Kevin Bales on modern slavery at TED 2010.

There are now 27 million slaves in the world, more than in any point in history. The total cost for sustainable freedom for all of them is about $11 billion.

A real person, a lot like you

Mar 28, 2010

TED Goes H.264

22:48

The Rage Is Not About Health Care

19:25

If you don't have a non-mainstream opinion, you can't be successful

Mar 24, 2010

Iceland wants to attract media businesses by creating a free press haven.

18:48

Why the New Bill Means I Won’t be Buying Health Insurance

Mar 23, 2010

Teenage students that start day later show less absence.

Head teacher Paul Kelley said that changing the school day could help towards creating “happier, better educated teenagers”.

Mar 22, 2010

“ People who simultaneously refer to Saturday and Sunday as the “weekend” and start their calendar weeks from Sunday are, truly, exceptional. ”

rue at Hacker News

Mar 21, 2010

Legendary rationalist and illusionist James Randi comes out of the closet at age 81.

Mar 17, 2010

“ [..] “The 2006 death rates for Hodgkin lymphoma in men, cervical cancer in women, and stomach cancer in both men and women were less than one-third of the 1970 rates,” the authors conclude. In contrast, liver cancer death rates are increasing, as are pancreatic cancers in women, and melanoma and esophageal cancer in women. But, for 15 of the 19 cancers studied, rates have dropped. ”

Winning the war on cancer? US death rates show broad decline (Ars Technica)

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The 19 things the iPad will kill.

Goodbye to the laptop and compact camera!