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First Reported May 26 2012 - Updated May 26 2012 - 1 Documents

Marc Quinn

Artist Makes Creepy Self-Portraits Using His Own Frozen Blood [Art]

Many years ago British artist Marc Quinn started an art project where he created cast self-portraits using his own frozen blood. On one hand, it's incredibly creepy and unsettling. But on the other, how many artists' can turn to their creations during ... [ Published May 26 2012 by Gizmodo ]

Entities: Marc Quinn, Scientific American, Creationism

First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 2 Documents

An incredible anatomical drawing of the Hulk?s skull and musculature

Over at Scientific American, amazing science artist Glendon Mellow has posted my current favorite picture in the entire universe: An anatomy drawing he did a few years ago of Hulk's skull, based on the skulls of actual early hominids. (Click to enlarge ... [ Published May 25 2012 by Gawker ]

Entities: Jaw, Scientific American, Gorilla, Anatomy, Paranthropus

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 21 2012 - 1 Documents

Kindle

Mt. Pleasant adds Kindles to its library

Students at the Mt. Pleasant Junior-Senior High School will now have the use of several Kindles while also enjoying great new books and magazines, thanks to a grant acquired to purchase library-related materials.Last fall, media specialist and librarian ... [ Published May 21 2012 by Individual.com ]

Entities: Materialism, Scientific American, Kindle

First Reported May 16 2012 - Updated May 16 2012 - 1 Documents

Will technology kill humanity?

Magazine issue 2865. Subscribe and saveFor similar stories, visit the Books and Art Topic GuideSee more: An illustrated version of this article will be published within the next two weeks on our CultureLab books and arts blogSPECIES don't hang around ... [ Published May 16 2012 by New Scientist ]

Entities: Species, Scientific American, Homosexuality

First Reported May 15 2012 - Updated May 15 2012 - 1 Documents

Meet a few of the 100-trillion lifeforms that call your body "home" [Biology]

Scientific American is hosting a great interactive web applet that introduces you to the microorganisms that treat the various nooks, crannies, tissues and organs of our bodies like so many different ecosystems.These tiny creatures comprise the native ... [ Published May 15 2012 by Io9 ]

Entities: Biology, Scientific American, Microorganism

First Reported May 12 2012 - Updated May 12 2012 - 1 Documents

Scientific American

The emotional illusion that makes the future (and the past) look so rosy [Psychology]

The wealth of English phrases about how great things used to be might be a tip-off that our quirky ape brains are biased toward looking toward at the past in a happy light. And indeed, many psychologists have seen just that in their research.Now they're ... [ Published May 12 2012 by Io9 ]

Entities: Memory, Scientific American

First Reported May 09 2012 - Updated May 10 2012 - 1 Documents

Wildlife Conservation Society

Riveting Video Of Shy, Critically Endangered African Gorillas

The Cross River gorilla is one of the world's most endangered animals, with less than 300 of the apes remaining. They're hard for researchers to find, and at one point, the species was believed extinct until a few were spotted in the 1980s in their traditional ... [ Published May 09 2012 by WNYC ]

Entities: Gorilla, Wildlife Conservation Society, Subspecies, Scientific American, International Union for Conservation of Nature

First Reported May 05 2012 - Updated May 05 2012 - 1 Documents

SHORT STORIES: "Hot Pink," by Adam Levin

In 2010, McSweeney's published Adam Levin's amazing debut, "The Instructions," a 1,000-page-plus novel about a 10-year-old Jewish boy who thinks he might be the messiah. Two years later, Levin has followed up that concrete block of a book with "Hot Pink," ... [ Published May 05 2012 by Minneapolis Star Tribune ]

Entities: David Foster Wallace, Scientific American, Weasel

First Reported May 03 2012 - Updated May 04 2012 - 1 Documents

Brain Condition Speculated To Be A Factor In Junior Seau's Suicide

NFL legend Junior Seau died yesterday after reportedly shooting himself in the chest, according to various news reports .What prompted the apparent suicide is still unknown. But Seau’s taking of his own life will inevitably raise questions about a possible ... [ Published May 03 2012 by Huffington Post ]

Entities: Junior Seau, Suicide, National Football League, Scientific American

First Reported May 01 2012 - Updated May 01 2012 - 1 Documents

From the archive, 1 May 1992: Stephen Hawking reviews film of his best selling book

Author of A Brief History of Time hopes his theories reach a wider audienceI first saw the complete version in Los Angeles in February. I must confess, I was quite apprehensive as to how it would turn out. I was afraid that, on the one hand, it might ... [ Published May 01 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]

Entities: Stephen Hawking, Barbara Cartland, Jeffrey Archer, Errol Morris

First Reported Apr 28 2012 - Updated Apr 28 2012 - 1 Documents

I Street: Writing Class: Shameless Self Promotion for Writers

Start Time: 6:30 PMEnd Time: 8:30 PMWriters who live by their words know that marketing is crucial, and not just in selling the completed work but in getting assignments, endorsements, agents, publishers, speaking engagements and readers. We'll explore ... [ Published Apr 28 2012 by WOKV.com ]

Entities: Scientific American

First Reported Apr 15 2012 - Updated Apr 15 2012 - 1 Documents

One of the most terrifyingly incomprehensible theories in physics...explained! [Physics]

In the late 1980s, a pair of Russian physicists put forward a new theory that just might serve to unite all physics in one model. But it's so fiendishly complicated that decades later, few physicists are willing to touch it.The brainchild of the Mikhail ... [ Published Apr 15 2012 by Io9 ]

Entities: Mikhail Vasiliev, Scientific American, Particle Physics, Symmetry

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Telling Voices: Doorway to a healthy mind [The Hindu - May 24 2012]

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An incredible anatomical drawing of the Hulk?s ... [ Published May 25 2012 by Gawker ] Over at Scientific American, amazing science artist Glendon Mellow has posted my current favorite picture in the entire universe: An anatomy drawing he did a few years ago of Hulk's skull, based on the skulls of actual early hominids. (Click to enlarge ...
Hugh Jackman Returning to Broadway in Aaron Sor... [ Published Jan 04 2012 by /Film ] That Hugh Jackman loves musicals and the theater isn’t a secret, so it’s not surprising that he’s set to make his return to Broadway in the 2013-2014 season. What makes this particular appearance extra special, however, is that he’ll be hitting ...
Hugh Jackman To Take The Role Of Houdini On The... [ Published Jan 04 2012 by Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywo ... ] It's official: Hugh Jackman has the Broadway bug once again! The actor has officially signed up to star in Aaron Sorkin 's Houdini, which has music written by Stephen Schwartz and is to be directed by Jack O'Brien during the 2013-2014 season! ...
Hugh Jackman to slay Broadway once again [ Published Jan 04 2012 by Oh No They Didn't! ] Hugh Jackman is ready to hit the Great White Way once again. The actor has been confirmed to take the stage as the lead in "Houdini" Deadline reports. "I have been deeply fascinated by the life of Harry Houdini since I was young, and in many ways ...