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Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?

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Science Commons / Architecture Commons

Science Commons. Imagine if there were an Architecture Commons … there already are things kind of like that going on at Open Architecture Network. Go check it out. Get involved.

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Playing the building

Can a building become an instrument? according to David Byrne … yes … and he has convinced me.


David Byrne shows off his recent project, “Playing The Building”.

Living roof

via wired
 

Wired Science heads to the California Academy of Sciences to check out the living roof, which features 1.2 million native California plant species and a natural ventiltion system.

Creatives grow better in the south west.

Ted Talks Garrett Lisi: A beautiful new theory of everything

About this talk

Physicist and surfer Garrett Lisi presents a controversial new model of the universe that — just maybe — answers all the big questions. If nothing else, it’s the most beautiful 8-dimensional model of elementary particles and forces you’ve ever seen.

About Garrett Lisi

Physicist Garrett Lisi has proposed a new “theory of everything” — a grand unified theory that explains all the elementary particles, as well as gravity. Full bio and more links  »

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