by | Jun 30, 2013 | Culture Music Art
from TED Attention word nerds: 13 mysteries of the vernacular, solved Posted by: Kate Torgovnick Before a ‘clue’ became a thing that excited a detective, the word referred to a ball of yarn. So how did this shift in meaning occur? Because in Greek mythology, Ariadne...
by | Jun 29, 2013 | Weirdness
from The Observer Game of Drones: Does NYC Have an ‘Unmanned Aerial Vehicle’ Problem? Rise of the machines. By Jordan Valinsky In late 2011, a slender Williamsburg resident named Tim Pool roamed downtown Manhattan, seemingly recording every minute of the Occupy Wall...
by | Jun 28, 2013 | Weirdness
from the NY Times In Times Square, a Bizarre Clash of Weed Man Versus Beer Man By VIVIAN YEE Michael Appleton for The New York Times This is not an only in New York story. This is an only in Times Square story, in a place where the Beer Man and the Weed Man in a Box...
by | Jun 27, 2013 | Mirth, Weirdness
by | Jun 26, 2013 | Culture Music Art
from NATURE Dog genetics spur scientific spat Researchers disagree over canine domestication. by Ewen Callaway Scientists investigating the transformation of wolves into dogs are behaving a bit like the animals they study, as disputes roil among those using genetics...
