June 2009
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Getting a theory of everything by ditching tenet of physics
A few recently published papers indicate that the long-running attempt to unite quantum mechanics and relativity might be finally seeing some compelling progress. A long-cherished tenet of physics, the Lorentz Invariance, is the first casualty.
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Dreaming of Nonsense: The Evolutionary Enigma of Dream Content
Why on earth do our minds conjure up such ridiculous imagery, such inane thoughts, such spectacularly vivid and surreal landscapes, intense emotions—such narrative trash?
Scientific American
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Carrotmob Makes It Rain from carrotmob on Vimeo.
The opposite of a boycott. Reward businesses that do good.
Carrotmob.org
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“Nehring yearns for a revival of a messier ardor. In her view, we have...”
– a review of Cristina Nehring’s A Vindication of Love: Reclaiming Romance for the Twenty-First Century
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“We are all erotic politicians. We have to be. Physical democracy must be the new dance craze. The dulling of our public voice is so much the only question. That unnameable thing that is made from our human bodies making sounds and images in public space – democracy becomes mere marketing without it. If we don’t bump and grind in some startling new way – we’ll keep floating in this sea of...
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THE FIRST SOUNDS
EVER RECORDED. YEARS BEFORE EDISON.
JUST DISCOVERED. 1859-1860.
Watchand they did it in suits.
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WatchHUMAN FLYING SQUIRRELS (watch this as big as you can)
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“they were describing people who are willing to go on failing in familiar...”
– Arlene Goldbard describing a kind of “status quo bias”
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