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Archive of posts filed under the Current Affairs category.
Article: Fish known as wrasses are found to use tools
Giacomo Bernardi, an evolutionary biologist at UC Santa Cruz, reports that on a recent diving expedition to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef he discovered and filmed a wrasse, called an orange dotted tusk fish, using an underwater rock as an anvil to smash a clam’s shell and allow it to devour the flesh inside. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/09/28/BASB1LAPG2.DTL#ixzz1ZMnMb8kh ==> [...]
Exhibition: Digital2011: The Alchemy of Change
13th international digital print exhibition organized by Art & Science Collaborations and held at the New York Hall of Science Sept.3, 2011 – February 5, 2012 Reception: Oct.2, 2011 (3-5pm) It’s not often that a noted author is comfortable writing about both art and science. Philip Ball, who was an editor at NATURE magazine for 20-years, is just such [...]
Ann: Leonardo Reviews Post June 2011
Affect and Artificial Intelligence by Elizabeth A. Wilson Reviewed by Jussi Parikka A Women’s Berlin: Building the Modern City by Despina Stratigakos Reviewed by Zainub Verjee Contemporary Art in Eastern Europe by Nikos Kotsopoulos, Editor Reviewed by Florence Martellini Grafik Dynamo by Kate Armstrong and Michael Tippett, with essay by Joseph Tabbi Reviewed by Dene [...]
4th World Children’s Festival: Washington DC, June 17-19, 2011
The World Children’s Festival is “Olympics” of our creativity and co-creation. Held every four years since 1999, the WCF has evolved into our largest international celebration and a permanent quadrennial event in our Nation’s Capital. We bring together our diverse global communities to share with them a transformative experience that empowers us to shape the [...]
Ann: Leonardo Reviews online (May 2011)
Compression & Purity by Will Alexander Reviewed by Allan Graubard Interface Criticism: Aesthetics Beyond Buttons by Christian Ulrik Andersen & Soren Pold, Editors Reviewed by Ellen Pearlman The Filming of Modern Life. European Avant-Garde Film of the 1920s by Malcolm Turvey Reviewed by Jan Baetens
Working Best at Coffee Shops?
Why are many telecommuters most efficient in noisy public places with lots of distractions? by Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic Read More 04/15/11
