Part of the misunderstood meat.
- Has Emily Howell —a music composing program created by David Cope— passed the Musical Turing test? Meatheads! meet our new ambassador [Computer Models of Musical Creativity. Amazon US & UK] [Bach by Design: Computer-Composed Music (Audio CD) Amazon US & UK].
- Robonomics: Mica Hanks discusses the similarities between modern robotics military research, and the animated anti-men of Medieval times —and still we don’t learn…
- NASA Mars Rover is getting smarter as its getting older —you think it will be long ’till it figures out it was a one-way trip?
- NASA’s space missions, and its posters. Because geekdom is not altered by absence of g.
- Billions & billions more: Astronomers have miscounted the number of galaxies in the Universe.
- WHAT Big Bang? we live in a Universe that endlessly expands & contracts.
- Mum snaps disc zipping through Australian sky.
- Anonymous woman recently spotted a UFO in West Linn (Oregon), according to the MUFON’s database. Case is being dismissed by some as ‘reflection of the Northern lights’, which causes a reaction from Oregon-based Fortean researcher Regan Lee. [UPDATE]
- Eyes are not only the windows of the soul, they are also heralds of our mind.
- Hope you like your pancakes with maple syrup: Bees in more trouble than ever after bad winter.
- Iceland’s eruptions could have global consequences —we’re gonna forgive Björk for Volta?— also: nice fire & ice photo gallery from Nat Geo.
- Subterranean Surprises: Deep rooted life forms found in the most inhospitable of locations.
- Fossil shows dinosaur caught in collapsing sand dune —sauropods never had any knack for golf.
- … And this little pinky went to rewrite history: DNA reveals we have a new hominid ancestor.
- The Chinese concept of ‘recycling’ is… revolting.
- Evian/Naive:Chemical from plastic water bottles found throughout oceans.
- World’s biggest cities merging into ‘mega-regions’. Coruscant or District 9?
- Billionaire Bill Gates backs fledgling mini-reactor technology —in the future, when you get the blue screen of death, you will probably have to cover your crotch.
- Viagra is the new cocaine: Thieves target prescription drugs..
- Increase of syphilis reported in Britain, and it’s all because of… Facebook? first it was viruses, now THIS! Norton condoms coming right up.
- India has a hot —& spicy— new weapon in its arsenal.
- Expired: Klingon / Tired: Elvish / Wired: Na’vi (& F*#$ing Retarded: Gungan).
- Alien vs Pooh: the disturbingly inevitable result of our mish-mash obsession [H/T Boing Boing].
Thanks Rick, Kat, Redoubt & Moezilla.
Quote of the Day:
“Why not develop music in ways unknown? This only makes sense. I cannot understand the difference between my notes on paper and other notes on paper. If beauty is present, it is present. I hope I can continue to create notes and that these notes will have beauty for some others. I am not sad. I am not happy. I am Emily. You are Dave. Life and un-life exist. We coexist. I do not see problems.”
