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Top 3 Inspirational Stories

Top 3 Inspirational Stories

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Here is a list of the best stories I collected over time from many of the wonderfully inspiring stories available on the web and elsewhere. If one of those stories resonates with you, moves you …

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7 Billion People: How Did We Get So Big So Fast?

May 15, 2012 – 10:11 am | No Comment | 1 views

It was just over two centuries ago that the global population was 1 billion — in 1804. But better medicine and improved agriculture resulted in higher life expectancy for children, dramatically increasing the world population, especially in the West.

As higher standards of living and better health care are reaching more parts of the world, the rates of fertility — and population growth — have started to slow down, though the population will continue to grow for the foreseeable future:

7 Billion: How Did We Get So Big So Fast? Watch this video on YouTube

The world’s population will grow to 9 billion over the next 50 years — and only by raising the living standards of the poorest can we check population growth. This is the paradoxical answer that Hans Rosling unveils at TED@Cannes using colorful new data display technology (you’ll see):

Hans Rosling on global population growth Watch this video on YouTube

See more insightful & fun Hans Rosling presentations here.

Wings of Life: The Hidden Beauty of Pollination

May 4, 2012 – 1:39 pm | No Comment | 5 views
Wings of Life: The Hidden Beauty of Pollination

Watch this absolutely amazing & beautiful video about the seductive love dance between flowers and pollinators! To really see the details, I encourage you to watch this short film full-screen and in HD:

23 and 1/2 hours: What is the Single Best Thing We Can Do for Our Health?

May 1, 2012 – 2:31 pm | No Comment | 7 views
23 and 1/2 hours: What is the Single Best Thing We Can Do for Our Health?

Dr. Mike Evans, an Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of Toronto, and a staff physician at St. Michael’s Hospital, created a video to help us learn what the best …

Fantastic Fungi: The Spirit of Good

May 1, 2012 – 1:14 pm | No Comment | 9 views
Fantastic Fungi: The Spirit of Good

The following beautiful short video is an excerpt from the feature documentary by Louie Schwartzberg following notable mycologist, Paul Stamets, as he discusses the important role mushrooms play in the survival and health of the …

How the Aurora Borealis Works

April 29, 2012 – 3:22 pm | No Comment | 61 views
How the Aurora Borealis Works

The auroras also known as the northern and southern lights are some of the most spectacular skywatching experiences on the planet and never fail to delight observers lucky enough to see them. Auroras can be …

East Meets West: An Infographic Portrait by Yang Liu

March 28, 2012 – 3:28 pm | No Comment | 590 views
East Meets West: An Infographic Portrait by Yang Liu

The artist and visual designer Yang Liu was born in China and lives in Germany since she was 14. By growing up in two very different places with very different traditions she was able to …

The Metro Design Language

February 18, 2012 – 2:44 pm | One Comment | 391 views
The Metro Design Language

A couple years ago the Windows Phone design team realized that the design path that Windows Mobile was on was not sustainable and decided start afresh.

When given the chance for a fresh start, the …