Fleet of Foot or Flea Footed?

Learning how to channel your energy into constructive purposes is one of the greatest skills you can master in life. As with so many valuable life lessons, we needn't look further than the common flea to recognize the potential inherent in storing and releasing energy in the right place at the right time. Fleas jump …

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A Converging World

The last two hundred years were particularly transformative for humanity. Dramatic increases in both longevity and wealth swept across the globe, affecting the industrialized nations first and the developing nations second. While a wide gap remains between the richest and the poorest nations, just about every nation is better off no than they were two …

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Keys to Longevity

National Geographic writer Dan Buettner and his team study "Blue Zones," communities around the world that live longer and better than the average person. They found four geographic areas and studied them extensively to determine the underlying causes of their longevity. In this TED presentation filmed September 2009 Buettner reveals 9 common diet and lifestyle …

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