Blog: Gotta Read
Sometimes it’s helpful to bounce ideas off others to tap into each other’s differing strengths and perspectives. This activity of pooling group intelligence seems to be an evolving trend known less as a conference and more as a “hackathon.” See how the University of Miami Medical School weaponized brains to create solutions.
One of the best activities at the Gateway Canyons Resort is to simply go outside at night and stare up at the sky.
From the flood of pictures Discovery Channel receives of cars on the Fast N’ Loud website, it’s clear that one of America’s favorite past times is customizing, modifying and just plain tinkering with their cars. We even love watching people tinker with cars on TV, and then of course there is the almost religious fervor we reserve for our favorite NASCAR drivers. Read More >>
It turns out there is even a name for the idea of rehabilitating your brain, or even just continuing to learn over the course of our lifetimes. It’s called neuroplasticity, and it is defined as the adaptability and changes in the neural cells and synapses that make up our grey matter. Read More >>
It seems everywhere we turn we are hearing about squid. First we receive the news that an elusive giant squid – a 600 pound monster of the deep – was captured on film for the very first time. Now there are reports from California that large Humboldt squid are gathering in such great numbers that they are, in the words of one man, “attacking the boat.” Read More >>
Launching a commercial airliner via an aircraft carrier definitely falls into a big idea category. It could be a big idea, that if implemented, with a few tweaks for efficiently launching a land based airplane could save the airline industry a lot of money. Read More >>
It was once a foregone conclusion…you graduated high school and you’d enter a good college where you’d prepare for your adult life. These days however, a major disruption is occurring in world of higher education. More and more people are asking if the traditional college experience is worth the money it takes to obtain it.
A recent TIME Magazine cover talked about “Reinventing College.” The Washington Post Magazine’s most recent edition asks “Are Law School’s Really Worth It?” It’s increasingly becoming part of the national discussion about how we learn. Read More >>
To many of us fall is synonymous with pumpkins. It means pumpkin pie, carving jack-o-lanterns, and watching them hurled for yards in Punkin’ Chunkin. We were curious though - as earthly pressures such as droughts and pests become common how will we solve the problem of feeding the global population?
Daniel Kish doesn’t wear a cape, but he does have a kind of super power. Blind from birth, this Californian navigates by “active echolocation” – a process where he clicks his tongue and navigates the world by the sound waves reflected back.
Kish makes little taps with his tongue on the roof of his mouth two or three times a second, and these small sounds help him “see” the world around him. He is so incredibly advanced at the technique that he can hike and even mountain bike without any form of assistance.
Inspiring curiosity and excitement about space is also part of the mission of a new telescope that has come online at the Lowell Observatory near Flagstaff, AZ. The $53 million Discovery Channel Telescope (DCT), with a 14-foot mirror is the fifth largest in the continental United States.
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