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Brands target nouveau poor
Record high unemployment in the EU has forced some of the larger consumer goods companies to shift marketing strategies. They target poverty-stricken Europeans’ demand for cheaper goods in the midst of an economic crisis –
Read MoreBuilding the Oil Rigs
It has one of the world’s highest per capita GDP’s and is a global player in exports, in biotechnology and in tourism.
Read MoreScience: Chinese African Ancestors
An international study has found that the Chinese people originated not from Peking Man in northern China, but from early humans in East Africa who moved through South Asia to China some 100,000 years ago, Hong Kongs Ming Pao daily reported yesterday in a finding that confirms the single origin theory in anthropology.
Read MoreGrowing Farmers
Earthworks Urban Farm is a highly-productive urban agriculture and education hub that supplies Detroit’s farmers with everything they need from support to seedlings, and teaches students how to make a living from small organic plots.
Read MoreInside The Diamond Trading Company of Botswana
Before rough diamonds can become the sparklers seen on jewelry around the world, they make a stop at a sorting company like The Diamond Trading Company of Botswana (DTC), a joint venture between the government of Botswana and Debeers. With over 12,000 different classifications used, it takes both machine and human to sort through each […]
Read MoreMelanins, the pigments that color our eyes, hair and skin. Renewable energy…MELANIN?
I thought I heard and read it all but his type of scientific information is shocking and quite amazing! I remember as a child my science teacher told us that, the purpose for the sun was to get vitamin D and also the sun helps to uplift your mood. I was taught that the extra melanin/pigment was due to exposure […]
Read MoreGreat Inventor: Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Тесла; 10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, andfuturist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system. Tesla gained experience in telephony and electrical engineering before immigrating to the United States in 1884 […]
Read MoreCorporations replace states in space
Exploration of space is in full swing. But after NASA retired its space shuttle program last year, the terms “space race” got a whole new meaning: once symbolic of a country’s political power and might, the space race seems to be turning into some commercial endeavor. A dozen companies are now bidding to develop space […]
Read MoreThe art of creating awe
Rob Legato creates movie effects so good they (sometimes) trump the real thing. Ramesh Raskar: Imaging at a trillion frames per second
Read MoreNoemie Lenoir & Karl Lagerfeld talk about race in fashion
Noémie Lenoir is a French model and actress of African and European descent. They disagree .Karl said that’s there is no racism in fashion. Noemie said the contrary. Then karl said she ‘s the proof there ‘s no racism because she ‘s famous. Noemie argues that’s she not black nor white, she”between the two” and […]
Read Moreexploring Latinos, Beauty and identity in the U.S. and abroad.
social consequences of a color complex http://youtu.be/7lxKIqWXJIs http://youtu.be/qETLZlTYKag
Read More0-60mph Electric Powered Drag Racer
Northampton, UK. — The Black Current, constructed from a 1965 VW Beetle and an old milk float, created by brothers Olly and Sam Young has beaten a million pound Bugatti Veyron in a drag race; racing from zero to 60 miles per hour in 1.6 seconds it set a world record for Fastest electric-powered drag […]
Read MoreWorld first synthetic organ transplant
Surgeons in Sweden have carried out the world’s first synthetic organ transplant. Scientists in London created an artificial windpipe which was then coated in stem cells from the patient.
Read MoreBiology
Uttar Pradesh, India — One-year-old Akshat Saxena from Uttar Pradesh, northern India, was born with 14 fingers (7 on each hand) and 20 toes (10 on each foot – polydactyl – setting the new world record for Most fingers and toes – at birth. http://youtu.be/k_dzkOb6Cyg
Read MoreFirst woman to earn highest level Black Belt: Keiko Fukuda
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA — Sensei Keiko Fukuda of San Francisco, California, a petite 98 years old woman who is only 4-feet-10 and 100 pounds, was promoted to the rank of 10th dan (degree) black belt in Judo this week by USA Judo, the sport’s national governing body – setting the world record for the […]
Read MoreWorlds Youngest Psychologist: Andrew Almazan Anaya
Mexico City, Mexico — Mexican teenager Andrew Almazan Anaya, 16, considered a child prodigy for his intellectual precocity, will graduate this month as a psychologist – setting the world record for the Youngest psychologist – and will go on to finish his last few semesters of medical studies. http://youtu.be/VXM3vFmOLRg
Read MoreYoungest nuclear scientist: Taylor Wilson
RENO, Nevada, USA — Taylor Wilson, 17, spends his time advising the Department of Homeland Security on anti-terrorism tactics, and coordinating with the Department of Energy on nuclear fusion research – which makes him to set the world record for the Youngest nuclear scientist. http://youtu.be/5YzcgvnmmFI
Read MoreRichest woman: Gina Rinehart sets world record
The Australian mining mogul, Gina Rinehart, 58, is worth a reported $29 billion aus; a worth that grows by an astounding one million dollars every 30 minutes of every day – setting the new world record for the Richest woman. http://youtu.be/90zufIQKxl8
Read MoreEngineer/inventor Created A “FREE ENERGY” Device
Finishing his master’s, Lonnie G. Johnson joined the Air Force and was assigned to the Strategic Air Command, where he helped develop the stealth bomber program. His other assignments included working as a systems engineer for the Galileo mission to Jupiter and the Cassini mission to Saturn. Johnson also created the Super Soaker squirt gun, which became one of […]
Read MoreAmerican education
Americans have grown accustomed to bad news about student performance in math and science. On a 2009 study administered by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, 15-year-olds in the U.S. placed 23rd in science and 31st in math out of 65 countries. On last year’s Nation’s Report Card assessments, only one third of eighth […]
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 […]
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