Elaine Morgan is a tenacious proponent of the aquatic ape hypothesis: the idea that humans evolved from primate ancestors who dwelt in watery habitats. Hear her spirited defense of the idea — and her theory on why mainstream science doesn’t...
Topics: Life, TED TEDGlobal "aquatic ape" "elaine morgan"

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Interesting software / concept that couples an online suggestion box for ideas, with a virtual stock market. Users can buy ’shares’ in an idea, driving up its value…nice for encouraging a bit of competition into the mix I reckon. And...
Topics: digital, ideamarket ideas, internet, mashup

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As more and more people give Caffeine a whirl, the increased prominence of results from the social media sphere appears to be a widespread phenomenon.Interesting piece questioning the value of increased prominence of social media content within...
Topics: google, internet

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This morning at LBi we were privileged to have a visit from Magnus Larsson, a graduate architect with an amazing vision for stopping the spread of the Sahara Desert southwards – an inexorable process that is disrupting the lives of many Africans...
Topics: africa, desertification, Environment, sahara, sandstone

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Thanks to the very lovely Wieden+Kennedy, who kindly dedicated one of their  spanky (new?) auditoriums to screening a live stream from the TedGlobal 2009 conference, I and a few other LBi / ex-LBi folk enjoyed the first session from TED’s seminal.
Topics: 2009, internet, ted, TEDGlobal, Web 2.0

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