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Happiness Linked To Longer Life
Health.com
November 4th, 2011
Being happy doesn’t just improve the quality of your life. According to a new study, it may increase the quantity of your life as well.
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Yes! Magazine 
September 22nd, 2011
Working fewer hours could save our economy, save our sanity, and help save our planet.
Read More (+5 rating) Loading ...Shawn Achor – “The Happiness Advantage: Linking Positive Brains to Performance”
Aspirant World 
September 8th, 2011
Shawn Achor is the winner of over a dozen distinguished teaching awards at Harvard University, where he delivered lectures on positive psychology in the most popular class at Harvard.
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Josephson Institute
August 8th, 2011
What will matter is not your success, but your significance.
What will matter is not what you learned, but what you taught.
(+8 rating) Loading ...Harry Potter Activism Group Works For Good Causes!
The Harry Potter Alliance
July 20th, 2011
The Harry Potter Alliance fights the Dark Arts in the real world by using parallels from Harry Potter. We work for human rights, equality, and a better world just as Harry and his friends did throughout the books.
Read More (+3 rating) Loading ...Dancing to Epigenetics and Endocytosis
Science Magazine
October 20th, 2011
Have you ever wondered what nanotube chemistry might look like as a dance? Or fruit fly sex? Or protein x-ray crystallography? Look no further.
Read More (+10 rating) Loading ...The Endangered Yellow-Eared Parrots of the Cucuana Watershed, Colombia
Rare Conservation
September 15th, 2011
The Yellow-eared Parrot is the flagship species of the Heidy Valle’s Rare Pride campaign. Heidy’s Rare Pride Campaign aims to conserve the forest and wetlands of the Roncesvalles Watershed in Colombia. This campaign will also help protect the habitat of 300 bird species.
Read More (+6 rating) Loading ...First System to Harness the World’s Hydrothermal Vents
Marshall Hydrothermal
August 23rd, 2011
Deep below the surface of the world’s oceans, lies a vast and inexhaustible energy source, completely untouched by humans. Capable of providing enough power to make 20 GW+ generating stations a realistic expectation, its exploitation has only been awaiting the moment that a practical means of utilizing it could be developed.
Read More (+7 rating) Loading ...Helping Fellows Craft Campaign Songs and Messages to Educate People on Sustainable Fishing
Rare Conservation Blog
August 1st, 2011
After spending a very pleasant week with Mona, Rare’s Dampier Strait Rare Conservation Fellow, my attention shifted to a second site within the Raja Ampat archipelago, Ayau Asia, where we helped another Rare Conservation Fellow refine his campaign materials.
Read More (+6 rating) Loading ...Speed Artist Paints Federer in 4 Minutes
Open Source SI
July 20th, 2011
Everyone can appreciate the beauty of Roger Federer’s groundstrokes, but how about artist Jean-Pierre Blanchard’s brushstrokes?
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