Short Takes: News From All Over
February 8, 2007
February 2007
Staff Utne.com
Thousands of New Marine Species Found In Pacific's
'Golden Triangle'
By Steve Connor, the Independent
When it seems everything under the sun is findable with Google,
it's refreshing to hear that true discovery is still possible. In
the waters around Panglao island, about 390 miles southeast of
Manila, scientists on a French-led expedition discovered a plethora
of marine species that the scientists believe have never been seen
before. The discovery is part of a larger project to study areas
rich in biodiversity and to better understand how to protect coral
reefs. -- Evelyn Hampton
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article2241467.ece
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Artist Gets Inside the Human Body
By Jane Elliott, BBC News
For Angela Palmer, having a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan
is about inspiration, not inspection. The artist uses the scans as
the basis to create her glass-bound etchings of the human head and
body -- a technique inspired by a 3-D model of penicillin's
structure she saw in a museum. Her 'Inside Out' exhibition is on
display until mid-May at the Hunterian Museum in London. If that's
too far to travel, you can take a gander at six of her renditions
here. -- Elizabeth Ryan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6319979.stm
Advertising, Remixed
By Mental Floss
'Be Like Mike.' 'Just Do It.' 'Live the Magic.' Taken out of
context, an advertising slogan can seem like a Surrealist pastiche
of random words. Riffing on this aesthetic, the
Random Ad
Generator, created by designer Alexis Lloyd, remixes real
advertising slogans and pairs them with an image from the
photo-sharing site Flickr. The resulting ads are quirky, amusing,
and often totally believable as real advertisements for mysterious
products. A recent visit to the site engendered a blatant plug for
capitalism in which an image of a limo in front of the London
Hilton is underscored with the phrase, 'Essential to the wealth.'
Similar sites include Sloganizer.net and
Slogan
Generator. -- Evelyn Hampton
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/3913
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