Nature: “Of all the ingredients that make up the ideal female form, it isn’t the most obvious winner. But researchers claim that, for enduring popularity down the ages, nothing beats a narrow waistline.”
Slim waists may top the list
January 11th, 2007 · 1 Comment
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Jazeker, we komen uit de boom!
January 10th, 2007 · Comments Off
Elsevier: “Hét argument waarmee gelovigen darwinisten altijd om de oren slaan is: ik heb nog nooit een aap in een mens zien veranderen. Van dat argument wordt in de Scientific American van december echter weinig heel gelaten. Er staat een artikel in over Selam, het oudste mensachtige fossiel.”
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Sex I.D.
January 2nd, 2007 · Comments Off
“Find out more about ‘brain sex’ differences by taking the Sex ID test, a series of visual challenges and questions used by psychologists in the BBC One television series Secrets of the Sexes…” (Via Kottke.)
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links for 2006-06-06
June 6th, 2006 · Comments Off
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“So, instead of drawing boxes and arrows that represent a real screen, we just dive in and design the real screen. And tweak, iterate, and adjust.”
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“A showcase of self-portraiture all from my current teenage years, some using multiplicity (which I adore)”
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“Many Americans forget or ignore both the short- and long-term benefits and avoid exercise due to a sedentary lifestyle, allowing a “perfect” workout to be the enemy of one that is “good enough,” (…)”
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“”Second Life” currently runs on 2,579 servers (…) Each server is responsible for an individual “sim,” or 16 acres of virtual “Second Life” land. At peak usage that means that each server is handling about three users.”
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“The one-man flying wing is the latest military tool, allowing special forces troops to glide undetected up to 200km (125 miles) into enemy territory.”
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“In 1973, the tree was knocked over by a drunken Libyan truck driver. It has been replaced by a simple metal sculpture.”
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“In 1984, Peter Feldstein set out to photograph every last person in Oxford, Iowa. Two decades later, he’s doing it again, creating a unique portrait of heartland America”
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links for 2006-03-18
March 18th, 2006 · Comments Off
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“Onderzoeker Johan Pouwelse (l) en content manager William Valkenburg (r) van Omroep.nl schudden elkaar de hand op de vanmiddag uitgesproken intentie om samen te gaan werken. “
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“In October 2003, Peace Art Cambodia began a metalwork skills training programme for apprentice artisans using thousands of these weapons as raw material.”
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“Terrestrial rocks blown into space by asteroid impacts on Earth could have taken life to Saturn’s moon Titan, scientists have announced.”
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“Scientists have developed artificial, super-strength muscles which are powered by alcohol and hydrogen.”
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“you want your aggregator to present you with the more important stuff first”
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“Pukka (…) is a minimalist posting client for del.icio.us.”
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links for 2006-02-08
February 8th, 2006 · Comments Off
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“Een internationaal team van wetenschappers heeft een gebied in de jungle van Nieuw Guinea gevonden met veel onbekende soorten planten en dieren. Er lijkt nog nooit een mens te zijn geweest.”
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“These are such beautiful women,” gushes Tom Ford, the magazine’s artistic director. “Who doesn’t want to see a bit of them?”
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“De zaak kan daarmee een eerste test worden voor de bereidwilligheid van de erven om, na de toekenning van hun claims, te helpen het Nederlandse cultureel erfgoed te behouden.”
Comments OffTags: angelina jolie,annie leibowitz,art,biology,fashion,goudstikker,jan steen,keira knightley,photography,scarlett johansson,tom ford,vanity fair,ww2
