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| Commerson's dolphins in the Strait of Magellan. Credit: Mirko Thiessen, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic. |
With its handsome black-and-white colouration, Commerson’s dolphin is a striking addition to the cool sub-antarctic waters off southern South America and surrounding the Kerguelen Islands in the southern Indian Ocean. Its distinctive appearance is unmistakable: black head and flippers, white throat patch and body, and wide black band extending from just in front of the dorsal fin to the caudal region, which along with the tail is black all around.
This post was originally published in NaturePhiles on TalkingScience.org.
With apologies for the positioning of the picture - it would not stay on the left!via Arts and Letters Daily – ideas, criticism, debate
Chet Baker had a pure sound and matinee-idol looks. Then heroin took over. The trumpeter’s self-degradation, says Greil Marcus, is irresistible... more
How Far Can an Artist Go in a Religious Country? via Big Think by Bob Duggan
The recent controversy in Manila over local artist Mideo Cruz’s Kulo exhibition raises the question of how far an artist can go in terms of religious art in a religious country — in this case, the Philippines, which is more than 80% Roman Catholic. Kulo, which means “boil”, set Cardinal Gaudencio …
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Try out knoword, the fast playing word game that will drive you insane!
from @LibraryFeed via Tanita – who is, apparently, to be blamed for nobody in the library getting any work done.
via Arts and Letters Daily – ideas, criticism, debate
War, recession, the recent riots in Britain: Is there anything bad in the world that “neoliberalism” is not blamed for? Brendan O'Neill wonders … more
Build An Empire With Age Of Empires Online – Free to Play! via MakeUseOf by James Bruce
True gamers among us will likely have fond memories of the original Age of Empires game released by Microsoft Studios back in 1997, and it was a regular at many of my own LAN parties. The game itself was standard fare strategy / empire building but at the time it was quite innovative, helping to push forward the genre and shocking many of us with the fact that something good in gaming came out of Microsoft.
Read the blurb from MakeUseOf (recommended) or go straight to play the game.
To Improve Self-control, Focus on the Long-term: Paying Attention Can Mean Making Better Choices
via Big Think by Maria Konnikova
Which would you rather have: an apple or a Kit-Kat bar? It’s not an easy question. The answer depends on many factors, including how hungry you are, how much you like apples and Kit-Kats, what your mood is like, what time of day it is, when you expect to eat next, and the list goes on. However, for …
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via Arts and Letters Daily – ideas, criticism, debate
Robert Johnson never denied that he’d cut a deal with the devil: his soul for his guitar chops. The bluesman knew that scandal sells…more
What Is It to Daydream? via Big Think by Big Think Editors
In a distinctly unscientific analysis of daydreaming, French philosopher Raphaël Enthoven conjures up a series of evocative metaphors to help us better understand, in more human terms, that state of reverie which lies between consciousness and sleep. “Like …
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Portraits by Yousuf Karsh via HOW TO BE A RETRONAUT by Chris
These are just stunning!
- Muhammed Ali
- Brigitte Bardot
- George Bernard Shaw
- Ingrid Bergman
- Humphrey Bogart
- Fidel Castro
- Winston Churchill
- Jacques Cousteau
- Joan Crawford
- Gerard Depardieu
- Albert Einstein
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Margot Fonteyn
- Ernest Hemingway
- Audrey Hepburn
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Jacqueline Kennedy
- John F. Kennedy
- Grace Kelly
- Martin Luther King
- Pablo Picasso
- Pope Pius XII
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Mother Teresa
- Andy Warhol
[When I checked the link it was very slow to load with all those photos in the same file. I assure that I found it worthwhile waiting!]
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