7/31/09
Ridley Scott naaseb Alieni juurde
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Ben Child teatab Guardianis, et režissöör Ridley Scott on soostunud looma eelmängu oma 1979. aasta ülimenukale filmile Alien.The new film will be set before the events of Scott's 1979 film, in which the crew of a commercial towing ship respond to a distress signal from the empty ship, only to discover too late that the signal was meant to warn them. The prequel will be Scott's first science fiction project since Blade Runner in 1982 and will be based on a script by Jon Spaihts, who seems to be Hollywood's sci-fi writer of the moment.
Ilmus värske Tarkade Klubi
Augustikuu Tarkade Klubis tuletatakse meelde, et dinosaurused on kahtlemata kõige kuulsamad väljasuremiste ohvrid, ent kaugeltki mitte ainsad - ajakirja kaanelugu on seekord suurte väljasuremiste välimääraja, pakkudes vastusi küsimustele millal? kes? ja miks?Väljasurnud loomade kõrval pööratakse tähelepanu ka elavatele. Loomariigi suursaatkond Eestis ehk Tallinna loomaaed tähistab nimelt oma 70. juubelit, mispuhul esitatakse kirevad kilde loomaaia minevikust ja tänapäevast.
150 aastat möödub lähiajaloo suurimast päikesetormist, mis andis aimu, kuidas rahutu täht meie tsivlisatsiooni raputada võib. Mis juhtuks uue võimsa tormi korral ja kui tõenäoline see on, kirjutab Tõravere teadlane Kalju Eerme.
Persoon on lennundusmuuseumi rajaja Mati Meos.
Päikese ja lennukid ühendab aga artikkel šveitslasest Bertrand Piccardist, kes kavatseb päikeseenergial liikuva lennukiga maakera tiiru peale teha.
Presidendi lennuk on tähelepanu all Kuidas-rubriigis.
Uudistest saab lugeda Veenuse ookeanitest ja konnade pulmakommetest.
Jason Shinder - How I Am
When I talk to my friends I pretend I am standing on the wings
of a flying plane. I cannot be trusted to tell them how I am.
Or if I am falling to earth weighing less
than a dozen roses. Sometimes I dream they have broken up
with their lovers and are carrying food to my house.
When I open the mailbox I hear their voices
like the long upward-winding curve of a train whistle
passing through the tall grasses and ferns
after the train has passed. I never get ahead of their shadows.
I embrace them in front of moving cars. I keep them away
from my miseries because to say I am miserable is to say I am like them.
of a flying plane. I cannot be trusted to tell them how I am.
Or if I am falling to earth weighing less
than a dozen roses. Sometimes I dream they have broken up
with their lovers and are carrying food to my house.
When I open the mailbox I hear their voices
like the long upward-winding curve of a train whistle
passing through the tall grasses and ferns
after the train has passed. I never get ahead of their shadows.
I embrace them in front of moving cars. I keep them away
from my miseries because to say I am miserable is to say I am like them.
vaata veelVincent Chongi intervjuu
Darren Turpin avaldab oma blogis The Genre Files lühiintervjuu põneva ja paljude auhindadega pärjatud illustraatori Vincent Chongiga.I've been very fortunate that I've had the chance to illustrate the works of some great authors. I was a big fan of Stephen King's books when I was growing up and never thought that one day I'd actually be illustrating his work. But now, I think I'm more keen to have the opportunity to one day illustrate something that I've written myself. I've enjoyed interpreting the work of various authors, but I would like to be able to illustrate something entirely of my own creation. I've had the beginnings of ideas in the past, but haven't ever written anything properly, so I don't even know if this is something I could do, but I'd like to give it a try one day...
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7/30/09
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Ka shimpansidel on muusikatunnetus kaasasündinud
Matt Walker vahendab BBCs teadustööd, mis näitab, et rütmitunnetus ja meloodiataju on lisaks inimlastele kaasasündinud ka pisikestel shimpansidel.The discovery that an infant chimp, with no prior exposure to music, innately prefers to listen to consonant melodies could have important implications for how an appreciation for music evolved.
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Raymond Carver - The Scratch
I woke up with a spot of blood
over my eye. A scratch
halfway across my forehead.
But I'm sleeping alone these days.
Why on earth would a man raise his hand
against himself, even in sleep?
It's this and similar questions
I'm trying to answer this morning.
As I study my face in the window.
over my eye. A scratch
halfway across my forehead.
But I'm sleeping alone these days.
Why on earth would a man raise his hand
against himself, even in sleep?
It's this and similar questions
I'm trying to answer this morning.
As I study my face in the window.
Intervjuu Banksyga
Shepard Fairey on teinud intervjuu ühe tänapäeva huvitavaima moodsa kunsti viljeleja Banksy'ga, kes on legendaarne nii oma tööde uuenduslikkuse kui ka oma tõelise isiku kiiva varjamise poolest.I have no interest in ever coming out. I figure there are enough self-opinionated assholes trying to get their ugly little faces in front of you as it is. You ask a lot of kids today what they want to be when they grow up, and they say, “I want to be famous.” You ask them for what reason and they don’t know or care. I think Andy Warhol got it wrong: in the future, so many people are going to become famous that one day everybody will end up being anonymous for 15 minutes. I’m just trying to make the pictures look good; I’m not into trying to make myself look good. I’m not into fashion. The pictures generally look better than I do when we’re out on the street together. Plus, I obviously have issues with the cops. And besides, it’s a pretty safe bet that the reality of me would be a crushing disappointment to a couple of 15-year-old kids out there.
