November 2014
Entertainment
Nov 28 2014
Band Aid Solution for Ebola
How do you raise $1.7 million dollars in five minutes? With a good song, a big heart and a little help from your friends.
Just ask Sir Bob Geldof. He organized Band Aid 30, a record-breaking fundraiser to stop the spread of Ebola.
The Irish rocker…
Technology
Nov 21 2014
Where No One Has Gone Before
Ten years ago, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched a spacecraft called Rosetta. Its mission? To chase and catch a comet. To drop a probe on its surface. And maybe, to learn how life and our solar system began.
Comets are the left-over building blocks of our solar…
Entertainment
Nov 14 2014
Happy Birthday, Sesame Street
“Sunny day, sweeping the clouds away…” The first kids strolled down Sesame Street on November 10, 1969. Who knew the show would still be on the air 45 years later?
Carole Spinney sure didn’t. He has played Big Bird and Oscar since Day 1…
Health
Nov 07 2014
Sitting is the New Smoking
Want to live longer? Don’t just sit there. Stand up. Move around.
The human body was made to move. When we don’t, our heart clogs up. Our metabolism shuts down. Our back gets sore, our joints rust up and our muscles get weak. Even our brain slows down…