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Chemical Reactions Guide Birds Home

Turtles, birds, and butterflies can migrate thousands of kilometers--even over vast oceans largely free of landmarks. Scientists suspect that these animals find their way by sensing Earth's magnetic field, yet the exact nature of this internal compass ...

From JOHN JOHN BOHANNON, Science,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Royal Society,  University of North Carolina

Os Mutantes: 8 October 2009 - Webster Hall, New York City (Notes from the Road)

Os Mutantes have carved out an odd niche for themselves in the current music world.  The initial “wow” factor of the band’s reunion is gone, and the trend-crazed fans have seemed to fall off a bit, leaving only the true disciples along for the ride. ...

From JOHN BOHANNON, PopMatters,  19 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Rita Lee,  Tom Ze (musician),  Facebook Inc.

The Entrance Band: The Entrance Band (Reviews)

Guy Blakeslee is no stranger to the scene he’s approaching heavy-handed. Since the age of 21, he has been releasing psychedelic music based largely on public-domain blues and embracing the tail end of the illustrious, ill-defined freak folk movement. ...

From JOHN BOHANNON, PopMatters,  12 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Thurston Moore,  Zwan (musician),  Neil Young,  Robert Johnson,  Jimi Hendrix

Biosafety Bra, Beer Bottle Ballistics Win Ig Nobels

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSSETS--A simulated terrorist attack struck the stage of Harvard University's Sanders Theatre last night. Just minutes before an (imagined) airborne biological warfare agent arrived, Elena Bodnar deftly pulled her bra off from beneath ...

From JOHN BOHANNON, Science,  2 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Harvard University,  University of Chicago,  Luis Miguel,  Paul Krugman

[The Gonzo Scientist] Do Scientists Like Green Porno?

Two weeks ago, at the Toronto International Film Festival, I introduced the actress Isabella Rossellini to a group of scientists dressed as reproductive organs. "I'm a marmoset penis," said Miriam Diamond, an environmental chemist at the University of ...

From JOHN BOHANNON, Science,  24 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Isabella Rossellini,  Harvard University,  Robert Redford,  Glenn Morris (footballer)

[News Focus] Psychology: The Theory? Diet Causes Violence. The Lab? Prison

Note to users. If you're seeing this message, it means that your browser cannot find this page's style/presentation instructions -- or possibly that you are using a browser that does not support current Web standards. Find out more about why this ...

From JOHN BOHANNON, Science,  24 Sep 2009

Terry Callier: Hidden Conversations (Review)

Since 1991, when Acid Jazz labelhead Eddie Pillar re-released Terry Callier’s commercial flop 12” single “I Don’t Want to See Myself (Without You)”, he has found himself a mainstay in the British electronic scene. After being embraced by the club scene ...

From JOHN BOHANNON, PopMatters,  24 Aug 2009

Related Topics: Robert Del Naja,  Terry Callier,  Massive Attack (musician),  Beth Orton,  John Lee Hooker

Friends or Acquaintances? Ask Your Cell Phone

Your telephone may know more about your private life than you do, according to a new study of mobile phone calls. The insight opens the door to mining massive data sets from mobile phone call logs, which should allow researchers to test theories for ...

From JOHN BOHANNON, Science,  17 Aug 2009

Related Topics: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jesu - Opiate Sun (new album / MP3) (Mixed Media)

With bands like the Angelic Process, Alcest, and now Phil Elverum (aka Mount Eerie), a whole new world has opened up for heavy music, large in part because of Jesu mastermind Justin Broadrick’s tireless effort to not settle for the conventional sounds ...

From JOHN BOHANNON, PopMatters,  13 Aug 2009

Related Topics: Mount Eerie,  Red House Painters (musician),  Mark Kozelek

Rodriguez: Coming from Reality (Review)

Detroit’s Sixto Rodriguez short-lived career had no place in the 1970s. While his debut album, Cold Fact, fell in line with the fuzzed-out, soulful grooves of the late ‘60s, his sound didn’t fare well with the developments in the early ‘70s. Although ...

From JOHN BOHANNON, PopMatters,  29 Jul 2009

Related Topics: Dennis Coffey,  Led Zeppelin (musician),  Marvin Gaye

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