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Jungle angel was Barack Obama’s mother

IN a remote corner of rural Java, a blacksmith and his family were astounded last week to learn that the American woman who helped save them from poverty 26 years ago was Ann Dunham, an anthropologist better known as the late mother of the US ...

From CHRISTINE FINN KAJAR, JAVA TONY ALLEN-MILLS NEW YORK, Times Online,  7 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Jeep

Pre-Edison Audio Gives BBC Host the Giggles

A clip of a recently discovered audio recording from 1860 gave BBC newsreader Charlotte Green a case of the on-air giggles Friday. The 10-second French phonautograph recording, which researchers are calling the oldest known capture of a human voice, is ...

From CHRISTINE FINN, Wired,  28 Mar 2008

Bear Found Guilty in Musical Honey Trap

The court found in favor of the bee-keeper, and the state is paying him damages on behalf of the bear, which has since gone to ground (or to the woods). But the bizarre conviction is a mere blip in a blogosphere buzzing with questions about bruno's ...

From CHRISTINE FINN, Wired,  14 Mar 2008

Today's Hermits Find Companionship on the Web

I'm not sure how good the signal is at the ancient hermitage near Trento, northern Italy, I visited last year (see view from terrace, right). But being a wired hermit is an interesting paradox in modern times, one which could send CrackBerry addicts up ...

From CHRISTINE FINN, Wired,  13 Mar 2008

Award-Winning Science Images Magnify Improbable Beauty

The London-based Wellcome is renowned for its art collaborations. This year's award-winning images are now on show in an stunning art space, the Wellcome Collection, opened last year by DNA pioneer, Francis Crick. ...

From CHRISTINE FINN, Wired,  12 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Francis Crick

Old Martians on New Masters, Art 'Curated by Extraterrestrials' is Smash Hit

Bored, or baffled, by the contemporary art scene? Then get your head around this concept from London's Barbican gallery. Earthling art, explained. The Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art features art as artifacts selected and displayed by specialist ...

From CHRISTINE FINN, Wired,  12 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Elvis Presley

'Dragon' Airport Reveals its Vast Span For Beijing Olympics

Beijing's new airport, unveiled today, is as high tech as it comes, but its design is a nod to Chinese tradition. The British architects fashioned it to look like a dragon, while the interior color and design is influenced by Chinese temples. Chief ...

From CHRISTINE FINN, Wired,  26 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Norman Foster

Beatles Artifacts Bring Abbey Road Studios to California

Beatles fans with a lust for the retro tech which made the Fab Four fab should head to Carlsbad (the Southern California resort, not the the New Mexican geological feature, which would have provided a neat seque to this Cavern). Anyway, Carlsbad's ...

From CHRISTINE FINN, Wired,  25 Feb 2008
Related Topics: The Beatles

Cyborg Enables Color-Blind Artist to Hear His Palette

Neil Harbisson was never a fan of Mark Rothko. Or any abstract artist for that matter. Harbisson's extreme color blindness - a congenital condition called achromatopsia -  dulled even great works based on shape and tone rather than pictoral image. But ...

From CHRISTINE FINN, Wired,  24 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Mark Rothko

Unveiled: Cranach Venus Goes Underground in London

London Underground has bowed to public - and critical - opinion, and will be adorning its subterranean walls with a nude Venus. As The Underwire reported, the painting (right, this time shown stripped of its ad fonts) was chosen to promote a major ...

From CHRISTINE FINN, Wired,  21 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Lucas Cranach the Elder

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