The Science of Stereophile
Stephen Mejias
CMS Online!
If you know that <I>CMS</I> means <I>The Chicago Manual of Style</I>, you didn't need that exclamation point. If you don't, a hundred of 'em wouldn't make the news exciting.
The Biology of B-Movie Monsters
Being big isn't simple. "Absolute size cannot be treated in isolation; size <I>per se</I> affects almost every aspect of an organism's biology. Indeed, the effects of size on biology are sufficiently pervasive and the study of these effects sufficiently rich in biological insight that the field has earned a name of its own: 'scaling.'"
Mirror, Mirror
In the new study of brain activity, volunteers silently read phrases describing movements involving one of three body parts. All of the phrases activated movement-related regions in the left frontal cortex—presumably the ones responsible for moving the body part in question.
Music Has a Future
Richard Dyer's valedictory column for <I>The Boston Globe</I> is surprisingly upbeat.
British Library on DRM and the Law
"DRM is a technical device, but it's being used in an all-embracing sense. It can't be circumvented for disabled access or preservation, and the technology doesn't expire (as traditional copyright does). In effect, it's overriding exceptions to copyright law,"said Lynne Brindley, chief executive of the British Library.
Of Music and Life
What I've been missing lately is music. And possibly alcohol, <a href="http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/091906reddening/">thinks Buddha</a>.
Frisell, Harris, DeJohnette, Surman
This just in: Jerome Harris dropped me a line announcing a concert tour with Bill Frisell, Jack DeJohnette, and Ben Surman. Unfortunately, it won't be playing anywhere <I>I</I> can go see them, but if you're lucky, you can catch one of these dates.
Ten Years After
Ten years ago, John Horgan wrote <I>The End of Science</I>, arguing that scientists had already solved most of the big mysteries of the universe, Has a decade of scientific progress tempered that belief?