MANIFESTO ▲ To encourage curiosity and engage the imagination. ▲ To inspire and provoke the exchange and exploration of ideas. ▲ To celebrate community and dynamic thinking with creative presentations and interactive speakers. ▲ To foster learning and conversation through the shared pursuit of knowledge.Tumblr (3.0; @tedxqueensu)http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~3/hf29MSgmiOU/aj_jacobs_how_healthy_living_nearly_killed_me.html">TED: A.J. Jacobs: How healthy living nearly killed me - A.J. Jacobs (2011)</a>: <p>For a full year, A.J. Jacobs followed every piece of health advice he could — from applying sunscreen by the shot glass to wearing a bicycle helmet while shopping. Onstage at TEDMED, he shares the…</p>http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/15293076817http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/15293076817Wed, 04 Jan 2012 07:57:48 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/good/lbvp/~3/sQpNfK08VTc/">The Spoiler: Ron Paul and the Democracy that Sets Us Up to Fail</a>: <p> <img alt="" id="asset_425665" src="http://pre.cloudfront.goodinc.com/posts/full_1325517662ronpaul.jpg"/><br/> Continuing the <a href="http://www.good.is/tag/rick-perry">primary</a> <a href="http://www.good.is/tag/herman-cain">pattern</a> <a href="http://www.good.is/tag/michele-bachmann">of 2012</a>, Ron Paul has <a href="http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/02/iowa-race-tightens-in-final-48-hours/">taken his turn</a> basking in the GOP spotlight with a third-place finish at the Iowa caucus. Still, most pundits agree it’s unlikely…</p>http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/15289241233http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/15289241233Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:19:12 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/the99percent/statuses/154389334450110464">the99percent: The Joy of Quiet - http://t.co/ZLLEmIzj via @thebrowser</a>: <p>the99percent: The Joy of Quiet - <a href="http://t.co/ZLLEmIzj">http://t.co/ZLLEmIzj</a> via @thebrowser</p>http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/15284293706http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/15284293706Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:11:06 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigthink/all_ideas/~3/Hchc5rZZT6w/41780">The Curious Case of Richard Muller, Former Climate Change Critic</a>: <p>Author James Lawrence Powell explains the case of the physicist Richard Muller, who used to be critical about the science behind global warming. Muller conducted a study funded by the Koch brothers…</p>http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/15235614422http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/15235614422Tue, 03 Jan 2012 04:58:07 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/the99percent/statuses/153654491814694913">the99percent: How Smart-phones are changing photography - http://t.co/Egj7Ds4g</a>: <p>the99percent: How Smart-phones are changing photography - <a href="http://t.co/Egj7Ds4g">http://t.co/Egj7Ds4g</a></p>http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/15179028348http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/15179028348Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:30:21 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigthink/all_ideas/~3/vu2t14HPn-k/41760">Have You Already Broken Your New Year's Resolution? Here's Why</a>: <p>In the video below, author <a href="http://bigthink.com/gretchenrubin">Gretchen Rubin</a> describes two frequent mistakes people make in setting goals for themselves. <em>Watch the video here:</em> <br/><br/><a href="http://bigthink.com/ideas/41760">Read More</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bigthink/all_ideas/~4/vu2t14HPn-k" height="1" width="1"/></p>http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/15147891526http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/15147891526Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:26:45 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/good/lbvp/~3/wf3OQHWK43s/">Protesters Are Awesome: A 14-Year-Old Occupier Gets Arrested in Iowa—and Her Dad Approves</a>: <p> <img alt="" id="asset_425610" src="http://pre.cloudfront.goodinc.com/posts/full_1325298708Screenshot2011-12-30at9.30.34PM.png"/><br/> The Iowa caucus is three days away, and protesters have been bringing some Occupy Wall Street spirit to the heartland’s political circus. The occupiers aren’t partisan; they’ve been targeting…</p>http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/15119732783http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/15119732783Sun, 01 Jan 2012 03:17:51 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/the99percent/statuses/153320794372583424">the99percent: 18 ideas from TED that will change the world in 2012 - http://t.co/Vshhk6tF</a>: <p>the99percent: 18 ideas from TED that will change the world in 2012 - <a href="http://t.co/Vshhk6tF">http://t.co/Vshhk6tF</a></p>http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/15115867948http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/15115867948Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:06:41 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigthink/all_ideas/~3/QBQTlxdnaIs/41749">To Cure Cancer, Industrialize Genome Research</a>: <p><strong>What’s the Latest Development?</strong> A new cancer center in Houston, Texas, is ready to spend $3 billion to scale new research methods in hopes of finding the cause of five yet-to-be-determined cancers….