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Amitav Ghosh kaitseb kakskeelsust
Mainekas India kirjanik Amitav Ghosh astub The Time of India veebilehel välja bilingvismi kaitseks, märkides muuhulgas, et kakskeelsus on kindlasti mõttemaailma, väljendusoskust ja loovust avardav, mitte aga piirav nähtus."I feel bilingualism makes one more creative. It takes the writing to a new horizon and enhances the thought process," Ghosh observed while responding to queries at a congregation of writers and academicians organized by an Oriya daily here on Wednesday.
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Adam Roberts kritiseerib Hugo nimekirja
Alison Flood vahendab Guardiani raamatublogis briti scifikirjaniku Adam Robertsi arvamust, mille kohaselt on lugejad sel aastal valinud maineka Hugo auhinna kandidaatideks erakordselt keskpärased ja vanamoodsad teosed."What do these lists say about SF to the multitude in the world - to the people who don't know any better? It says that SF is old-fashioned, an aesthetically, stylistically and formally small-c conservative thing. It says that SF fans do not like works that are too challenging, or unnerving; that they prefer to stay inside their comfort zone," Roberts writes, before going on to criticise the five-strong shortlist for this year's best novel award.
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Kas sääsk võib end inimverest purju juua?
Bjorn Carey otsib Popular Science'i veebilehel vastust küsimusele, kas alkoholijoobes inimese verd imev sääsk võib samuti purju jääda.Before you try to drink a mosquito under the table, heed this warning from Michael Reiskind, an entomologist at Oklahoma State University: The blood alcohol levels required to do so would almost certainly kill you as well.
Uuring: ökotoit pole tervislikum
BBC vahendab uuringut, mille kohaselt ei ole orgaaniliselt ja tavapõllumajanduslikult kasvatatud taimsetes ja loomsetes saadustes märkimisväärseid toitainete erinevusi, mistõttu ei saa ka väita, et ökotooted oleksid tavalisest poekaubast tervislikumad.Differences that were detected, for example in levels of nitrogen and phosphorus, were most likely to be due to differences in fertilizer use and ripeness at harvest and are unlikely to provide any health benefit, the report concluded.
Kuidas ennetada hullumeelsust
Robin Nixon selgitab LiveScience'is, et kuigi paljud vaimse tervise häirete riski kergitavad tegurid ei allu meie kontrollile, saame me siiski ka ise üsna palju ära teha, et meil katus elu jooksul pidevalt või püsivalt ära ei sõidaks.Many mental illnesses are recognized as a problem with brain chemistry, and therefore treated chemically with medication. But behavior also alters brain chemistry. Several primitive habits, researchers have found, may check the stress response and prevent it from making our brains sick. A program developed by Ilardi and colleagues — that helps individuals adopt the habits of cool, collected cavemen — is proving more effective in treating mental illnesses than conventional medication.
7/29/09
Muzorama
Illustraator Muzo töödel põhineva animatsiooni autorid on Elsa Brehin, Raphaël Calamote, Mauro Carraro, Maxime Cazaux, Emilien Davaux, Laurent Monneron ja Axel Tillement.
Hirm on tõepoolest nakkav
Caroline Williams vahendab New Scientistis teadustööd, millest ilmneb, et kui sa hirmu tundes higistama hakkad, leiavad teised inimesed alateadlikult su higilõhnast üles aktiivained, mis nende aju häireseisundisse lülitavad.Because the study used sweat rather than its components, this is not definitive evidence that human pheromones exist, says Johan Lundstrom, a pheromone researcher at Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, who was not involved in the research. The researchers do, however, have suspicions about what the active chemical might be. The steroid androstadienone is the primary suspect.
Miks me raamatutesse upume
Andrea Thompson selgitab LiveScience'is ajakirjas Psychological Science tutvustatava teadustöö põhjal, miks elame me mõnikord raamatut lugedes sealsetesse sündmustesse sedavõrd sisse, et ümbritsevat reaalset maailma enam ei märkagi.Part of the reason we get lost in these imaginary worlds might be because our brains effectively simulate the events of the book in the same way they process events in the real world, a new study suggests.
Kuidas silmapilgutused kinos sünkroniseeruvad
Colin Barras vahendab New Scientistis Tokyo ülikooli uurijate teadustööd, millest ilmneb, et filmi vaadates reguleerib aju meie enese teadmata meie silmapilgutusi nii, et midagi olulist ei jääks nägemata, ning kuna me vaatame üldiselt filme sarnasel moel, pilgutavad näiteks kinokülastajad silmi saalis sageli üheaegselt.The synchronised blinks occurred at "non-critical" points during the silent movie – at the conclusion of an action sequence or when the main character had disappeared from view. "We all commonly find implicit breaks for blinking while viewing a video story," Nakano says.
Selgusid 13 Bookeri auhinna kandidaati
Mark Brown teatab Guardianis, et selgunud on 13 käesoleval aastal Man Bookeri raamatuauhinnale kandideerivat romaani, mille seast selgub esmalt 8. septembril kuus finalisti ja seejärel oktoobri alguses ka maailma kõige mainekama kirjandusauhinna võitja.The broadcaster James Naughtie, who is chairing this year's judges, called it one of the "strongest lists in recent memory" with a good span of styles and themes.
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7/28/09
Intervjuu Shaun Taniga
Michelle Pauli vestleb Guardianis ühe tänapäeva kõige omanäolisema raamatuillustraatori ja huvitava kirjaniku Shaun Taniga."The detail adds an element of unexpected something," Tan explains. "All fiction is false; what makes it convincing is that it runs alongside the truth. The real world has lots of incidental details, so a painting
also has to have that element of imperfection and irregularity, those incidental details. I'm constantly testing with the details. I go on a hunch and try it out. I might have a character and have a feeling that he needs to have a hat and so I put it in and it feels right and then I realise that he needs to have a hat because he's trying to hide something."Vaata ka:
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