UK’s first hand transplant operation

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A former pub landlord from West Yorkshire has become the first person in the UK to have a hand transplant.

Mark Cahill, who is 51, had been unable to use his right hand after it was affected by gout.

Doctors say he is making good progress after an eight-hour operation at Leeds General Infirmary.

It is still very early to assess how much control of the hand will be gained – so far he can wiggle his fingers, but has no sense of touch.

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Mark Cahill, right, can wiggle the fingers on his new hand

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Does Our Planet Need a Stroke of Insight?

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Before 2008, everything I did had something to do with mental health. I’m a neuroscientist, and I was all about understanding how we create our perception of reality, and understanding what’s going on in the brains of people who experience hallucination and delusion.

But then I gave a TEDTalk about my own experience with stroke. Within weeks of delivering that talk in 2008, my life changed and the repercussions still resonate loudly in my world. My book, My Stroke of Insight, has been translated into 30 languages. Time and Oprah’s Soul Series came calling.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-jill-bolte-taylor/neuroscience_b_2404554.html?ir=TED+Weekends&ref=topbar

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Art Making in the Age of Mouse Clicking

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There is so much to like about Sir Ken Robinson’s TEDTalk — Do Schools Kill Creativity? — that I hardly know where to start. That said, here is a single sentence from his TEDTalk that deserves affirmation and discussion:

“We think visually, we think in sound, we think kinesthetically,” Sir Ken points out while discussing different types of intelligence.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-seed/art-education_b_2212496.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=Technology

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Salman Khan: Let’s Use Video To Reinvent Education

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Watch Salman Khan discuss the reinvention of education through video, then read a follow-up post by YouTube Education’s Angela Lin below.

Growing up, my mother always told me: “You’ll learn more from a journey of 10,000 miles than from reading 10,000 books.” For years I thought it was a saying she had invented, a justification for taking me out of school for weeks at a time to satisfy her love of travel. I later realized she was quoting an old Chinese proverb that summed up the importance of gaining firsthand experience when learning about new ideas, new people and new cultures.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/23/video-learning_n_1167574.html?1324656689%22

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