Posts tagged Mind
Severn Suzuki speaking at UN Earth Summit 1992
Raised in Vancouver and Toronto, Severn Cullis-Suzuki has been camping and hiking all her life. When she was 9 she started the Environmental Children’s Organization (ECO), a small group of children committed to learning and teaching other kids about environmental issues. They were successful in many projects before 1992, when they raised enough money to […]
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 MoreBook “Street Freak: Money and Madness at Lehman Brothers
When Jared Dillian joined Lehman Brothers in 2001, he fulfilled a life-long dream to make it on Wall Street—but he had no idea how close to the edge the job would take him. Like Michael Lewis’s classic Liar’s Poker, Jared Dillian’s Street Freak takes readers behind the scenes of the legendary Lehman Brothers, exposing its outrageous and often […]
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 MoreThe Placebo Effect
Scientists have noticed that patients may experience improvements just from thinking they’ve had medicine, even if that medicine is fake. But why does the placebo effect work, and why do some researchers believe it’s growing stronger?
Read MoreMental health for all by involving all
Nearly 450 million people are affected by mental illness worldwide. In wealthy nations, just half receive appropriate care, but in developing countries, close to 90 percent go untreated because psychiatrists are in such short supply.
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 MoreThe problem with eyewitness testimony
Scott Fraser studies how humans remember crimes — and bear witness to them. In this powerful talk, which focuses on a deadly shooting at sunset, he suggests that even close-up eyewitnesses to a crime can create “memories” they could not have seen. Why? Because the brain abhors a vacuum.
Read MoreTech Investors Get Fashionable
Venture capitalists aren’t known for fashion, but a few show their style for a Forbes photo shoot. Tomio Geron talks with four investors about their sartorial propensities.
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 MoreThe agency: New Faces
Negotiations and the idea of beauty. http://www.vh1.com/video/shows/the-agency/140237/new-faces-act-2.jhtml#id=1555682 Unattractive for the agent? http://www.vh1.com/video/shows/the-agency/140238/new-faces-act-3.jhtml#id=1555682 Idea of beauty http://www.vh1.com/video/shows/the-agency/135702/model-contest-act-3-winner.jhtml#id=1553351 Troubles erupt when booking the models http://www.vh1.com/video/shows/the-agency/136920/new-model-act-3-showtime.jhtml#id=1553985 Â
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 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 […]
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