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8 TEDtalks That Will Change Your Life Forever

8 TEDtalks That Will Change Your Life Forever
1. Juan Enriquez: Will our kids be a different species? Juan asks in this compelling TEDtalk ‘can we upgrade ourselves?’ His answer immediately puts humankind in perspective. So far, there have been 29 upgrades of humanoids. Multiple versions co-existed. Read more in his book Homo Evolutis. 2. Brené tells us a story about expanding our perception in a way that could change our lives forever. Read more in her book The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are 3. Jane is a gamer. Read more in her book Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change The World 4. We often hear that success is a choice, that it is right around the corner and is for everybody to grasp. Read more in his book Status Anxiety 5. Daphne shows the world how an outdated education system can be outperformed in many ways by something new. 6. Do you eat? Learn more about Incredible Edible here 7. 8.

Dumbbell Nebula: Stargazers Flex Cosmic Muscle with Amazing Photo Three stargazers exercised their passion for night sky photography to create a stunning image of Messier 27, also known as the Dumbbell Nebula or NGC 6853. Located in Holland, Alabama and Michigan, Andre van der Hoeven, Fred Herrmann and Terry Hancock collected almost 40 hours of data, using different telescopes and CCD cameras, to combine into one image of the Dumbbell Nebula. The image was released to SPACE.com on July 12. #1 rated Beginner Telescope. Celestron NexStar 130SLT Computerized Telescope. Buy HereCredit: Space.com Store "Using narrow band filters and very long exposures, we were able to capture the outer hydrogen and oxygen shell of the M27 nebula, which is not normally visible in amateur images," Hancock wrote SPACE.com in an email. [50 Fabulous Nebula Photos] M27 is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Vulpecula (The Fox) more than 1,200 light-years away from Earth.

15 DIY crafts you need to make right now It's cold, it's raining and quite frankly, it's utterly miserable outside at the moment. So stay in! But then it hits you. It's not that great inside either. You're young, so you haven't got all of that furniture and all of the little decorative trinkets that accumulate over time, and if you have, you haven't got nearly enough. Instead of spending your time sitting around moaning about the weather, why not spend your time doing something useful? Why not spend your time crafting some of these? Freshers Fields is back for 2013! 1. Source Stick your button collection around a balloon (and importantly) to each other. 2. Source Glue, buttons, cardboard and a bit of artistic ingenuity and you'll have yourself a great sign for your bedroom door (assuming you use the first letter of your first name). 3. Simply wash out a screw top spirit bottle, find a screw top soap dispenser and put it together. 4. Source Blank glass tumblers, paint, and cotton wool buds are all you need for this one. 5. 6. Source 7.

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