Most of us haven’t quite realized there is something extraordinary happening. A few months ago, I freed myself from standard-procedure society. I broke the chains of fear that kept me locked up into the system. Since then, I see the world from a different perspective: the one Read more »
Amazingly Interactive Periodic Table
This pictorial periodic table is colorful, fun, and packed with information. In addition to the element's name, symbol, and atomic number, each element box has a drawing of one of the element's main human uses or natural occurrences. The table is color-coded to show the chemical Read more »
William and the Windmills
William Kamkwamba, from Malawi, is a born inventor. When he was 14, he built an electricity-producing windmill from spare parts and scrap, working from rough plans he found in a library book called Using Energy and modifying them to fit his needs. The windmill he built powers Read more »
Finland to stop teaching individual topics
Finland, one of the educational hotspots of the world, is committed to a revolution in education: by 2020, they will move on to a topic type of education. In other words, you won’t be learning about math, physics and chemistry, but you’ll be learning specific topics – eliminating Read more »
Muzoon Almellehan – ‘I want to go back to rebuild Syria.’
by Mark MacKinnon, The Globe and Mail She's thousands of kilometres away from her homeland, but Muzoon Almellehan is still fighting for Syria. The rainy grey streets of this English port city could hardly feel further from the olive grove-covered hills of her home province Read more »