Posts tagged as Great Reads
Are Dolphins Talking About Us Behind Our Backs?
Cool! Dolphins apparently change their clicking and whistle sounds in the presence of other species of dolphins in order to better communicate with each other. Or so indicates the audio research of biologist Laura May-Collado of the University of Puerto Rico, who recorded pods of bottlenose dolphins and Guyana dolphins separately, and then as they came into contact with each other off the coast of Costa Rica. As Dr. May-Collado told BBC Earth News: READ MORE
On The Impossibility Of Identity
Whenever I'm asked-weirdly, it happens with some frequency-which celebrity I most resemble I always answer Mike Tyson, which I for some reason think is hysterical, although I recently developed what seems to be a permanent Maori tattoo of stress-acne below my right eye, so I guess the joke's on me. Anyway, this Michelle Orange essay on familiar faces is lengthy, discursive, and unsettling. I liked it a lot.
Extremely Talented People Sometimes Recap 'American Idol'
Jacob Clifton, of Austin, Texas, labors in the heart of the T.V. recapping industry. He handles "American Idol" duties. This week, in astounding fashion, he dealt with the issue of current American pop idol sexlessness and Christ-loving. READ MORE
