One million trees planted in Ethiopa – all because one person decided to do it. Gashaw Tahir knew he could do something about it. ….”He wanted a green Africa again,” He planted thousands of seedlings and now has 11,000 acres of Ethiopian land on which he and his followers have planted one million trees. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/20/gashaw-tahir-fights-defor_n_507128.html
Capt. Charles Moore on the seas of plastic
Capt. Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation first discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch — an endless floating waste of plastic trash. Now he’s drawing attention to the growing, choking problem of plastic debris in our seas. http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/capt_charles_moore_on_the_seas_of_plastic.html
Plane to Plane Skydive
For the adventure seekers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGphGbJool4
Lava Lamp in a Centrifuge
Someone built a centrifuge to work out whether or not a lava lamp would would work on Jupiter, despite its higher gravity. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-i9iI0ZA4M&
Flying with the fastest birds on the planet: Peregrine Falcon & Gos Hawk – Animal Camera – BBC
This is some spectacularly amazing footage! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-_RHRAzUHM&
This Too Shall Pass
Official video clip for the album track – worth watching! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w&
Important Web-Site Priority
Web users spend 80% of their time looking at information above the page http://www.useit.com/alertbox/scrolling-attention.html
One for the boys
PR Caper\Scam\Hoax\and a jolly good laugh too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEqJV1acgN4&
Japanese scientists build world's fastest scanner
Scan a 200-page book in one minute. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/169946,japanese-scientists-build-worlds-fastest-scanner.aspx
Live 30-60% Longer?
Whey Protein Concentrate is made from cow’s milk. Mice and hamsters fed whey protein concentrate live 30-60% longer than others fed standard diets or diets containing other protein sources. This may be due to the increased blood levels of glutathione that result from ingesting whey protein.
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