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Scared Green: Ideas for Tough-Love Climate Change Campaigns That Get Results

The key to kickstarting a slumping sustainability movement? Pressure. Social media pressure, peer pressure, and pressure from the--gulp--government.READ»

Google Teams With Linguists to Document Endangered Languages

All-star linguists K. David Harrison and Greg Anderson bring obscure languages to the Internet, with YouTube's help.READ»

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The 10 Most Addictive Sounds in the World

You're probably among the millions who have experienced it: driving in a car, listening to the radio, and suddenly this song comes on. It is not just any song--this was your favorite song when you were a teenager. As the first few ...READ»

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Can You Guess The World's Most Addictive Sounds?

See the complete list: The Most Powerful and Addictive Sounds in the World READ»

50 Years, 200 Missions: Flybys, Gravity Assists, Asteroid Touchdowns Mapped Out

If all this talk of moon bombing has you curious about space exploration, you're in luck: National Geographic recently produced this astonishingly elegant map of every space exploration in the last 50 years. Every. Single. One. (If ...READ»

Gaming Meets Reach the World Meets GeoGames: Can You Build the Globe in 4 Minutes?

Last week, I wrote a post here about exploding the nonprofit business model.  Well, one nonprofit – Reach the World - is doing just that by marrying gaming, social enterprise, volunteerism, travel, and global education.    ...READ»

Garbage Moguls: The Trashiest Reality TV Show Ever [preview]

Reality shows are often classified as trashy TV. Now things have come full circle with a reality program focusing on--you guessed it--garbage. Garbage Moguls, premiering today on The National Geographic Channel, follows a team ...READ»