links for 2006-09-22

• Seed: How We Know
  rather good article on new teaching methods and what they can do to help people learn and how they relate to recent studies into the brain.
  (tags: learning)
• Seed: Shark That Walks on Fins Is Discovered
  “BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Scientists combing through undersea fauna off Indonesia’s Papua province said Monday they had discovered dozens of new species, including a shark that walks on its fins and a shrimp that looks like a praying mantis. The team fr
  (tags: environment)
• WorldChanging: Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future: Classrooms of Opportunity
  an overview of new classrooms opening up around the world.
  (tags: education)
• Deerfield Academy :: an independent, coeducational boarding high school
  apparently this is a good school.
  (tags: education)
• HDR – HD Reports – Human Development Reports :Arab States 2003
  human capital in the middle east.
  (tags: human_capital)
• Inveneo.org | A New Way to Serve NGOs and Remote Communities with Technology
  they provide communications, where there be no communications.
  (tags: technology NGO)
• Branson commits $3 bln to fight global warming | Top News | Reuters.co.uk
  yeah…
  (tags: transport)
• ABC News: Wal-Mart to Sell Generic Drugs for $4
  this will change things.
  (tags: medicine)
• Wal-Mart’s generic drug program roils competitors – MarketWatch
  more on walmart and generics
  (tags: medicine)
• McKinsey & Company – How Can American Government Meet its Productivity Challenge?
  we need it.
  (tags: government)
• The New Yorker: PRINTABLES
  NEW YORKER on education.
  (tags: education)