Asks American Teachers to Engage Students in Politics
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor asked American teachers to get students involved in the election process yesterday by participating in the National Student/Parent Mock Election on October 30.
In a video message posted to a number of Internet channels such as YouTube, SchoolTube and TeacherTube the retired jurist [...]

Facts and Hope About Global Warming
A Chinese proverb says art has the power to bring life’s most complicated issues into brilliant clarity.  That’s precisely what the climate change exhibit at the Museum of Natural History in New York City does for the complexities of global warming, and it couldn’t happen at a better time.
The exhibition, [...]

Dramatic Hospitalization Increase
Food allergy rates rose by 18 percent in American children from 1997 to 2007 according to a report from the National Center for Health Statistics, and hospital discharges for patients with at least one allergy diagnosis rose by an astonishing 264 percent from 1998 to 2008.

Wheat is a major source of food allergies, and [...]

A House that Escapes Danger
If the above story didn’t do it for you, consider this: a house designed to escape natural disasters by walking away.

If you ever see this tailgating you, you’re moving way too slow.

A team in Denmark designed the 10-foot-high house that’s powered by both solar and wind.  It has a kitchen, living [...]

Phillies First Series in 15 Years
The Philadelphia Phillies and Tampa Bay Rays will open the World Series tonight in an annual tradition that means more to many Americans than the changing of the seasons or the fortunes of the stock market.

The magic of a moment in baseball. Chase Utley nails one down the first base [...]

Do you know neurosurgery?  Maybe if you hum a few bars …
In case you missed it, this video is pretty amazing.  I’ve done medical education videos for many years, but I can’t ever recall musical accompaniment before.
This video from Good Morning America pretty much says it all, and I have no intention to add to [...]

Innovative Design Fits Many Needs
Helix Wind of San Diego may have come up with a wind power solution for almost any location including cities, suburbs and rural settings.  The vertical, double-helix shaped blades catch wind from any direction, and the minimum height of the tower is only 15 feet.  Best of all, it can generate [...]

A Place to Be and Find Yourself in Others
Have you ever wanted to find a place that was secluded, so removed from your personal life, that you could just relax and be yourself?  That’s what I’ve found in Lititz, PA.
I always liked the town from the moment I first visited it about 10 years ago.  [...]

Connected to the Trial of Kremlin Critic’s Murder Case
Reuters Africa reported yesterday that a Russian human rights lawyer, Karina Moskalenko, found mercury in her car which she believes was an attempt to intimidate her on the eve of a trial regarding the 2006 murder of journalist and frequent Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya.

Mercury, don’t leave home [...]

Mysteries of the Deep Revealed
Scientists exploring a deep underwater crevasse in the Pacific Ocean known as the Japan Trench were surprised to find an active and sociable group of snailfish at the record depth of almost five miles (7,700 meters).
The remote camera exploration that ended last week was a collaborative effort between the University of [...]