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Women's Track & Field world records, as recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

An army of 1,001 volunteers set a new Guinness world record when they successfully created the largest ever human mattress domino rally. 

"http://yt.cl.nr/VSwfqaVeCWs" 850 people in New Orleans were knocked back onto mattresses in human dominoes to break the world record for the number of people taking part.

Joe Kittinger jumped from an altitude of 31,200m (102,800ft) setting several records, some of which remain unbroken.

"http://yt.cl.nr/8V2ncwumv9o" Col. Joseph Kittinger -1960 - set world records for highest parachuting jump (102,800 ft. or 20 miles, 31km), highest balloon jump and fastest speed (close to speed of sound) by a person through the atmosphere.

"How kidneys keep us balanced" is an edited recording of a video conference with HSC biology students presented by Dr Sean Kennedy, a clinician and researcher at the School of Women's and Children's Health, University of New South Wales.

In 2011 three young women swept the top prizes of the first Google Science Fair. At TEDxWomen Lauren Hodge, Shree Bose, and Naomi Shah described their extraordinary projects-- and their route to a passion for science. (Recorded at TEDxWomen 2011, December 2011, in New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA.