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Evolutionary anthems: the songs of Darwin finches might be responsible for the group rapid speciation - Biomechanics
On Santa Cruz Island, in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the morning sounds of songbirds foraging and courting are reassuringly familiar in the otherwise ......(Continue Reading) Math songs: reinforce essential math knowledge with these familiar tunes
Old MacDonald's Polygon Barn [TUNE: "OLD MACDONALD HAD A FARM"] Old MacDonald had a barn, full of polygons! And in that barn a polygon, called a triangle. Three sides here, Three sides...(Continue Reading)St John of the Cross: Songs in the Night
St John of the Cross: Songs in the Night. By Colin Thompson. The Catholic University Press: 620 Michigan Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20064, 2003. Pp. 307....(Continue Reading)Sea story: at age 92, Jack Lawrence, out lyricist of "Beyond the Sea," talks about his new autobiography—and about having Kevin Spacey sing
Could the lyrics of the love song "Beyond the Sea, made famous by the late Bobby Darin, have been written with two men in mind? "It could have been," says Jack Lawrence, the openly g...(Continue Reading)The first words …
Just a few weeks from now (as I'm writing), and probably at least a few days ago as you're reading, one of this magazine's thunders (and certainly its ......(Continue Reading)
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