ContentsIntroduction 6How to Use This Book 7Week 1Day 1 People—01 The Voice That Rules the Music World 10Day 2 Business—02 History of Wall Street 12Day 3 Technology—03 Spray, Connect, Touch 14Day 4 Culture—04 The World’s First Bridal Shower 16Day 5 Environment—05 Farming for the Future 18Day 6 People—06 Alphonse Mucha 20Week 2Day 1 Geography—07 Aleutian Islands 24Day 2 Health & Body—08 The Memory Eater 26Day 3 Technology—09 Kidnapping a Computer 28Day 4 Language 10—Talking With Your Hands 30Day 5 Mystery 11—Darkness on the Sun 32Day 6 Nature 12—The Great Wall of the Ocean 34Week 3Day 1 People—13 The First Lady of Science 38Day 2 Arts & Literature—14The Art of Optimism 40Day 3 Social Behavior—15 Making Faces 42Day 4 People—16 An Extraordinary Economist 44Day 5 Animals—17 House Dust Mites 46Day 6 Science—18 The Great Connector: Collagen 48Week 4Day 1 Environment—19 Killer Rabbits 52Day 2 Business—20 Every Little Bit Counts? 54Day 3 Environment—21 Saving the World by Seeing the World 56Day 4 Culture—22 Mother, May I? 58Day 5 Entertainment—23 In the Stream 60Day 6 People—24 Ernest Hemingway 62Week 5Day 1 Geography—25 Taking Land From the Sea 66Day 2 Technology—26 A Brave New World for Mice and Men 68Day 3 Language—27 The Most Distinct Language 70Day 4 Mystery—28 Ghost Towns 72Day 5 Nature—29 Rock Star 74Day 6 Health & Body—30 Insomnia 76Week 6Day 1 People—31From Shipwrecked to Samurai 80Day 2Science32The Accidental Savior 82Day 3Social Behavior33Groupies 84Day 4Arts & Literature34Art for the Masses 86Day 5Animals35Giving Giants a Second Chance 88Day 6Sports36For the Love of the Beautiful Game 90Week 7Day 1 Business—37 For the Many, Not the Few 94Day 2 Health & Body—38 The Raw Food Movement 96Day 3 Entertainment—39 Tony Awards 98Day 4 Environment—40 Constructed Wetlands 100Day 5 Geography—41 The Deepest Place on Earth 102Day 6 Culture—42 The Slurp Heard Around the World 104Week 8Day 1 Technology—43Sun-Powered Skin 108Day 2 Language—44Do Facial Expressions Tell Us All? 110Day 3 Mystery—45The Missing Aviatrix 112Day 4 Nature—46The Cotton Castle 114Day 5 People—47Joan of Arc 116Day 6 Science—48Shampoo—Do We Really Need It? 118 Week 9Day 1 Culture—49The Code of Knights 122Day 2 People—50Denmark’s National Treasure 124Day 3 Animals—51Listening to Man’s Best Friend 126Day 4 Arts & Literature—52Music of Laughter and Weeping 128Day 5 Business—53Imaginary Coins 130Day 6 Social Behavior—54Birth Order 132Week 10Day 1 Entertainment—55The House of Heroes 136Day 2 Environment—56Rising Seas, Shrinking Forests 138Day 3 Geography—57Aouzou Strip in Northern Africa 140Day 4 Health & Body—58Thinking About Not Thinking 142Day 5 Language—59Let Me Call You Sweetheart 144Day 6 Animals—60Penguins 146Week 11Day 1 Nature—61Mud Volcano 150Day 2 Health & Body—62The Medicine That Tastes Good 152Day 3 People—63Plato 154Day 4 Science—64The Metal Eater 156Day 5 Social Behavior—65The Imaginary Friend 158Day 6 Culture—66The Food of Earls? 160Week 12Day 1 Animals—67Black and White and Strange All Over 164Day 2 Arts & Literature—68The Golden Age of Dutch Paintings 166Day 3 Environment—69A Greener Solution? 168Day 4 Sports—70Going the Distance—and Then Some 170Day 5 Entertainment—71In Style, or in Danger? 172Day 6 Business—72Money Talks—in Many Languages! 174Week 13Day 1 Geography—73Cold Beauty 178Day 2 Health & Body—74My Mother Says... 180Day 3 Technology—75Talk to TED 182Day 4 Animals—76Talking With Animals 184Day 5 People—77The Life and Death of Cai Lun 186Day 6 Nature—78Jeita Grotto 188Day 7 Mystery—79Mystery of King Tut 190Week 14Day 1 Culture—80Food Taboos 194Day 2 Social Behavior—81Don’t Get Taken! 196Day 3 Sports—82The Kentucky Classic 198Day 4 Animals—83(Fisher)man’s Best Friend? 200Day 5 Arts & Literature—84But Is It Art? 202Day 6 Entertainment—85Really Scary 204Day 7 Science—86Pros and Cons of Nuclear Power 206Week 15Day 1 Geography—87The Temples of Bagan 210Day 2 Health & Body—88A Pinch of Salt 212Day 3 Technology—89Cleaner and Greener 214Day 4 Language—90Slang Evolution 216Day 5 Mystery—91Synesthesia 218Day 6 People—92An Unlikely Champion of Farmers Everywhere 220Day 7 Nature—93The Bay of Fundy 222Week 16Day 1 Science—94Metamaterial 226Day 2 Animals—95The Most Social Animals 228Day 3 Sports—96Luge 230Day 4 Culture—97The Amish 232Day 5 Entertainment—98Out for a Spinner 234Day 6 Environment—99What Are We Breathing, Anyway? 236Day 7 Social Behavior—100Don’t Believe Everything You Read on the Internet 238Answers 240
