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The Role of Play in Evolution and Survival

Megan Tulac, Director at the National Institute for Play, explains the important role of play in evolutionary history. Some species use play as “training for the unexpected,” says Tulac. Complete video available for free at fora.tv

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BlackBerry 10 delayed, RIM future in doubt after bleak earnings report

SUBSCRIBE to Next Media Animation: www.youtube.com BlackBerry fans: It just got worse. BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) announced that the BlackBerry 10 smartphone and BlackBerry 10 operating system’s launches will be delayed, 30 percent of RIM employees will be laid off and that RIM posted a loss of $518 million in the latest quarter. [...]

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Bear Grylls’ Show Cancelled By Discovery Channel

Bear Grylls is out as host of the outdoor adventure show Man vs. Wild after the Discovery network cancelled his contract. The US channel said: “Due to a continuing contractual dispute with Bear Grylls, Discovery has terminated all current productions with him.” Grylls, who has presented the show since 2006, is known for eating insects [...]

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Peru struggles to protect indigenous tribe

Peruvian authorities say they are struggling to keep outsiders away from a previously isolated Amazon people. They have been appearing on a riverbank popular with tourists since May last year. Anthropologists are puzzled over why the tribe would leave the safety of their jungle homes. Al Jazeera’s Bhanu Bhatnagar reports.

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Caste Out – India

Human Safari controversy spreads through India To see more go to www.youtube.com Follow us on Facebook (goo.gl or Twitter (www.twitter.com India’s tribal Adivasi population are struggling for survival against the forces of economic growth. This devastating report examines the challenges they face, and the ways the tribes are rising to meet them. Without caste or [...]

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Real-life Robinson Crusoe: Fight for life on desert island in icy seas

No food, no water and no cell phone to call for help – this was the uncomfortable reality for one would-be Robinson Crusoe. The man spent seventeen days alone scrambling for his life on a small Russian Island before he was rescued, purely by chance. RT’s Igor Ogorodnev followed the remarkable story of survival. RT [...]

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John Hodgman on Your Chances of Surviving the Apocalypse

Complete video at: fora.tv John Hodgman, comedian and author of That Is All, discusses the imminent end of the world and the likelihood you’ll live through it. —– JOHN HODGMAN shall present information on THE SECRETS OF FAMOUS MAGIC TRICKS from his forthcoming book of FINAL WORLD KNOWLEDGE entitled THAT IS ALL. Presented by Maker [...]

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‘Preppers’ stock up on guns’n'gear as financial doom looms

With political instability spreading across the globe and fears of more Fukushima-style nuclear disasters, the number of doomsday believers is on the rise. But now it’s also the struggling global economy that’s increasingly making people stock up on basic neccessities. RT’s Anastasia Churkina met some Americans, who are ready for the worst. RT on Twitter: [...]

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Miracle crash landing: All survive as Boeing-737 breaks in half in Guyana

Follow us on twitter.com and www.facebook.com Flight 523 from New York had just touched down and passengers were applauding the pilot’s landing in Guyana on Saturday when something suddenly went wrong. The Boeing 737-800 slid off the end of a rainy runway, crashed through a chain-link fence and broke in half just short of a [...]

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7 Tips for Surviving the Oil Apocalypse

If you take these seven steps, your chances of surviving the oil apocalypse increase astronomically. 1) Learn how to sail. 2) Know how to catch, clean and cook a fish. 3) Know how to grow your own food. 4) Learn how to start a fire. 5) Learn how to build a decent shelter. 6) Know [...]

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