MUSIC AND THE BRAIN | 2-5 p.m. Saturday, May 11 | UCF College of Medicine, Lewis Auditorium | www.centralfloridasfn.org/events.html | $10-$20 When I was in middle school, my older sister did that age-old science experiment where she played different genres of music for the same species of plant and monitored whether or not the...
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You’ve heard of short films, but now we’ve moved into a new realm: small films. IBM engineers created this 90 second short film by magnifying atoms (100 million times) and manipulating them into a remarkable little 8-bit block style animated film called A Boy and His Atom. Well played, science. Well played.
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The accomplished paleoanthropologist dedicated his life to digging up the evidence that would fill out holes in the timeline of our existence, dating back 4 million years, and his work has turned a lot of heads.
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This 3-D movie, premiering tonight at the Orlando Science Center’s adults-only Cocktails & Cosmos party, will introduce you to space junk up close and personal and explain how and why it could be harmful to your health.
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Space enthusiasts hope this important mission can answer one of humanity’s most lingering questions: Is there life on Mars?
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Dolby’s solid geek-eye that initially blinded us with “science!” has remained a celebrated sort of myopia for those forgiving of grown-up pop stars with aberrant ambitions.
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Two old favorites return to Orlando this weekend for their annual early January appearances. You can read my take on these events in next week’s Live Active Cultures, but in the meantime here is a visual teaser to help you decide whether to see them before they leave town for another year. Earlier in...
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