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You’re Looking at the Answer
I can save you some time if you’re thinking of going to this panel at the BEA today. We’re the future of book reviewing–or at least part of it. We do a lot of that around here, and not just…
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Yes, But Do They Have Anything To Say
Dr. Wolfgang Enard, head of a team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, announced that genetically engineered mice who have had their FOXP2 gene swapped out for a human one (this gene is…
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Watch How We’ve Changed the World
This series of very short videos compiled from images posted on NASA’s Earth Observatory, are shocking, and a little terrifying. See an artificial archipelago shaped like a palm tree appear off the coast of Dubai; watch Lake Powell and the…
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Saturday Morning Links
When I get more coffee in me, you’ll get more witticisms out of me. No disrespect. A clash of the titans occurred at Book Expo America–Slog The Stranger’s Paul Constant met up with our own Stephen Elliott. DRM programs can…
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What My Old Columbia Housing Apartment Looked Like in 1609
That little highlighted box, or part thereof, in the corner is 119th street between Morningside and Amsterdam. Or it will be 400 years from now. Or from when this image was taken. Or rather digitally visualized, by the Manhatta Project,…
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An Oral History of Myself #5: Kevin
In 2005 I began interviewing people I grew up with. Because I left home at thirteen and spent four years in group homes, my social network was significantly wider than most people of that age. What’s most interesting about these…
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Morning Coffee
National Geographic has a slideshow on animals glowing in the name of science. Thank you Science. Brock Davis’ shattered art. Scientists in the Pacific Northwest have figured out how to grow plastic on trees, making the idea of independence from…
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Whatever Happened to the Church of the SubGenius?
Allegedly founded in the 1950’s by J.R. “Bob” Dobbs, the Church of the SubGenius rose to infamy with the publication of SubGenius Pamphlet #1 by Reverend Ivan Stang and Dr. Philo Drummond in 1979. Attempts to classify the organization prove tricky,…
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BAD MOMMY BLOG: Barbie Abuse
So the English University of Bath did a study and found that Barbie abuse is common among girls between 7 and 11. My daughter (4) went through a period of sacrificing babies, but it was short-lived and she hasn’t mutilated…
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Morning Coffee
A touching memorial to a British TV artist. As it so happens, the reason we haven’t found any evidence of life may be our own dang fault. And as long as we’re linking to New Scientist: Pfizer is giving free…
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Dan’s Top 20 Morning Coffee Links
Since today is Memorial Day, yesterday your humble Morning Coffee editor’s birthday, and the exact two month mark of holding said title, here are his top 20 links from his residency here on the Rumpus.net. Enjoy. 13 scientific truths that…