Retired teacher Val Almond volunteered to read to children in India in response to a request in Education Guardian. One year and many stories on, she shares her experience Last March I read an article in Education Guardian that called for volunteers to read stories to Indian children for one hour a week using Skype. Original post:  ‘They are like whirlwinds, brimming with confidence’

The race to the moon was simply a Cold War battle; once Armstrong took that “one small step for a man,” and we’d vanquished the Russians, there was little national stomach for making the massive investment necessary to fulfill Werner Von Braun’s vision of a mission to Mars, says Tom Wolfe on the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.  Wolfe, the icon of New Journalism and author of The Right Stuff.  writing in today’s New York Times, argues that Neil Armstrong’s [...]

The enduring legacy of the Apollo 11 landing is the ultimate reality show: the life or death future of the human species. Yesterday  marked the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11’s liftoff toward the moon – and the first-ever mission for two US astronauts to walk on the moon’s surface. Stephen Hawking, our century’s Einstein, discussed his views on the profound significance of the mission on mankind in the introduction the to a just-published book Apollo Through the Eyes of the Astronauts, [...]

The enduring legacy of the Apollo 11 landing is the ultimate reality show: the life or death future of the human species. Yesterday  marked the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11’s liftoff toward the moon – and the first-ever mission for two US astronauts to walk on the moon’s surface. Stephen Hawking, our century’s Einstein, discussed his views on the profound significance of the mission on mankind in the introduction the to a just-published book Apollo Through the Eyes of the Astronauts, [...]

After a successful touchdown of Apollo 11 on 20th July 1969, the Pope asked for a color television to be installed in his summer residence, while West Germany announced they were calling the day of the landing ‘Apollo Day’ and schoolchildren in Bavaria were given the day off. Meanwhile some 40 years later some still think the landing was filmed on a Hollywood backlot More here:  "The Apollo 11 Conspiracy": 6% of Americans Still Believe It Was Faked (VIDEO)