Howard Gardner. Photo Credit Harvard Graduate School of Education
A professor of cognition and education reveals the five minds you need for success, how to make better decisions, and why ethics are critical. (Scientific American).
U.N. Panel Says World Should Ditch Dollar A U.N. panel will next week recommend that the world ditch the dollar as its reserve currency in favor of a shared basket of currencies, a member of the panel said on Wednesday, adding to pressure on the dollar. Reuters.
Eruption in South Pacific March 19, 2009
NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga – Scientists sailed Thursday to inspect an undersea volcano that has been erupting for days near Tonga (MSN, with video ) and also from Boston.com
First Tongue: An Ancient Global Language
Can we build a world with open source? (Victor Keegan. The Guardian)
Life Size Blue Whale. WDCS (requires flash)
Alternative Energy Revolution clever comic from XKCD
Let Me Chew My Coca Leaves By EVO MORALES AYMA (New York Times – may need registration)
Poetry is the cornerstone of civilisation
Thoughts of scrapping the post of poet laureate must be quelled as we should revere the likes of Seamus Heaney and Wendy Cope. AA Gill. The Times
