Life As A Human

How David Blaine Held His Breath for 17 Minutes…and Why

How does a human being hold his breath for 17 minutes...and why would he even bother? Stuntman and magician David Blaine offers a personal glimpse into his mind and methods in this compelling TEDMED video.

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Getting Beyond Guilty to Green

Feeling guilty about not being green enough may be preventing some of us from moving forward. Movement toward sustainability is possible.

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Wedding Dress: A Story of Hemlines and Lifelines

Important stages in our lives can be marked in many ways. Our writer takes us through her life, from hemlines to lifelines, including the story of her wedding dress.

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I Had A Lion

Many, many (many) decades later, Gil discovers that his birth was honoured with the gift of a lion.

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To Sleep, Perchance to Dream: How Much Sleep Do Humans Really Need?

Many of us don’t get enough sleep, while others get too much. Spurred on by her family's sleep patterns, Heather Vale Goss investigates how much sleep is enough for optimal health.

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Adventures in Snacking

Lesson learned: never test pepper hotness when you're alone in the house. It's also a good idea to be seated.

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International Women’s Day: A Day to Celebrate, Imagine and Act

Happy International Women’s Day to to all women in all of our wonderful incarnations … mothers, daughters, aunts, sisters, friends, [...]

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Oh Those Mayans: 2012 Prophecies vs. Current Realities

I have no idea what will happen on December 21, 2012 when the Mayan calendar ends. Maybe the world will end. Maybe it won’t. Maybe the poles will shift? Maybe. I do know what's certain — climate change is upon us.

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Dances with Swords

Now, these were no ordinary dance classes. Nay, nay, they were Highland Dancing lessons, Sword dancing, thank-you-very-much, which involved real swords (the best part) and bare feet.

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The Magic of Maps

While today we may see maps as definitive and even scientific, Nathan Thompson reveals that the way mapmakers define the world is as much driven by imagination and even love as by measurement.

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