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To Whom Should We Donate?
Welcome to Aid Finder. We are looking for organizations to donate to, so please send us your suggestions!
The following are this month's options:
GeoHazards
Website: GeoHaz.org
Mission: "To reduce death and suffering - particularly among children - due to earthquakes and other natural hazards in the world's most vulnerable communities through advocacy, prepardness, prevention and mitigation."
Sick Kids Foundation
Website: SickKidsFoundation.com
Mission: " SickKids Foundation is the largest non-governmental granting agency in child health in Canada. Established in 1972, SickKids Foundation has granted over $500 million to The Hospital for Sick Children and over $60 million to researchers across the country."
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Website: EEF.org
Mission: " From the Internet to the iPod, technologies are transforming our society and empowering us as speakers, citizens, creators, and consumers. When our freedoms in the networked world come under attack, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is the first line of defense. EFF broke new ground when it was founded in 1990 — well before the Internet was on most people's radar — and continues to confront cutting-edge issues defending free speech, privacy, innovation, and consumer rights today. From the beginning, EFF has championed the public interest in every critical battle affecting digital rights. "
X Prize Foundation
Website: XPrize.org
Mission: " The X PRIZE Foundation creates and manages prizes that drive innovators to solve some of the greatest challenges facing the world today. With the success of the Ansari X PRIZE , the X PRIZE is now viewed as the leading model to leverage the elements of public interest, entrepreneurial spirit and cross-disciplinary innovation to bring about breakthroughs that benefit us all. "
Richard Dawkins Foundation
Website: RichardDawkinsFoundation.net
Mission: "This organization is currently in the development phase, but seeks generally to advance the causes of rationalism and humanism."
Somali Piracy Becoming "A Community Activity" (Article)
("Piracy-related business has become the main profitable economic activity in our area and as locals we depend on their output," said Mohamed Adam, the town's deputy security officer.)
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Category: Humanity
Video: Sonic Boom Meets Sun Dog
Sonic Boom Meets Sun Dog (Video)
(A sun dog is a prismatic bright spot in the sky caused by sun shining through ice crystals. The Atlas V rocket exceeded the speed of sound in this layer of ice crystals, making the shock wave visible from the ground. )
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Rating: 3.3 / 5
Category: Space
(Metal foam is lighter but much stronger than "real" metal. It's designed for use in biomedical engineering and car bumpers.)
Posted on February 26, 2010 at 1:02 pm in Tech.
0 Comments. 90 Hits.
(Spray-on liquid glass is transparent, non-toxic, and can protect virtually any surface against almost any damage from hazards such as water, UV radiation, dirt, heat, and bacterial infections. )
Posted on February 3, 2010 at 12:40 pm in Tech.
0 Comments. 198 Hits.
(International Paper Co. and MeadWestvaco Corp. are planning to transform plantation forests of the southeastern United States by replacing native pine with genetically engineered eucalyptus.)
Posted on January 29, 2010 at 1:38 pm in Science.
0 Comments. 137 Hits.
(Scientists have found that Killer Whales in the North Atlantic Ocean differ in both diet and genetic makeup. In fact, they’re in the process of splitting into two different species all together.)
Posted on January 8, 2010 at 1:51 pm in Nature.
0 Comments. 416 Hits.
(Ten remarkable and groundbreaking surgeries and procedures.)
Posted on January 5, 2010 at 9:18 am in Medicine.
0 Comments. 383 Hits.
( Sleek designs, robotic aircraft and next-generation weapons will make the ships of the future the most formidable ever )
Posted on December 31, 2009 at 9:04 am in Tech.
0 Comments. 379 Hits.
(2009 has been an amazing year in the world of robots and Singularity Hub is here to tell you all about it! )
Posted on December 24, 2009 at 10:36 am in Tech.
0 Comments. 346 Hits.
(Still need some geeky last minute gift ideas? You're in luck. )
Posted on December 21, 2009 at 1:47 pm in Tech.
0 Comments. 370 Hits.
(What is it about the change from one year to the next that compels people to guess about what's going to happen? )
Posted on December 21, 2009 at 1:47 pm in Tech.
0 Comments. 333 Hits.
(Now what may be the future of shipping is docked around the corner from Nyhavn at Kvaesthusmolen pier, a bright orange and yellow North Sea supply ship from Norway dubbed "Viking Lady"—the first ship to employ a fuel cell in history.)
Posted on December 21, 2009 at 1:45 pm in Tech.
0 Comments. 181 Hits.
(A fierce, feathered raptor might have been terrifying enough to small dinosaurs, lizards, birds and mammals living 128 million years ago, but add venom to its arsenal and the threat would be paralyzing—literally.)
Posted on December 21, 2009 at 1:44 pm in Nature.
0 Comments. 750 Hits.
(This list gets harder to make every year.)
Posted on December 15, 2009 at 11:01 am in Astronomy.
0 Comments. 358 Hits.
(Campbell’s monkeys appear to combine the same calls in different ways, using rules of grammar that turn sound into language.)
Posted on December 8, 2009 at 2:53 pm in Nature.
0 Comments. 214 Hits.
(Despite recent fluctuations in global temperature year to year, which fueled claims of global cooling, a sustained global warming trend shows no signs of ending.)
Posted on December 8, 2009 at 2:26 pm in Nature.
0 Comments. 185 Hits.
(Remarkable footage has been captured of falling Alsomitra vine seeds, which use paper-thin wings to disperse like giant gliders.)
Posted on December 7, 2009 at 8:53 am in Nature.
0 Comments. 197 Hits.
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