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PBS Series Looks at Online Culture

Is it just me or has the pace of culture-memorializing been rapidly increasing? One day your friend sends you a link to a hilarious new video; the next day, it’s on a list of “the top 10 videos of yesterday”; … Continue reading

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Science Behind Ghostly Design Exhibit

If you like your light fixtures slightly spooky, or you’re into the idea of dining chairs that seem to fade into the ether, check out the exhibit by design firm Nendo at the Museum of Arts and Design in Manhattan … Continue reading

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Note Selection: Darwin Inspired Music

2009 has been a big year for Charles Darwin as it marks his 200th birthday and the 150th anniversary of the release of On the Origin Of Species. He’s been getting a lot of attention in the science community this … Continue reading

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Space Quilts: Artist finds inspiration from Hubble images

With winter quickly approaching, it might be time to start piling on the blankets for the cold nights ahead. And what could be warmer than wrapping the Black Eye Galaxy around you, or maybe snuggling up with the Pillars of … Continue reading

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Philosophizing Physics

We are all the suns of our own universes, yet I’m not sure I would have had the audacity, or maybe the wisdom, to extend the metaphor to a personal theory of wave particle duality or to a life-sized paradigm … Continue reading

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