A severe housing shortage on their reservation and the chance to win a national competition prompted a group of Native American, middle-school girls in Montana to develop a way to build a study hall out of straw. They won.... posted on Apr 05 2002, 1,075 reads

Americans spend six times as much on home video games (5.5 billion USD) as they do on school library materials for their children.... posted on Apr 04 2002, 1,047 reads

The Kiwi, national bird of New Zealand, can't fly, lives in a hole in the ground, is almost blind and lays only one egg each year. Yet it has survived for 70 million years. (Source: San Diego Zoo)... posted on Apr 03 2002, 969 reads

Architect Harold Fisher, still working at 100 years of age, was honored as America's "oldest worker."... posted on Apr 02 2002, 1,099 reads

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For a modern tour of an ancient perspective on the causes of all our suffering and the path to liberation, visit this interactive tour of the Wheel of Life.... posted on Mar 30 2002, 436 reads

Steve Dinan's Consciousness Timeline lists various key books and events that demarcate the growing Western interest in the nature of consciousness, from William James to Freud to Huxley to Yogananda to Allan Watts to Ken Wilber.... posted on Mar 29 2002, 538 reads

Fabio Selvig was hit by a huge truck while biking. He should have been dead on the spot. But he wasn't. He should have been crippled for life. But he wasn't. He should never have raced a bike again. But he did.... posted on Mar 28 2002, 1,013 reads

A Canadian couple is spending their honeymoon -- make that honeymoons -- traveling around the world, getting married. Kiran Pal and Geoff Pross have been through eight wedding ceremonies at last count, including Aboriginal nuptials in Australia, a Shinto ceremony in Japan, a Buddhist wedding in Thailand, and a Celtic wedding feast in Ireland. They've chronicled their 11-month journey on a Web s... posted on Mar 27 2002, 1,979 reads