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Artwork that changes to suit your mood…
…has been developed by a US/UK team. Personally, I’d rather have artwork that sets a mood than simply reinforces my current one. Artwork that changes to brighter colours when I’m happy and darker colours when I’m upset seems rather narcissistic to me.
The fault lies not in our stars, but in our cats
So says this story: “Cat parasite may affect cultural traits in human populations.
Photo of the Day: Through a Glass, Wetly
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Orson Scott Card bio now out!
Well, I see that Amazon is now shipping it, so it must be official: my children’s biography of Orson Scott Card, Orson Scott Card: Architect of Alternate Worlds, is now out!
My kind of medical news:
“Flavanol-rich cocoa improves blood vessel function in aging baby boomer study participants.” Actually, my favorite thing about this study is that it refers to “young adults” as those under 50. My hope is that about the time I turn 50, the baby boomers will have re-defined “young adults” to those under 60. At this rate, …
Fill in the blank: "Israeli special forces with their______…
…wait to cross the Israeli-Lebanon border.” – Photo caption Give up? Llamas, of course. I had no idea. (Via Tigerhawk.)
Photo of the Day: A Reflective Mood
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The next X-Prize
Remember the X-Prize, the $10 million (U.S.) reward offered to any team that could create a privately funded-and-built spacecraft capable of lifting three humans to a sub-orbital altitude of 100 kilometres on two consecutive flights within two weeks? Of course you do. One of the 23 competing teams, the daVinci Project, was supposedly poised to …
Paging Sherlock Holmes…
Japanese scientists have developed a smart carpet that can detect a person’s age and gender just by the way he/she walks.
Photo of the (Yester)Day: The Sharper(ner) Image
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An aviation first for Canada
Earlier this month, a team at the University of Toronto successfully achieved sustained flight of a piloted ornithopter–an airplane with flapping wings. It only lasted 14 seconds, but you’ve got to start somewhere!
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