Mastery of Learning

November 2007

• Christmas shopping for the geek on your list.
• An interesting new type of thesaurus.
• Great illusions with explanations.

October 2007

• Dutch artist Theo Jansen’s strange creatures.
• Very funny ads.
• Really small art.
• 2007 Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Awards.

September 2007

• Take a look at the upcoming courses offered through Rice University’s Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies.
• Check out life explained on film.
• Find out about the unusual Aurigid meteor shower, which happened on August 31.
• Watch the stand-up lexicographer. (I’m serious. Watch her!)

August 2007

• A hypnotic and addictive game.
• Try the idea generator.
• The charming spider (not Robinson).
• Educational tattoos.

July 2007

• The Brain Connection is a good web resource to go along with the Salon books of the past four months.
• Help to classify more than one million galaxies. Join Galaxy Zoo and see sights that no human has seen before.
• If you don’t want to read, but still want to keep up with what’s happening, watch Emerging Technologies streaming video from MIT’s Technology Review.

June 2007

• Don Herbert—“Mr. Wizard”—died on June 12. Over the years, Don was personally responsible for more people going into the sciences than any other single person in this country. Read his obituary from the Los Angeles Times.
• View the amazing pavement drawings of Julian Beever.
• Watch the YouTube video of Women in Art.

May 2007

• Tired of talking to a voice robot? Want to talk to a human? Go to dialahuman and follow the directions.
• A brilliant talk on how to listen from Scottish percussionist and composer Evelyn Glennie.
• Watch the perfect Duluth day.

April 2007

• An interactive map of the brain so you know where to bang to make the voices go away.
• More interactive neuroscience.
• Glumbert, the standup economist.
• Here’s the coolest way to experience neuroplasticity.

January 2007

• The eight secrets to success in three minutes and 40 seconds.
• Get some perspective.
• A man and his art.
• Smarter than you think?

November 2006

• TED Talks: Watch them all!
• And now for something completely different: The Crazy Frog Brothers
• Have you ever wanted to fly?
• The Mentos and Diet Coke Challenge.

June 2006

• Steve Martin: The Great Flydini.
• Jackson Pollock software.