In the past, sailors on whaling ships would carve whale teeth into works of art in a process called scrimshaw. These pieces would be brought home to loved on...

The materials needed to make art can be expensive, too expensive for some. But one artist in South Africa has found away to combine his artistic passion and ...

The Economist reports on how immigrants help both the countries they leave and those to which they move. Added to www.audiovideo.economist.com in October 200...

Pete Masters, MSF, presents on the Missing Maps project and how engaging humanitarian and tech volunteer communities in the project can provide NGOs with much needed mapping data; for epidemiology, disaster risk preparedness and intelligent resource allocation and decision making. Remote volunteers trace satellite images onto OpenStreetMap, local community volunteers add details (street names, medical centres,

http://en.romereports.com Representatives of over 70 Catholic aid agencies traveled to Rome to share their experiences during the plenary assembly for the Po...

Michael Parenti is an American political scientist, historian, and cultural critic who writes on scholarly and popular subjects. He has taught at American an...

Dr. David Matsumoto discusses the correlation between culture and personality. See more of his work at http://www.humintell.com

Climate change is an urgent topic of discussion among politicians, journalists and celebrities...but what do scientists say about climate change? Does the da...