PEOPLE - Kinaalda: The Navajo Puberty Ritual (Video)

Take a rare look inside the world of an ancient and sacred ceremonyWhen a Navajo girl reaches puberty (the time of her first menstruation), she undergoes a four day ceremony called Kinaalda which signifies her transformation from childhood into womanhood. The ceremony is centered around the Navajo myth of Changing woman, the first woman on Earth who was able to bear children. The myth says that Changing Woman performed the first Kinaalda and that ...

http://www.whitewolfpack.com/2014/04/kinaalda-navajo-puberty-ritual-vi

PEOPLE - Girl's plea to Pope Francis results in father's release from US detention

Relative sees 10-year-old girl on television asking for pontiff's help and helps post bond for man facing deportationAfter a 10-year-old California girl traveled to the Vatican to plead with Pope Francis for help as her father faced deportation, the man was released Friday on bond from immigration detention.Mario Vargas was freed from a detention facility in Louisiana after he posted $5,000 bond. A relative who saw the girl on television pleading ...

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/29/pope-francis-plea-girl-im

PEOPLE - Hunting Was a Driving Force in Human Evolution

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http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hunting-was-a-driving-force-

PEOPLE - Prince George poses for Mother's Day photo

Eight-month-old royal appears in informal picture at Kensington Palace ahead of tour of New Zealand and Australi ...

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/mar/30/prince-george-mothers-d

PEOPLE - The important role of Native American women (Video)

Women played a very important role in the life of the Native American. They were more than just mothers of the tribes’ children. They were builders, warriors, farmers, and craftswomen. Their strength was essential to the survival of the tribes. In most cases, the women were actually in charge of gathering materials and then building the homes for everyone. They maintained their homes’ roof, and created new houses for tribes to live in. This is an ...

http://www.whitewolfpack.com/2014/03/the-important-role-of-native-amer

PEOPLE - Natural selection has altered the appearance of Europeans over the past 5,000 years

Anthropologists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and geneticists at University College London, working in collaboration with archaeologists from Berlin and Kiev, have analyzed ancient DNA from skeletons and found that selection has had a significant effect on the human genome even in the past 5,000 years, resulting in sustained changes to the appearance of people ...

http://phys.org/news/2014-03-natural-europeans-years.htm

PEOPLE - 15 Works of Art Depicting Women in Science [Photo Essay]

Visualizing notable women in the STEM fields through the lens of fine art ...

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/15-works-of-art-depicting-wo

PEOPLE - Elon Musk interview at Stanford Business School

I know that many of you can't get enough of Elon Musk, one of the rare entrepreneurs who is tackling big problems in difficult industries because he thinks they're going to make the biggest difference to the future of humanity ...

http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/elon-musk-interview-stanfor

PEOPLE - Seven women to watch in global politics

For International Women's Day, UNDP leader and former prime minister of New Zealand Helen Clark picks seven women who are leading positive change all over the worldNkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, chairperson, African UnionIn 2012, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma was the first woman to be elected African Union (AU) chairperson since its inception in 1963. In this role, she is driving the AU's decade of the African Woman (2010 to 2020). She is already making signif ...

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/20

PEOPLE - Travel Destinations for Science Buffs

Vacations don't just have to be about eating and sleeping and relaxing; they can be about learning, too ...

http://news.discovery.com/adventure/travel/travel-destinations-for-sci

PEOPLE - Meet your match: Using algorithms to spark collaboration between scientists

Speed dating, in which potential lovers size each other up in brief 10 minute encounters before moving on to the next person, can be an awkward and time-wasting affair. Finding the perfect research partnership is often just as tough. Speed dating-style techniques are increasingly used at academics conferences, but can be equally frustrating - with busy academics being pushed into too many pointless encounters ...

http://phys.org/news/2014-02-algorithms-collaboration-scientists.htm

PEOPLE - Natasha Richardson's death 'was never real' for husband Liam Neeson

It's been nearly five years since actress Natasha Richardson died suddenly after a skiing accident in Canada in 2009, and her husband, actor Liam Neeson, said it's still hard to believe she's gone.    ...

http://www.today.com/entertainment/natasha-richardsons-death-was-never

PEOPLE - Sweden's Princess Madeleine gives birth to daughter

Princess Madeleine of Sweden has given birth to a baby girl.The 31-year-old Scandinavian royal delivered her daughter Thursday night at a hospital in New York, where she lives with her banker husband, Christopher O’Neill.“Today is a day of great happiness and thankfulness.    ...

http://www.today.com/news/swedens-princess-madeleine-gives-birth-daugh

PEOPLE - Prince William 'calls for Buckingham Palace ivory to be destroyed'

Duke of Cambridge follows Charles's lead by urging removal of all ivory in 1,200-item royal collection, according to reportsThe Duke of Cambridge wants all ivory in the royal collection at Buckingham Palace to be removed and destroyed, it is reported.Days after the duke gave his backing to a campaign against elephant poaching, the leading primatologist Jane Goodall told the Independent on Sunday (IoS) Prince William had told her he would "like to ...

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/feb/17/prince-william-buckingh

PEOPLE - Billionaires' Wealth Is Skyrocketing. Their Philanthropy Is Not

A closer look at the Chronicle of Philanthropy's numbers suggests that the richest Americans make money much faster than they donate i ...

http://origin-www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-02-14/as-billionaires

PEOPLE - People Are Awesome: He Used to Be the School Janitor, Now He's the Principal

Gabe Sonnier's may be the principal at Port Barre Elementary in Port Barre, Louisiana, but 30 years ago he started out in an entirely different role: school janitor. CBS News reports that at the age of 39 he decided to go back to college to be a teacher. "Whenever he wasn’t cleaning classrooms, he was studying in them. He got his teaching degree and, shortly after, his first teaching job. Then came the Master's of Science and Education." Now he's ...

http://www.good.is/posts/people-are-awesome-he-used-to-be-the-school-j

PEOPLE - World's richest man would still pick up a $100 bill

The world's wealthiest man Bill Gates would still pick up a $100 bill on the street, but he has no tips about how to get by on less than $100,000 a year ...

http://phys.org/news/2014-02-world-richest-bill.htm

PEOPLE - A Training Center and Restaurant in Morocco That Empowers Disadvantaged Women Through Food

The Amal Women’s Training Center and Moroccan Restaurant in Marrakech, opened last spring, and the concept is simple: help disadvantaged women by providing employment and training opportunities. In a place that’s as culinarily rich as Morocco, what better way to do that than through food ...

http://www.good.is/posts/a-training-center-and-restaurant-in-morocco-t

PEOPLE - Bill Gates: From teen geek to world's richest man

As a geeky-looking teenager, he started in a garage and created the world's biggest software company. He then became the world's richest man and the world's most prominent philanthropist ...

http://phys.org/news/2014-02-bill-gates-teen-geek-world.htm

PEOPLE - Advice To My Thirteen-Year-Old Self: 50 Letters by 50 Women for Girls Around the World

"Advice to My Thirteen-Year-Old Self" is an anthology of advice letters written by fifty inspirational women to their thirteen-year-old selves. It’s a unique collaboration of women who are changing the world, in both big and small ways, from all over the globe. These women are movers and shakers, homemakers, mothers and doers who paint an international portrait of what it’s like to be a woman today ...

http://www.good.is/posts/advice-to-my-thirteen-year-old-self-50-letter