Running with the bulls, my ass. Didn’t you see the videos, Doug? They get to a leisurely trot at best in the straightaways and slide all over in the corners. …
I am mildly in love with these photographs by Estelle Hanania. Tiny dancer…? John Waters made me the man I am today, here is an article about his art. Carta…
There’s an editorial on New Scientist reacting to a recently-published paper by a philosopher named Adam Shriver, in which he calls for the genetic modification of livestock animals so that they…
Keetra Dean Dixon’s objects of co-dependency. Know your audience: monkeys respond to music made with them in mind. (via Metafilter.) And on a similar note, looking to the sexual habits…
The internet was created that we could see from a bison’s perspective when it has a stand-off with another bison. (More here). Hubble Deef Field: an overwhelming feeling of insignificance,…
The New York Times published an article last week about a new crowdfunding site for artists: Kickstarter. The idea is that artists can use the site to connect directly with…
On football and independent bookselling. Bolivian salt flats, way more interesting than it sounds! The evolutionary benefits of chronic depression. Life on mars? probably! The film version of the Wizard…
Jim Murdoch’s piece on the reader’s responsibility to breathe life into poems is fascinating. At the very least, it’s a good metaphor for people who teach poetry to those who…
The fourth anniversary of the landfall of Hurricane Katrina would likely be garnering bigger headlines right now if not for the death of Senator Edward Kennedy. It might have even…
I’m starting this Science Saturday in the world of alcoholic consumption, which is a world very dear to me. I am joyful in every study that suggests moderate drinking is…