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8 years ago
+15 15 0New technology could help patients requiring stem cell therapies for Parkinson's, stroke, other diseases
A groundbreaking advancement in materials from Northwestern University could potentially help patients requiring stem cell therapies for spinal cord injuries, stroke, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, arthritic joints or any other c ...
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Analysis
8 years ago
+7 7 0The History of ink: Including its etymology, chemistry, and bibliography (1860).
Delightful little book from Thaddeus Davids and co, one of the largest ink manufacturers of their time: a wonderful example of form matching content.
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Current Event
8 years ago
+15 15 0Can Lego make coding as fun as bricks?
Lego’s new “bricks” are made out of code. And that’s way more fun than it sounds.
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Current Event
8 years ago
+31 31 0This Dutch startup turns plants into batteries.
Imagine a lamp, any lamp. Now imagine having to water it. Dutch product designer Ermi van Oers created Living Light: plants that double as lights. Or lights that double as plants – whichever way you prefer looking at it. The lighst run on electricity ...
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Expression
8 years ago
+18 18 0 x 1School asks 100 graffiti artists to paint it before renovation, and result is better than any renovation.
Most schools looks pretty bland, with safe homogeneous colors and uninspired designs, but one hundred graffiti artists have just turned the boring walls of a dormitory in Paris into a stunning celebration of art and creativity.
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Current Event
8 years ago
+32 32 0 x 1Over 100 Museums invite you to "Color their collections" with free adult coloring books.
Museums and libraries around the world participate in the Color Our Collections campaign. For it, they create free adult coloring books with free printable coloring pages, based on items from their collections. There's something for everyone, de ...
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Current Event
8 years ago
+22 22 0It's not just in America: Norwegian nursing homes are also over-medicating their senior citizens
Cost could also be a factor. The head of the Norwegian Association for Retirement and Nursing Medicine, said that medicating patients is cheaper than hiring caregivers to take on extra shifts. Even though antipsychotics aren’t approved for dementia p ...
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Image
8 years ago
+13 13 0Street art: PichiAvo in Hasselt - Belgium. (oc)
Spanish street art duo Pichi & Avo collaborated in 2007, for an intriguing blend of traditional graffiti and renderings of mythological figures( influenced by ancient Greek sculpture). The precise shading and color is painted only with spray pai ...
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Video/Audio
8 years ago
+14 14 0The Jam - Going underground (1980)
English rock band of the 1970s–1980s.
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Current Event
8 years ago
+30 30 0Memory-enhancing drug reverses effects of traumatic brain injury in mice.
If it works in humans, the compound could help reverse memory decline in patients.
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Video/Audio
8 years ago
+14 14 0Generation Rx. Are we drugging our (healthy) children?
A documentary examining the widespread practice of prescribing psychiatric drugs to millions of children and teens. In Generation Rx, things like Adderall and Xanax are available at any time almost anywhere. The most abundant drug rather than weed, c ...
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Current Event
8 years ago
+23 23 0Defiant democracy: Parthenon replica made of 100,000 banned books.
Standing on the site where Nazis burned 2,000 books by Jewish and Marxist writers, this Parthenon is not made of marble, but of 100,000 books that have been or remain banned by various governmental entities around the world. The Parthenon of Books by ...
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Expression
8 years ago
+28 28 0Twin skulls transform the facade of this 19th century French castle.
Artist Okuda San Miguel recently transformed a 19th-century castle in Château, France in a work titled Skull in the Mirror. After stints as a school and holiday center for children, the castle was abandoned for nearly 30 years.
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Current Event
8 years ago
+6 6 0Panda power plant: shaped solar panel array forms China’s national animal.
The world’s largest solar power-producing nation is showing off its record-setting green energy production through an adorable new array shaped like a giant panda bear. The whole panda figure is part of the power production process: darker parts of t ...
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Current Event
8 years ago
+15 15 0First new blue discovered in 200 years is set to become beautiful new crayon.
It’s difficult to come by new colors these days, as the earth’s naturally-occurring colors have been thoroughly researched and new ones created in scientific settings are dwindling in occurrence. The last shade of blue to be discovered and named was ...
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Analysis
8 years ago
+18 18 0Is alcohol good for you? An industry-backed study seeks answers.
It may be the most palatable advice you will ever get from a doctor: Have a glass of wine, a beer or a cocktail every day, and you just might prevent a heart attack and live longer. Five companies that are among the world’s largest alcoholic beverage ...
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Current Event
8 years ago
+17 17 0Brits use heart monitors to see if Shakespeare shocks more than Game of Thrones.
Is seeing graphic, violent content onstage different from watching it on a screen? The Royal Shakespeare Company is using science to find out. The Royal Shakespeare Company will monitor audience members to find out if Shakespeare still shocks in the ...
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Interactive
8 years ago
+15 15 0Over 83,500 vintage sewing patterns are now available online.
The Vintage Patterns Wiki boasts over 83,500 vintage sewing patterns from the 1920s to 1992. It's possible to browse by year or ornament type.
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Expression
8 years ago
+10 10 0Street art photography master Henrik Haven boarded The Crystal Ship in Ostend.
The Crystal Ship, a contemporary art festival which encouraged artists to adorn the walls of this town.
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Expression
8 years ago
+12 12 0The Orlando cooling towers in Soweto South Africa.
Once dull and gray, the attractively painted towers are the biggest works of public art in Soweto and they play different roles as exhibition and advertising platforms with one of them working as an advertising signboard another exhibiting the larges ...




















