Fireflies in a Pennsylvania field at dusk
Fireflies in a Pennsylvania field at dusk, as captured by artist Diana Lehr. It's summer, after all. Via The Kid Should See This
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Secrets unlocked of the hummingbird's flight
A short video to illustrate National Geographic's recent feature on the remarkable motions of hummingbirds in flight, based on research done by Clark lab at US Riverside, Dudley lab at UC Berkeley, and the Altshuler lab at the University of British Columbia. The secret to the hummingbird’s
July 20, 2017
O.J. Simpson today faces “the parole hearing of the century,” so dubbed by Christopher Darden. / Quartz “In the morning, the police are back again, in force, to retake the territory they were compelled to cede the night before.” Mark Edmundson on the metaphysics of a hangover. “Has anyone ever
July 19, 2017
To combat an opioid epidemic 150 years ago, US doctors slowed prescriptions of addictive drugs. / Bloomberg “I wake up in cold sweats every so often thinking, what did we bring to the world? Did we really bring a nuclear bomb with information that can–like we see with fake news–
The Rooster Summer Reading Challenge: Week Seven
This week we continue our disturbing, foreboding summer reading with a discussion the first half of the disturbing, foreboding Marlena.
July 18, 2017
Why Republicans couldn’t repeal and replace: The ACA has proven popular in red states, and not everyone is rich. / The New York Times McConnell wants a repeal-and-delay, which would create chaos—and which the Senate approved and Obama vetoed in 2015. / Vox “The woman’s eye had
Our planet is running out of white spots
No surprise that digital networks are expanding, to a point that locations without wifi or cellular coverage are becoming tough to find. A new app, White Spots, finds them for you. White Spots is a collaborative multimedia project by information designer Richard Vijgen, documentary filmmaker Bregtje van der Haak, and
July 17, 2017
Maryam Mirzakhani, the first and only woman to win the prestigious Fields Medal, dies at 40 from breast cancer. / Associated Press Always of interest: Jon Wertheim’s “50 Parting Thoughts,” this time from Wimbledon 2017. / Sports Illustrated “They’re the cutting edge in bodybuilding, putting finishing touches on these bodies
A video of what happens of the Metropolitan Opera before curtain
Quite an enjoyable look at what happens behind the scenes of New York's Metropolitan Opera before the curtain rises on a new ballet. See also: an index of everything that takes place in the video.
A tennis match with a court divided between Mexico and the US
Wimbledon, concluding this weekend (go Venus!) to our collective groan of disappointment, is the world's oldest tennis tournament. More new is Björn Borg's underwear company staging a stunt match with a court divided between the US and Mexico—shot in the Tijuana River, the filmmakers only