So now and than you discover beautiful new music, at least new to your ear. It's been there for a while. Discovered it yesterday attending the funeral of the mother of a friend. Matches the weather Related posts: The Machine and The Music: This Too Shall Pass Two remarkable music videos: Babies and Robots Suicide rates increase with hot weather ..read more »

This is what happens when you ask your audience to turn of their mobiles. Made by Improv Everywhere, a New York City-based prank collective that causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places. Created in August of 2001 by Charlie Todd, For our latest mission, a musical breaks out at the GEL Conference in New York. A speaker is suddenly interrupted by a man who refuses to turn off his cell phone. This is the fourth in our series of Spontaneous Musical projects. Enjoy the video first and then go behind the scenes with our report below. Related posts: NYT battle with .....read more »

Alimation - Annecy Festival 2011 from Alexandre DUBOSC on Vimeo. Alexandre Dubosc's short film "Alimation" shows a series of ingenious and extremely appetizing animations made with food Thanks BoingBoingRelated posts: Medical Animation by Hybrid Deep Brain Stimulation Animation Elderly couple of 62 years married plays piano ..read more »

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True or did they overlook some confounding factors? Ron Gutman reviews a raft of studies about smiling, and reveals some surprising results. Did you know your smile can be a predictor of how long you'll live -- and that a simple smile has a measurable effect on your overall well-being? Prepare to flex a few facial muscles as you learn more about this evolutionarily contagious behavior. Related posts: Jack Nicholson Supported Hydrogen and Solar Power in 1978 Everything you needed to know about Power Napping Exercise boosts Brain Power ..read more »

As a recent adept to reading the NYT found an interesting trailer form a movie about the NYT and it's battle with the Internet: Page One: Inside The New York Times. In the tradition of great fly-on-the-wall documentaries, the film deftly gains unprecedented access to the New York Times newsroom and the inner workings of the Media Desk. With the Internet surpassing print as our main news source and newspapers all over the country going bankrupt, Page One chronicles Related posts: The New York Times Google and Microsoft battle on health China Photographs All Internet Cafe Customers ..read more »

Some very wise advice in this short video, how long will they last..... Ric Elias had a front-row seat on Flight 1549, the plane that crash-landed in the Hudson River in New York in January 2009. What went through his mind as the doomed plane went down? At TED, he tells his story publicly for the first time. Related posts: Solar Impulse plane 24 hour test flight 10 things you didn’t know about your body Getting Things Done ..read more »

Good example for a different society with different gender issues. Local culture forbids men to look at or talk to Afghan women, so the Marine Corps deploys Female Engagement Teams to reach out ot them and address their needs Related posts: 6 Reasons why Female Doctors won’t Reach Senior Ranks Female Academics Pioneers in Science Under-representation of women in academic bioscience ..read more »

What's the space were creativity can flourish? People often credit their ideas to individual "Eureka!" moments. But Steven Johnson shows how history tells a different story. His fascinating tour takes us from the "liquid networks" of London's coffee houses to Charles Darwin's long, slow hunch to today's high-velocity web. Related posts: When Ideas Have Sex Video on Ideas for coping with Seasonal Affective Disorder Good characters make good motivated medical students? ..read more »

Those who follow me on twitter know I read the NYT. Recently the NYT isn't free anymore. For your iPad, iPhone of complete online access you need a digital subscription. Some articles are still free for reading Visitors get 20 free articles (including blog posts, slide shows, video and other multimedia features) each calendar month on NYTimes.com, as well as access to browse the home page, section fronts, blog fronts and classifieds. Liked the NYT some much I took a digital subscription for reading mainly on my iPad. When you follow me on Twitter you'll get interesting links on Technology, Science .....read more »