Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else:
The Arts: NPR reports on Antonin Dvořák's influence on American music, and how he tried to incorporate African-American music into mainstream classical music. Dvořák was a Czech, and he wrote the "New World" symphony.
Ethics: A Chinese scientist claims to have altered the DNA of twin girls, so that they are less likely to succumb to AIDS, if they are ever exposed to it. Scientists and ethicists have had an almost entirely negative reaction to this news, for more than one reason, and there has been some skepticism that the result was as claimed. See here and here.
Health: (or something) Listverse describes 10 creepy things that bodies do after a person has died.
Humor: (or something) Gizmodo reports that it takes about 42 hours for an adult male who has swallowed a LEGO head to pass it through the gut. Really.
Science: Gizmodo reports that an elephant-sized mammal-like creature lived during the time when dinosaurs also lived.
Scientific American on the redefinition of the kilogram, and the likely redefinition of other measures, including the mole, the Ampere, and degrees Kelvin. This gets pretty geeky . . .
The graphic used in these posts is from NASA, hence, I believe, it is public domain.
Thanks for looking!
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