Sapolsky’s outstanding Stanford lecture on “The Uniqueness of Humans”

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http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/10/sapolskys-outstandin.html

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Larry Lessig talks about the values of education and science and the need to bring copyright into harmony with them.

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“The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind — fantastic new book about a how a Malawian teenager harnessed the power of the wind”

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“The Mannahatta Project is an interactive map of Manhattan as it appeared in 1609, indexed by streets. You can enter a landmark name or address and zoom into your favorite New York neighborhood as it appeared in a more primeval time. Shown here, the site of the iconic Flatiron Building: 23rd and 5th.”

http://themannahattaproject.org/

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Wow! From Coilhouse:

Helen Keller — inspiration to generations and inspiration for an entire genre of schoolyard humor — and her teacher and friend Anne Sullivan in a clip from 1930 in which they describe the way in which Helen learned how to speak … It’s a fascinating little clip which pays homage to a woman who, even beyond her amazing circumstances, was a radical socialist, suffragist, and supporter of birth control, who was friends with the likes of Mark Twain and who worked tirelessly to champion the rights of both the downtrodden and the physically disabled.

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I’m delighted by Elaine Morgan’s hypothesis that humans evolved from aquatic apes.

Elaine Morgan is a tenacious proponent of the aquatic ape hypothesis: the idea that humans evolved from primate ancestors who dwelt in watery habitats. Hear her spirited defense of the idea — and her theory on why mainstream science doesn’t take it seriously.