“Despite eons of mingling inside our cells, gene networks we’ve inherited from primitive, singled-celled ancestors have stayed separate. Our cells remain chimeras, a hybrid fusion of unrelated creatures.”
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Live, On Screen! – Digital Broadcasts Pack U.K. Theatres
Stephen Fry, The Met Opera, the Royal Shakespeare Company and others help fill movie theatres across the U.K. on nights that might traditionally be dark.
Printed Books Are Doomed – And Here’s Why
“I’m increasingly frustrated when reading printed books because they don’t have a search function. With an ebook I can quickly search the text to remind myself who a character is or to re-read a particular passage. It’s also much easier to annotate and highlight an ebook.”
Finding Hidden Musical Gems, Inspired by Alan Lomax
The American Music Preservation Project hopes to discover new musicians in the cricks, hollers and byways of the U.S. – and to update the work of Alan Lomax in the process.
Back To Redbox Again? Spending Money To Rent, Not Own
“New data released Friday by the Digital Entertainment Group, an industry trade association, showed that people spent $4.2 billion renting movies in the first six months of 2011, compared with $4.1 billion buying them on disc or via digital download.”
The Sexiest Organ – How Brains Took Over The Arts
“A Billion Wicked Thoughts is just the latest non-fiction example of a growing obsession with science and neurology that has infected our contemporary narrative art forms.”
Merce Cunningham’s Dances Live On, For A While
“Merce Cunningham is now seen as one of the 20th century’s most influential artists, on a par with Picasso and Stravinsky.” When Cunningham died, he wanted his dances to live on. But how can dancers, and administrators, meet that challenge?
Ballet Dancers In The Judging Box — Can They Hack It?
“The tap dancer and ‘Stomp’ cast member Michelle Dorrance turned to Ms. Peck: ‘Can you imagine if you went on there and did some Balanchine, and they were like, “Your tendu has so much swag!”‘”
Nasty Magicians – An Interview With A.L. Kennedy
To write her new book, A.L. Kennedy had to learn palm-reading, fight through illness and create literary tricks to match the working world of her trickster characters.
That Manuscript Might Be Dead – When Was the Last Time You Saw A Floppy Disk Reader?
Watch out for “the digital dark ages,” say preservationists — but look to gamers for ideas about curating and conserving our data.