DARPA to Genetically Engineer Humans by Adding a 47th Chromosome

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Rashid Faridi
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Urban Cultural Studies Podcast (2) Thornbury on Trains, Gender and Tokyo

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

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UCS 002 Thornbury on Trains, Gender, and Fictional Characters in Tokyo (3 August 2013) Conversational interview inspired by scholar Barbara Thornbury‘s article “Tokyo, Gender, and Mobility: Tracking Fictional Characters on Real Monorails, Trains, Subways, and Trams,” forthcoming in the Journal of Urban Cultural Studies (1.1, 2013). Focusing on “My Slightly Crooked Brooch” by Noboru Tsujihara,  other prose works and films discussed include Real World (Natsuo Kirino), The Thief (Fuminori Nakamura), “Newlywed” (Banana Yoshimoto), Train Man (Shosuke Murakami), and Café Lumière(Hsiao-Hsien Hou). [LINK TO ORIGINAL PUBLISHER]

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New idea tackles Earth core puzzle(link)

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

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Scientists have proposed a radical new model for the make-up of the Earth’s core

Read more: http://www.geologypage.com/2013/07/new-idea-tackles-earth-core-puzzle.html#ixzz2avi0HloE

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North Pole ‘Lake’ Vanishes(link)

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

Arctic Sea ice concentration, biweekly norther...

Arctic Sea ice concentration, biweekly northern hemispheric chart – In 2007 the Arctic Sea ice melted early, and rapidly fell to record low levels. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The stunning blue meltwater lake that formed on the Arctic ice disappeared on Monday (July 29), draining through a crack in the underlying ice floe.Now, instead of 2 feet (0.6 meters) of freshwater slopping against a bright-yellow buoy, a remote webcam shows only ice and clouds.

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