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Check out the documentary Aluna, about the isolated Columbian tribe theKogi, who wish us to know that our superficial understanding of the world is leading us to deeply damage the Earth and all life:

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Lissa Rankin's latest TEDTalk covers ground familiar to anyone who saw her previous talk. This time, she's talking to health care providers about the urgent need to take an holistic approach and to revolutionise the health care system. She's more specific about what stress is, and about the need to reject stress as "normal":

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Lemony Snickett was asked to provide a NaNoWriMo pep talk. Here  it is, in its full glory - and the great thing is that it applies to anything you love:

Dear Cohort,

Struggling with your novel? Paralyzed by the fear that it’s nowhere near good enough? Feeling caught in a trap of your own devising? You should probably give up.

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Let this interview with a marine conservationist from the European organisation The Black Fish first terrify you at the scale of the destruction of marine life (we may be facing fish-free oceans in a generation if we only continue to consume at the current rate), the lack of interest in saving our species' life-support system, and the fact that ( Read more... )

Comedian Tony Hawks explains that co-operation and altruism are the cornerstones of human culture, and that the greater the inequality in any society, the worse the levels of education, health, creativity and trust. Having established that doing good actually feels good, his suggestion is that we all go and rescue billionaires by democratically ( Read more... )

Is Coconut Oil Bad For You?

July 30, 2013
Some who profit from coconut oil claim it has miraculous powers, curing everything from cancer to jock itch. The boldest claim may be that it is a potential cure for Alzheimer’s, based on a series of anecdotes and one study I profile in my 3-min video Does Coconut Oil Cure Alzheimer’s? Long story short, as ( Read more... )

Burka Avenger: Pakistan's cartoon superhero battling for girls' education

The first animated TV series produced in Pakistan offers a positive role model to counter Taliban opposition to girls'

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Link to video: Burka Avenger: the Pakistani cartoon challenging the Taliban on girls' education
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Name: Burka Avenger.

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A combination of a wide variety of herbicides, pesticides and fungicides killing off the bees? Who'd have thunk?

Scientists discover what’s killing the bees and it’s worse than you thought

By Todd Woody @ greenwombat 12 hours ago


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