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Singer-songwriter Kelly Joe Phelps weaves a plaintive tapestry of folk and country-blues

poptech — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:07:03 GMT

With roots in folk and country-blues, Kelly Joe Phelps serves up music the Washington Post says is brimming with "poignancy, passion and spirituality." Live on the Pop!Tech stage, the distinctive singer-songwriter coaxes satin-smooth melodies fom his guitar, while his raw, honest voice delivers heartfelt lyrics.

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Tags : country, folk, joe, kelly, phelps, singer, songwriter

Nina Jablonski encourages us to stop Twittering, start touching

poptech — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:51:10 GMT

A decade of e-mailing, IM'ing and social networking is beginning to undo 40 million years of touching as a primary human modality. Nina Jablonski - acclaimed primatologist, evolutionary biologist and Penn State anthropology department head - explores this change,our role as the only "self-decorating ape," and how our underappreciated skin holds the key to our humanity.

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Tags : ape, biology, email, evolution, im, network, penn, primates, primatoloty, social, state, touching

Go 500 years into the past with Enric Sala to glimpse a coral reef unlike any you?ve ever seen

poptech — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:48:16 GMT

Watch pioneering marine ecologist and Scripps Institution professor Enric Sala build a time machine to the 16th century - exposing a pristine coral reef few human eyes have ever glimpsed.

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Tags : change, climate, coral, ecologist, machine, marine, ocean, pacific, reef, scripps, time

Cary Fowler Safeguards Life - one seed at a time

poptech — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:40:04 GMT

Agricultural impresario Cary Fowler is kind of a latter-day Superman: his mission is to protect life on Earth, and he even operates out of an arctic fortress. While Dr. Fowler can't fly or leap tall buildings, his work has captured the world's imagination, and he's safeguarding mankind's future with a practical solution: seeds

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Tags : agriculture, biodiversity, cary, change, climate, crop, disaster, diversity, doomsday, fowler, global, norway, seed, svalbard, trust, vault

Bill Shannon Challenges Notions of Disability

poptech — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:55:26 GMT

Bill Shannon dances?on four legs. Born with a bilateral hip deformity, this ingenious performance artist's work will challenge your notions of disability.

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