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Afternoon Reading: Read an excerpt from a captivating new profile of Neil deGrasse Tyson(via @io9)
Featured in the latest issue of Playboy is a totally engrossing profile — written by The Loom’s Carl Zimmer — on astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium and one of the most highly regarded science communicators of our time.
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The Kitten Covers: 7 More Classic Albums to Rock Your New Year
The Kitten Covers, arguably the best website ever, has a slew of new chart-topping albums you should scope before the record store is sold out, man.
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How crossword puzzles mess with your mind | New Scientist
The agony and the ecstasy of solving a crossword puzzle can reflect a surprising amount about the subconscious mind
TACKLING a crossword can crowd the tip of your tongue. You know that you know the answers to 3 down and 5 across, but the words just won’t come out. Then, when you’ve given up and moved on to another clue, comes blessed relief. The elusive answer suddenly occurs to you, crystal clear.The processes leading to that flash of insight can illuminate many of the human mind’s curious characteristics. Crosswords can reflect the nature of intuition, hint at the way we retrieve words from our memory, and reveal a surprising connection between puzzle solving and our ability to recognise a human face.
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Upgraded Childhood of the Day: Artist Yayoi Kusama made a whole bunch of dreams come true for kids in Australia by letting them run wild with stickers inside her “domestic installation” at the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane.
Last month, the museum’s youngest visitors were invited to give Kusama’s white space a colorful makeover, and they happily obliged.
The result — dubbed The Obliteration Room — is currently on display through March 12th as part of the artist’s Look Now, See Forever exhibition.
A few more photos here.
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Upgraded Childhood of the Day: Artist Yayoi Kusama made a whole bunch of dreams come true for kids in Australia by letting them run wild with stickers inside her “domestic installation” at the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane.
Last month, the museum’s youngest visitors were invited to give Kusama’s white space a colorful makeover, and they happily obliged.
The result — dubbed The Obliteration Room — is currently on display through March 12th as part of the artist’s Look Now, See Forever exhibition.
A few more photos here.
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