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The Honey Bee and The Flower in the Sky

A crafty honey bee finds the wisdom of the Flower In The Sky. My adaptation of the classic tale originally featuring the god Jupiter.

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Tuesday 7/1

Check out our latest Fast Draw animations for CBS News.

Monday 6/30

Spinning Skyscraper Planned For Dubai

Wednesday 6/11

The Science of Immediate Gratification. Some surprising benefits.

Sunday 6/8

Hoping for something like this to someday relieve the old repetitive strain from computer use.

Wednesday 6/4

Museum of Ancient Inventions from Smith College.

Thursday 5/29

How to Unleash Your Creativity

Wednesday 5/28

Monkeys Control a Robot Arm With Their Thoughts

Windows 7 Multi-Touch Demo.

Friday 5/23

Great piece from This American Life about how having a camera in your hand changes the way you interact with people.

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Quote
of the Day

"People without an internalized symbolic system can all too easily become captives of the media."

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Tortoise returned after 2 1/2 weeks on the lam

HIGHLAND, Ind. (AP) -- A 60-pound tortoise that escaped from a family's garage last month is back home after a 2 1/2-week adventure that took him through three northwestern Indiana towns....

This Day in History: Curiouser and curiouser

Daily Word Quiz: temporize

Today's Birthday: Calvin Coolidge

Today's Weather Fact: A wet independence day

Did you know: One U.S. president was born on July 4; three presidents died on that day.

Who said: A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants to.

Top Ten List: Most Admired CEOs

Link of the Day: Arlington National Cemetery

Today's Featured Article: 4th of July

The Benefits of Daydreaming

Oh, the hard work you do while spacing out...

It’s Easier to Sympathize with an Individual than a Group

Mass killings may not resonate with us as strongly as the plight of an individual.

The Ritual Cat

Optical Illusions

Love Sick and Loving It

Practical Jokes: Some Basic Categories

How Accurately Can We Measure Time?

This Day in History: July 4th

Jul 4, 1776: The U.S. declared independence from Great Britain.

Jul 4, 1845: Henry David Thoreau moved into his shack on Walden Pond.

Jul 4, 1884: The Statue of Liberty was presented to the United States in Paris.

Jorge - Part 4
...more from Jorge.

How to Make a Protest Sign
I couldn't get into the convention, but the art on the streets was much more interesting.

We cannot command nature except by obeying her.

Francis Bacon

One may be continually abusive without saying any thing just; but one cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.

Jane Austen

Jorge - The Travel Correspondent
...with Gabriel Grilli as Jorge.

Mix and Mash
My chat with Robert Krulwich of ABC World News. Back in the Peter Jennings days.

Jorge 6 - The Trip
Travel correspondent on a trip.

Big cheese carving celebrates Independence Day

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A sculpture of the signing of the Declaration of Independence made from a one-tonne block of cheddar cheese glistened on the sidewalk of Times Square in New York on Thursday as an artist's tribute to the Fourth of July.