Two years after the man’s death, doctors say they have solved the medical mystery. In a report published Monday in the medical journal Thorax, a team of five UHSM researchers coined a new term for the man’s condition. “Bagpipe lung.”
Author: Douglas McLennan
How Washington’s National Mall Became The National Mall
“In the beginning, before Washington had been designated the nation’s capital, much of the Mall was an empty lowland along the Potomac, made yet marshier by the Tiber Creek, which flowed into the river not far from where the Washington Monument stands today.”
The Toothless Old Critics? (Were It Ever Thus)
The decline of intellectual life has been a trope of intellectual life since Socrates, who, Plato tells us, believed writing “will create forgetfulness in the learners’ souls, because they will not use their memories; they will trust to the external written characters and not remember of themselves.” More than 2,000 years later, the terms have shifted, but not the argument.
Antiquities Chief: Most Of Antiquities Coming Out Of Syria Are Fakes
“There have been growing questions over the extent of illicit digging and antiquities trafficking in Syria by militant groups including Isis. While 7,000 objects have been seized by authorities in Syria since 2013, the proportion of fakes has risen from 30% to closer to 70%, both inside the country and in neighbouring Lebanon.”
Now That Computers Make Stuff, Our Copyright Laws Don’t Really Work…
“Copyright is designed to encourage human creativity for human audiences. If a book falls in a forest and no one reads it, does it make an infringement? It seems like the only sensible answer is “No harm, no foul.” On the other hand, there’s something strange about a rule that tells technologists just to turn the robots loose. It encourages uses that don’t have much to do with human aesthetics while discouraging uses that do.”
It Had To Happen: An Orchestra Dedicated To Video Games
“Professional orchestras have toured the tunes of Zelda, Street Fighter and other video games across North America. But Quebec’s largest city is one of the few to have its own dedicated video-game orchestra made up of serious musicians whose passion puts them in front of sheet music for hours on end — not just TV screens.”
Is It Rude To Walk Out Of A Performance Before It’s Finished?
“Maybe 30 years ago walking out of a performance was a big deal. These days—with the lure of social media and 5 million TV options, not to mention over-the-top ticket prices—many choose to reject what isn’t working. And why not? It’s your money and time, so why be miserable?”
UK Study Of Arts Graduates: Two-Thirds Say Arts Degree Wasn’t Worth What They Paid
“Just 37% of respondents thought their degree was worth the fees they paid. Those working in the arts were found to have the lowest levels of employment, with 42% working full-time and 15% part time.”
Rio Olympics TV Audience Way Down, Streaming Way Up (Sounds About Right)
“Nielsen data showed an 18% decline from the 31.1 million who watched the 2012 Games in London. But online streaming of live video on NBC’s apps reached 2.7 billion minutes, nearly double the amount for all previous Olympic Games.”
Are These Really The 100 Best American Movies Of The 21st Century So Far?
“If you can’t find masterpieces amid the blockbuster flotsam, you simply aren’t looking hard enough. Film-making today, whether massively expensive or made with tiny budgets, shot on celluloid or video, is thriving artistically as much as it ever has. But today you’ll find greater diversity in the kinds of films being made, if not in the people who are making them.”