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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."
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Methane Bubbles in Arctic Seas Stir Warming Fears
Methane Bubbles in Arctic Seas Stir Warming Fears (Article) Video: Epic Voyage of the Kon-Tiki Epic Voyage of the Kon-Tiki (Video) (The animals likely died of illness and malnutrition.) (Plastiki, a 60 foot vessel buoyed by over 12,000 2-liter plastic bottles, sailed into the Sydney Harbor today, completing a 130 day, 8000 mile journey from San Francisco. ) (It was bright, fierce and thankfully short. A mysterious event in a distant galaxy has blasted our solar system with the most powerful burst of X-rays ever recorded, temporarily blinding an astronomical satellite.) (This Popular Science special feature from 1925 gives a rare insight into that generation’s hopes and dreams for the future. Click the pic below for the full image!) (Researchers have found ways to use magnetic resonance to capture rays of visible light and route them around objects.) (Scientists, using three NASA satellites, have created a first-of-its-kind map that details the height of the world's forests.) (Two new fish species — with pancake-flat bodies, wiggling lures on their faces, and elbowed fins for “walking” on the seafloor — have been discovered in the path of spewing Gulf of Mexico oil.) (A strong earthquake of 6.7 magnitude today rattled coastal Alaska, authorities said, but no significant damage or tidal wave threat was reported. ) (To elude predators, the octopus will change color in an instant and even alter its shape to look like other sea animals. Does its magic put the chameleon to shame?) (As the Gulf of Mexico entered a third day free of fresh oil from BP’s blown-out well, the government on Saturday extended a test that has so far shown no signs of damage in the 13,000-foot-deep hole.) (Scientists have discovered the first cometary planet, one with a huge tail, a stream of gas being ripped off by solar winds at 22,000 miles per hour. This jovian world is located 153 light-years from Earth.) (Gorillas apparently can play tag much like humans do, scientists now reveal. ) (NASA Updates Shuttle Target Launch Dates For Final Two Flights ) (Giant propeller-shaped structures have been discovered in the rings of Saturn and appear to be created by a new class of hidden moons, NASA announced Thursday. ) (Researchers have discovered antibodies that can protect against a wide range of AIDS viruses and said they may be able to use them to design a vaccine against the fatal and incurable virus.) |
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