Congo gold mining
The Republic of Congo is one of the world’s richest gold reserves, but it is still one of the world’s poorest countries. Read more
Filed Under Art, Human Rights
Sounds of hope out of a dump
Who said that there was no hope in the world anymore? Who said that humanity become nothing but a self-serving, egocentric kind?
Here is the story of a man that, with as little as love and music, is changing his country, and the whole globe.
In the capital of one of the poorest countries in South America, Paraguay, there is a neighborhood built around the city’s main dump. In the middle of all the rubbish, you can hear very unexpected sounds: violins, basses, cellos, laughs. Why? Because Luis Szaran, the conductor of the country’s symphony orchestra, decided to establish a music school right there. Read more
Filed Under Media & Society, World Health
Authority views
Buildings are powerful places. They achieve what many leaders dream of and only some get successfully: mind control.
Filed Under Art, Media & Society, Politics
Aphrodisiac ‘Love Stone’ killed a man
In New York a man died after ingesting an illegal aphrodisiac made from toad venom.
Maybe this 35 year old man killed himself for love. It is, after all, only human nature: when one loves another (or just wants to get laid really bad), he or she will go to extra lengths to express this love through ways, many times daring and deadly. Although unfortunately, for cases like these, one winds up six feet under.
Filed Under Modern Life
The first smell map
Odors: they are able to unleash primal instincts and behaviors in humans (and other animals). Perhaps because they are linked to our basic needs…
Do you know we have a thousand genes expressing for odor reception? Read more
Filed Under Research, Technology
Commemorating gay victims, finally
When we hear the term “victims of the Holocaust” we generally think about the genocide of the European Jews by the Nazi regime. But there were other many groups also persecuted and killed during those dark days that somehow remain ignored, including gay victims. Read more
Filed Under Diversity, Events, Human Rights
Memorial ghost bikes
A bicycle painted all white and locked to a street sign is a weird vision.
These enigmatic works, first spotted in St. Louis in 2003 and later appeared in other 35 cities all around the world, are spontaneous memorials to lost cyclists. Read more
Filed Under Modern Life, Wondering