We already featured a news excerpt about this boy. Now, here is a full documentary about Ben Underwood who has taught himself to use echo location to navigate around the world. Ben Underwood is blind, but has managed to do some truly extraordinary feats. -qureyoon-
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Original post by hahanu
Cool site for learning about the flags around the world. Learn more about their symbolisms, what every flag does mean. And create your own flag from: your country, the country that affects you and the one you want to go to. Below is mine, can you recognize who is who? -Quang-
See also this Grande Reportagem’s flags campaign. @ haha.nu.
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Meet Koopa, a professional painter. His artworks can compare to some very abstract only-the-author-understand pieces of art. Except, he is a… turtle. Click on the images to see more, thanks to Kira from TurtleKiss for the introduction.
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Original post by hahanu
Neatorama has featured almost a thousand videos so far this year!
We are going to do an end-of-the-year countdown of the Top 5 Viral Videos in conjunction with the ABC World News Webcast.
Now we have the task of ranking the videos, and we need your help. Below you’ll find a poll of the 18 most popular videos on Neatorama this year. The titles are links to the videos to refresh your memory. For the next few days, you can vote for up to five of your favorites. Thanks in advance!
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After producing a comic on the concept, Randall Munroe of xkcd put a ball pit in his home! How cool is that? Link -via Grow-A-Brain
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Original post by Miss Cellania
Photo: Li Feng
National Geographic has just chosen the winners of its International Photography Contest. Out of 148,203 images submitted, this particular one above by Chinese photographer Li Feng won for the category Animal - International.
Caged monkeys await their fate at a medical laboratory in Hubei Province, China. The judges liked that this image subverted the usual “romanticized” approach to wildlife photography, and more accurately reflected the fate of many of the world’s animals. The sneaker at the top provides scale and injects humanity into the scene; the anonymity of its wearer suggests concealment and complicity. The structure of the cages, the horror of the captivity, the crowded composition, and the claustrophobic tension all add up to a very sad and compelling photo.
Is working graveyard shift dangerous to your health? Maybe so, if scientists for the International Agency for Research on Cancer are right:
Like UV rays and diesel exhaust fumes, working the graveyard shift will soon be listed as a "probable" cause of cancer.
It is a surprising step validating a concept once considered wacky. And it is based on research that finds higher rates of breast and prostate cancer among women and men whose work day starts after dark.
Next month, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the cancer arm of the World Health Organization, will add overnight shift work as a probable carcinogen.
