12/30/10
Best European Fiction 2011
Larry Rohter tutvustab New York Timesis Aleksandar Hemoni poolt koostatud arvult teist Euroopa ilukirjanduse aastakogumikku ning leiab, et kuigi selle üle, kas Euroopa kirjandusel on tervikuna olemas oma kindel väljakujunev nägu, võib vabalt vaielda, on ometi tegemist väga huvitava ja tänuväärt üllitisega.
...about whether the writers belong to national traditions or a larger European sensibility. Never mind: regardless of one's position it is easy to appreciate what Mr. Hemon calls "the depth and width and beauty of human experience" represented here.
...about whether the writers belong to national traditions or a larger European sensibility. Never mind: regardless of one's position it is easy to appreciate what Mr. Hemon calls "the depth and width and beauty of human experience" represented here.
12/29/10
Leiti vanimad inimsäilmed?
Discovery Channeli veebisaidil tutvustatakse Tel Avivi ülikooli arheoloogi Avi Gopheri väiteid, mille kohaselt leiti ühest Iisraelis asuvast koopast kaheksa inimhammast, mille vanuseks võib olla kuni 400.000 aastat, ja mis võivad seada küsimärgi alla inimese Aafrikast pärinemise teooria.
That calls into question the widely held view that Africa was the birthplace of modern man, said Gopher, who headed a dig at Quesem Cave. "It is accepted at the moment that the earliest Homo Sapiens that we know is in east Africa and is 200,000 years old - or a little less. We don't know of anywhere else where anyone claims to have an earlier Homo sapiens," he said.
That calls into question the widely held view that Africa was the birthplace of modern man, said Gopher, who headed a dig at Quesem Cave. "It is accepted at the moment that the earliest Homo Sapiens that we know is in east Africa and is 200,000 years old - or a little less. We don't know of anywhere else where anyone claims to have an earlier Homo sapiens," he said.
12/28/10
Raamat, millega võidad miljoni
Amanda Gefter tutvustab New Scientisti kultuurilaboris Gruff Daviesi raamatut The Looking Glass Club, mis pakub lisaks põnevale lugemiselamusele võimalust võita hea ports raha.
Scattered throughout the book are 32 puzzles, pages from Tony's diary. As the are explained to Zeke, "They're encoding of tiny pictures. Some still frames taken from the possible states of a tiny 2D universe, thirty-two pixels square."
Scattered throughout the book are 32 puzzles, pages from Tony's diary. As the are explained to Zeke, "They're encoding of tiny pictures. Some still frames taken from the possible states of a tiny 2D universe, thirty-two pixels square."
12/27/10
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Mis on kõdistamise mõte?
Natalie Wolchover küsib Popular Science'i veebisaidil raamatu Laughter: A Scientific Investigation autorilt Robert R. Provine'ilt, mis on kõdistamise evolutsiooniline mõte.
Tickling, he says, is partly a mechanism for social bonding between close companions and helps forge relationships between family members and friends.
Tickling, he says, is partly a mechanism for social bonding between close companions and helps forge relationships between family members and friends.
12/26/10
Rumalad leiutised
Discovery Channeli veebisaidil on ühte kogutud hulk paljude aastakümnete taha jäävaid leiutisi, mis võinuks tegemata jääda.
...but there are also some presents that no one should find under the tree Christmas morning...
...but there are also some presents that no one should find under the tree Christmas morning...
12/24/10
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