Race

"We expect people to look different. And why not? Like a fingerprint, each person is unique. Every person represents a one-of-a-kind, combination of their parents’, grandparents’ and family’s ancestry. And every person experiences life somewhat differently than others.

Looking through the eyes of history, science and lived experience, the RACE Project explains differences among people and reveals the reality – and unreality – of race. The story of race is complex and may challenge how we think about race and human variation, about the differences and similarities among people.

Are We So Different?
A fantastic interactive website produced by the American Anthropological Association.

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Changing lights

The European Union is going to ban old style light bulbs in the next couple of years substituting them for the new low energy light bulbs.

Incandescent light bulbs, whilst cheaper than their fluorescent counterparts, use much more electricity and obviously therefore create more carbon dioxide.



In the long run it will surely be a change for the best. And the much speculated led based bulbs might come sooner than we expect...

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Iraq exit strategy

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Then and now

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Foggy weather

Some nice photos of the fog that has covered England.

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Year in review

JibJab style.

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Believe it or not...

...this is the official federal-government highway to Yakutsk, in Russia, one of the top five most dangerous roads in the world.

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Sky gourmet

A site that lists images, descriptions and news about airline meals for more than 500 different companies.

Money matters

The battle between euro and dollar is benefiting the newcomer. Slate explains why.

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This month...

...the U.S. population is expected to reach the 300 million mark. But back in 1967, the country hit another noteworthy population milestone - 200 million.

CNN.com takes a look at how life has changed in these past 39 years.

Is the show "Weeds"...

...closer to home than we may acknowledge?

"Stoned in Suburbia" is a very interesting BBC documentary that examines the change in people's opinions and attitudes to cannabis over the last 50 years.

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Detailed explosion

Harold Edgerton built a special lens 10 feet long for his camera which was set up in a bunker 7 miles from the source of the blast of an atomic bomb. The exposures were taken with intervals of 1/100,000,000ths of a second.

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Death and taxes

An huge visual representation of how the US federal government spends income taxes.

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The ultimate sacrifice

Beijing's construction workers struggle round the clock to build a city worthy of the 2008 Olympic Games. But as if dangerous working conditions and some of the lowest wages in the world were not enough to contend with, the legions of migrant labourers are now being asked to sacrifice their lives.



Among the many slogans hung around the huge Olympic Village to spur on the 2,000-plus workforce is a banner proclaiming: "The quality of work is more important than life". The sign was hidden from public view during a recent visit by foreign journalists.

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Breathing Earth

An interesting simulation of births, deaths, and carbon dioxide emissions happening right now on our planet.

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Reversed graffiti

A British street artist known as Moose creates graffiti by cleaning dirt from sidewalks and tunnels. The tools are simple: A shoe brush, water and lot's of work. But now the british authorities face a dilemma: can cleaning the streets be considered vandalism?

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State of emergency

The world post 9/11 serves as a backdrop to an italian Vogue fashion spread.

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The miniature Earth

An interesting presentation that shows how our planet would be if we could turn its population into a group of 100 persons, keeping the same proportions we have today.

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Forbes' Billionaires Map

The World's 49 Billionaires hail from 49 nations and two countries are home to more than half of them.