Of Africa
Dr. Alice Roberts travels the globe to discover the incredible story of how humans left Africa to colonise the world — overcoming hostile terrain, extreme weather and other species of human. She pieces together precious fragments of bone, stone and new DNA evidence and discovers how this journey changed these African ancestors into the people […]
Read MoreThe World’s New Tallest Skyscraper Will Be in Azerbaijan
Those mighty Kingdom Tower guys are probably crying their eyes out right about now! In the spitfire race to build the tallest edifice on the globe, there’s a new frontfronner: Azerbaijan Tower, a kilometer-tall structure that’s set to break ground in 2015 in the Republic of Azerbaijan in Eurasia. If you don’t usually equate Azerbaijan […]
Read MoreAsia luxury
Asia’s Ferrari-driving elite have sparked public outcry and served as a reminder that even the most glamorous brands have to tread carefully.
Read MoreParis Motorshow – Lamborghini New Gallardo LP 560-4
Paris Motorshow Automobili Lamborghini is presenting the most successful super sports car of its entire history with a new design — even more aggressive, and more extreme: the new Gallardo LP 560-4 and the LP 570-4 Edizione Tecnica. The new Gallardo LP 560-4 – equipped with permanent four wheel drive- has a new front end […]
Read MoreDonor
This short documentary film follows the story of Ryann and JoEllen as they discover online that they are sisters from the same sperm donor, donor #150 at the California Cryobank. Questioning the gap between expectations and reality, this film touches on issues of genetic inheritance and paternity. Screened at the 2008 Student Academy Awards (Finalist), […]
Read MoreNew technology
HULC a human assisting robot will be available to the handicapped in 5-10 years and will alllow them to walk again One wheel motor bike
Read MoreNew technologies promise energy efficient power
All over the world electricity grids distribute alternating current. Today though, thanks to new technologies, direct current would be more energy efficient. Multinationals are pushing for the switch, which promises to be good business.
Read MoreOrphan from Africa now an aspiring ballerina
Michaela DePrince is a professional ballerina currently with the Dance Theatre of Harlem company, who was adopted as a young child from Africa by a US family.
Read MoreFelipe Santana | Kick off
Felipe Santana is a man for all seasons. He’s been with Dortmund for four years. At 1.94 meters tall, he’s hard to overlook and the way he plays is uncompromising.
Read MoreTelevision tunes in to the future
IFA, the world’s leading trade show for consumer electronics and home appliances opened in Berlin. Up to 1500 exhibitors and 240,000 visitors tuned in to see how they might be watching television in the years ahead, surfing the net on a tablet or using their mobile smart phone to connect with all sorts of tasks. […]
Read MoreBonjour Asia! Club Med chases the new jet set
Sept. 3 – Club Med is aiming to capture the China market as tourism booms in the world’s number two economy. CEO and Chairman Henri Giscard d’Estaing talks about its expansion plans on the mainland.
Read MoreJ. Craig Venter’s Adrenaline: Fight or Flight Response
J. Craig Venter went on to receive his Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego. When faced with immediate danger, the brain releases adrenaline, a hormone secreted from glands above the kidneys. In the case of a police officer confronted with a raging fire surge, adrenaline triggered the body to release stored ATP so […]
Read MoreShould we focus on social equality instead of gene pools?
Let’s Move On From Race by Jonathan Marks http://www.mesacc.edu/dept/d10/asb/origins/hominid_journey/modernorigins.html http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120820152204.htm
Read MoreAncient DNA
http://youtu.be/yAzWNkCMt8w Ancient DNA Reveals That Some Neanderthals Were Redheads http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071025143311.htm Science writer Carl Zimmer speaks at Yale Medical School about how new discoveries about Neanderthals are helping us better understand what it means to be human. For more information, see http://carlzimmer.com
Read MoreGeneticists Uncover the Origin of Blue Eyes
http://occupycorporatism.com/blue-eyes-originated-10000-years-ago-in-the-black-sea-region/ Blue Eyes Originated 10,000 Years Ago in the Black Sea Region http://www.springerlink.com/content/2045q6234h66p744/fulltext.html Blue eye color in humans may be caused by a perfectly associated founder mutation in a regulatory element located within the HERC2 gene inhibiting OCA2 expression
Read MoreThe Effects of Music on the Brain
The effects of music on the brain from NOVA The growth of media has had an ever-expanding role in the lives of children, especially in terms of a child’s physical and mental health. Here, Michael Rich, MD, MPH, director of the Center on Media and Child Health at Children’s Hospital Boston, comments on media as […]
Read MoreBehind Blue Eyes
There are only thirteen known Leucistic alligators in the world. Gatorland located in Orlando, Florida is home to four of the thirteen Leucistic and is the biggest collection in the world. This short Documentary is the amazing story of how the four ‘white’ gators came from the swamps of New Orleans to Gatorland, Florida. Gatorland’s […]
Read MoreRobots and Humans
Robots are no longer science fiction. Today, they help build products, they even explore Mars. Robots have assisted human beings now for decades. Someday they’ll be part of our daily life
Read MoreBrazilian Model: Daniela Braga
Nationality: Brazilian Brazil has an indigenous Indian population of around 450,000, comprising more than 200 peoples who speak more than 180 different languages. According to the National Foundation for the Indian (FUNAI) the indigenous population has been growing at a rate of more than 3.5% per year and is now four times greater than in […]
Read MoreAnais
Nationality: American Place of birth: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Anais (birth name Anais Martinez) She won a Casandra Award (which is the Dominican version of the Grammy’s) for “Most Outstanding Artist Located In Another Country”. She attended The Door academy in New York where study dance and singing with Juanita Williams, who is a gospel and jazz […]
Read Morephyllis hyman
Nationality and Ethnicity: African American Deep-voiced and statuesque, Phyllis Hyman sang with a life-affirming energy and emotional intensity found in few other female vocalists. Born in Philadelphia in 1949 (and raised in Pittsburgh), her professional career began in New York City where, during an engagement, she was spotted by producer Norman Connors and contemporaries Jean Carne and Roberta Flack, among […]
Read MoreThe Genius Gene
The Genius Sperm Bank was created in the late 1970s by Robert Klark Graham, an American millionaire optometrist. Officially named the Repository for Germinal Choice, its aim was to breed highly intelligent people in order to save the world from genetic decline.Graham believed he could achieve this by getting clever men to donate sperm. To be […]
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