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Obama and Stem Cell Research via Wired
SD2008: What is your position on government regulation and funding of stem cell research? Obama: I believe that the restrictions that President Bush has placed on funding of human embryonic stem cell research have handcuffed our scientists and hindered our ability to compete with other nations. As president, I will lift the current administration’s ban…
Fundraising – Historia de un Letrero
With a stroke of the pen, a stranger transforms the afternoon for another man in this emotionally stirring short film by Alonso Alvarez.
Cool blog + youtube + flickr timeline
10 years of marriage
3653 days can be converted to one of these units: 315,619,200 seconds 5,260,320 minutes 87,672 hours 521 weeks (rounded down)
Little Nemo
More here and here.
Amazing popup book.
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History of Medicine
2000 B.C. – Here, eat this root. A.D. 1000 – That root is heathen. Here, say this prayer. A.D. 1850 – That prayer is superstition. Here, drink this potion. A.D. 1920 – That potion is snake oil. Here, swallow this pill. A.D. 1945 – That pill is ineffective. Here, take this penicillin. A.D. 1955 –…
Bodymaps – COOL!
Spelling with Sheep
From the UK Daily Mail, Sheepdogs are trained to obey their master’s every word. So when farmer David Kennard decided one of those words would be “Spring”, his dogs did not hesitate. Link