“Bottlenose dolphins have been observed chattering while cooperating to solve a tricky puzzle – a feat that suggests they have a type of vocalisation dedicated to cooperating on problem solving. … Importantly, the researchers were able to show that the increase in chatter was directly related to the canister-opening task as opposed to social interactions between the dolphins.”
Tag: 04.15.16
Can A Roman Deus Ex Machina Save The Arena Di Verona’s Opera Festival?
The foundation that operates the festival – whose visitors make a huge contribution to Verona’s economy – went into bankruptcy liquidation earlier this month. So Italy’s culture minister has sent in Carlo Fuortes, the man he hired to save Rome’s desperately dysfunctional opera house from collapse.
Remember Black Light Posters?
“For a magical time in the 1960s and ’70s, your wood-paneled basement hideaway wasn’t worth its weight in cheap weed and questionable acid without a collection of psychedelic blacklight posters. Combining Art Nouveau, Surrealism, Pop Art, and countless other artistic styles with the relatively new (commercially anyway) phenomenon of fluorescence, these glow-in-the-dark posters became an icon of the Summer of Love and its youth culture. Here’s where they came from and how they worked.”
Study: University Creative Arts Graduates Are Lowest Paid
“Those graduating with creative arts degrees were found to be the lowest earners after 10 years of working, out of 21 university degree subjects.”
The Smog In Medellín Is So Bad, Even The Botero Scupltures Can’t Breathe
“Activists protesting severe pollution levels in Medellín, Colombia, aired their concerns last week with a striking public gesture: they strapped giant face masks onto a number of Fernando Botero sculptures in the famous Botero Plaza.”
Suzan-Lori Parks Talks About Race, Writing And Fame
“Hollywood is only as interesting as the rest of the country. Hollywood thinks, ‘We’re separate, we’re cool, we’re gorgeous, we’re glamorous, we walk on red carpets all day.’ Guess what? You’re all just as kookaburra as the rest of us.”
NPR’s ‘On The Media’ Asks Public Radio Station Execs About The Network’s Looming Challenges
“There are myriad issues – the shift toward digital streaming, an aging listenership, the rise of commercial podcasting – plaguing public radio, and more specifically, NPR. Bob [Garfield] takes a hard look at how NPR member stations and the mothership are dealing with this tangled web of challenges, and considers what the future might hold for the public media institution.” (audio)
Dance In D.C. At A Crossroads – Several Of Them, In Fact
“It’s beginning to look like 2016 will be a year of big transitions for the Washington, DC dance community. … How will DC fare within all these changes? Here’s the deal on how the next year looks for the capital’s dance scene.”
Old Dutch Masters Paintings Stolen Ten Years Ago Turn Up In Ukraine
“The [four] ‘most appealing and most missed’ of 24 artworks looted from Westfries Museum in Hoorn in 2005, were revealed at a press conference by the Ukrainian secret service in Kiev on Thursday. According to reports, the 16th and 17th century paintings had been held to ransom for €50 million by a far-right Ukrainian militia.”
How U.S. Coastal Cities Left The Middle States Behind
“The relative decline of St. Louis—along with that of other similarly endowed heartland cities—is therefore not simply, or even primarily, a story of deindustrialization. The larger explanation involves how presidents and lawmakers in both parties, influenced by a handful of economists and legal scholars, quietly altered federal competition policies, antitrust laws, and enforcement measures over a period of thirty years.”