Tag archive: national geographic

Many possible locations have been pinpointed over the years as the home of Atlantis, the lost island of legend first mentioned in Plato's Timaeus and Critias writings. Now a team led by University of Hartford, Conn. researcher Richard Freund believes that it has found evidence of its existence in the mud flats of southern Spain, Reuters reports. While the possible location of Atlantis has been hypothesized numerous time in the past, this… Read More

We are back with a new selection of videos to tickle your fancy. These videos are not all from this week, but they all made us laugh or caused our jaws to drop recently. Enjoy! Aniston Succeeds in Going Viral Tasked with creating a viral video to promote Smart Water, Jennifer Aniston decided to “borrow” from some of the best and most well known viral videos of recent years. The results are actually pretty funny, and the video has indeed… Read More

Even in the post-Cold War age, the nuclear threat remains a very real one. Leaders around the globe recognize the inherent dangers for us all in launching such a large-scale military conflict, and yet the world's combined nuclear arsenal is still more than enough to reduce our planet to a burnt, lifeless ball of rock floating in space. In spite of the dangers, the big thinkers at NASA have worked out that even a small-scale nuclear… Read More

YouTube launched Vacationer, a travel channel with video inspiration and tips from experts like the Lonely Planet, National Geographic, the Travel Channel, and…you. With the new “Vacation You” application on the channel, anyone can now create a personalized vacation montage and share their fabulous trip with friends. With the “Vacation You” application, users can browse through a number of freestyle video clips of… Read More

When I was researching this article, I asked my kids what their favorite sites were. My daughter told me she liked www.girlsgogames.com, which is a free online game site for girls. So lo and behold, I went to the website, started poking around, clicked on “Adventure” and voila… up came a selection for “Kissing Games.” I clicked on that, and then options for “Speed Dating,” “Kissing During Work,” and the enigmatic “Oriental Kissing Game”… Read More