</p>http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/15090703624http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/15090703624Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:38:29 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/good/lbvp/~3/XpAuVXXUAME/">The Dizzying Science of Hangovers</a>: <p> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="335" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6LmCbRPdd0Q" width="450"></iframe></p> <p> Before you <a href="http://www.good.is/post/bytox-a-cautionary-tale-of-the-anti-hangover-patch/">ingest enough alcohol</a> to make your head spin <a href="http://www.good.is/post/champagne-cocktails-to-ring-in-the-new-year/">this New Year’s</a>, fill your head with scientific knowledge about what booze actually does to your body. Apparently, that stuff…</p>http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/15063462828http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/15063462828Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:02:08 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/the99percent/statuses/152866553266831360">the99percent: 3 Ways to Fight Apathy in the New Year - http://t.co/ziec5TYx #99classics</a>: <p>the99percent: 3 Ways to Fight Apathy in the New Year - <a href="http://t.co/ziec5TYx">http://t.co/ziec5TYx</a> #99classics</p>http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/15045419066http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/15045419066Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:51:07 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigthink/all_ideas/~3/RSbRDrit4Tk/41643">Is Necrophilia Wrong? </a>: <p>Cemeteries are not for the dead, but for the living. The dead will not thank us for the coffins made to their specifications, nor compliment us on the choice of flowers or gravestones. They cannot do…</p>http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/15021312299http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/15021312299Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:13:45 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/good/lbvp/~3/v7Svg4R05fo/">Occupy Your Sidewalk With A Micro-Library</a>: <p> <a href="http://good.is/tag/occupy-wall-street"><img alt="Book in fence" id="asset_425429" src="http://pre.cloudfront.goodinc.com/posts/full_1325099372bookinfence.jpg"/><br/> Occupy Wall Street</a>’s “<a href="http://www.good.is/post/books-are-speech-why-we-re-so-upset-over-the-ows-library-s-destruction/">people’s library</a>” helped popularize the idea of book lending that takes place outside of library stacks. Now ousted from Liberty Plaza, OWS’s <a href="http://peopleslibrary.wordpress.com/about/">community library</a> has…</p>http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/14967237073http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/14967237073Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:50:41 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/the99percent/statuses/152198145550467072">the99percent: "I crave simplicity. But I also crave challenge" - The crucial tension of the self-improvement world http://t.co/HIUHtaoL</a>: <p>the99percent: “I crave simplicity. But I also crave challenge” - The crucial tension of the self-improvement world <a href="http://t.co/HIUHtaoL">http://t.co/HIUHtaoL</a></p>http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/14949834836http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/14949834836Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:16:44 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigthink/all_ideas/~3/qSsfJWcAT0I/41695">2011: The Year of Completely Bizarre, Downright Crazy Weather</a>: <p>This ski season seems to be defying the laws of physics. When atmospheric temperatures are higher — which they have been — there should be more moisture in the air, and that should mean more snow,…</p>http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/14845416163http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/14845416163Mon, 26 Dec 2011 23:26:34 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/good/lbvp/~3/Y2Sk6HEa08k/">Where Geeks Are Rock Stars: Documentary Spotlights an Urban School's Champion Chess Team</a>: <p> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="250" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/23992450?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="450"></iframe></p> <p> Where’s the best junior high school chess team in the nation? It’s not at a private school or in some wealthy suburb. Instead, it’s at Brooklyn’s Intermediate School 318, where the…</p>http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/14807839151http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/14807839151Mon, 26 Dec 2011 07:12:08 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/the99percent/statuses/151113500553519104">the99percent: "Expending energy trying to motivate people is largely a waste of time." http://t.co/ZG0RddoX</a>: <p>the99percent: “Expending energy trying to motivate people is largely a waste of time.” <a href="http://t.co/ZG0RddoX">http://t.co/ZG0RddoX</a></p>http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/14805694436http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/14805694436Mon, 26 Dec 2011 04:47:56 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigthink/all_ideas/~3/q-W0k7G5hMo/41686">Why the Grinch Stole Christmas</a>: <p><strong>What’s the Latest Development?</strong> Alone on his icy mountaintop, the Grinch is the archetypal sufferer of social isolation. When neuroscientists studied the brain of similarly lonely people, those who…</p>http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/14786308409http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/14786308409Sun, 25 Dec 2011 19:38:53 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/good/lbvp/~3/7UGpQQh9DkM/">Buy a Hat and Change a Life with Krochet Kids</a>: <p> <object width="480" height="385"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AVSivLc3whY"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AVSivLc3whY" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="false" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> </p> <p> In the age of buy-one-give-one companies like <a href="http://www.toms.com/">TOMS shoes</a> and <a href="http://www.warbyparker.com/">Warby Parker</a>, there are seemingly endless ways for shoppers to feel good about buying shoes or glasses for…</p>http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/14762423165http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/14762423165Sun, 25 Dec 2011 05:30:43 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/the99percent/statuses/150750111683710977">the99percent: The experts at the Nieman Journalism Lab offer up their predictions for journalism in 2012: http://t.co/I9bpDZFu</a>: <p>the99percent: The experts at the Nieman Journalism Lab offer up their predictions for journalism in 2012: <a href="http://t.co/I9bpDZFu">http://t.co/I9bpDZFu</a></p>http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/14759977078http://tedxqueensu.tumblr.com/post/14759977078Sun, 25 Dec 2011 02:54:58 -0500