The Decline: The Geography of a Recession

Unemployment rates by county from January 2007 to September 2009, watch the climbing unemployment rate sweep the country. (h/t metafilter)

The film is inspired by Juan Mann’s Free Hugs campaign, and shot across the major cities of India with real people. Nothing was staged except the filming with AR Rahman.

(Note: via City Barbs: This is the world-famous A. R. Rahman, known in the U.S. mostly for composing the soundtrack to Slumdog Millionaire, contributing one more really cool piece to Juan Mann’s global Free Hugs campaign. Rahman gave one of the best Oscar speeches ever: “All my life I had a choice between hate and love. I chose love and I am here.”)

Just about everybody can find a YouTube video they appreciate these days, whether they love animals, practical jokes, dance, politics, or academia–even science. From evolution to the future of medicine, the following videos encompass nearly every aspect of science a student would need to know. Some are 90 minutes long, while others are 20 seconds, but all of them are full of valuable information for the modern scientist.

100 Coolest Science Videos on YouTube

Challenge: Just try to sit still while this song is playing!

The Treniers – RaggMopp

When one of us are chained, none of us are free…

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Traditionally the ugly business of war has been left up to men, however, in extraordinary circumstances women have been known to take up arms and fight. Sometimes for freedom, sometimes to gain territory, women have occasionally dominated the battle field putting their male counterparts to shame. Here are five of history’s greatest female warriors.