Musician Nora York gives a stunning performance of her original song “What I Want.”
Nora York on TED.com
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In Short: Big kid Legos, plus outer space real estate
Enjoy this sampling of the stories from around the internet that captured our interest this week: Kids at heart, rejoice! Makeblock — essentially, Lego for adults — have officially launched. CNN takes a look at these open-source toys. Want to find more Lego fans? Watch Hillel Cooperman’s TED Talk about the outlandish reaches of Lego […]
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The importance of preserving cultural artifacts: A look at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Islamic Wing
Museum exhibitions offer a complex conundrum. While museum-goers walk through, looking at art and objects of extreme historical importance, the context of a piece’s creation is often reduced to a small plaque on the wall. This is an issue that Thomas P. Campbell, the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, thinks […]
