- WNYC - Radio Lab: Musical Language (April 21, 2006)
Check out at least the first four minutes of this. You'll learn first-hand that a looped recording of speech takes on a musical quality, to the point where you can't hear it as anything but song. Wow. (via CV) - Homo floresiensis: Two Years Out
Carl Zimmer looks back on two hobbit-filled years. - The Long Zoom
Spore is coming; hide your heart, girl. And prepare to fulfill your wildest God-complex. - The Meissner Effect - super conductor
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