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...wondrous cover of the first issue describes it as “an ob-literary zine, and “an experiment in experimentation.” Technically speaking, it is an almost 50 page funhouse of innovative artwork and writing on the concept of “the future.” The ’zine, which proudly included an essay by world-renowned critical theorist Slavoj Zizek, was neither distributed through University mail nor door-dropped, but was instead left in cafes and offices around Cambridge. Some adventurous members of Present! even left copies of the magazine...
...their part, the scientists couldn't be more pleased. "The images just blew us away," says Dijanna Figueroa, a grad student in marine biology at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Nobody has ever seen deep-sea pictures as sharp as these. Among the wondrous creatures they spotted: a white octopus with earlike flaps known as a Dumbo octopus, an anglerfish with what look like primitive hands and a spindly 11-armed sea star. Some were previously unknown to science. "I came away asking new questions," says Figueroa. Viewers will come away in awe. --By Michael D. Lemonick. Reported...
...other time too. Beside the sorrow of our frail humanity there is also the glory of our genius. Amid the shock and grief at our common helplessness before a cruel ocean, there is also this: when Huygens sent back those wondrous pictures from the surface of Titan this past Friday, we were reminded once again of our stubborn little common human greatness...
...other time too. Beside the sorrow of our frail humanity there is also the glory of our genius. Amid the shock and grief at our common helplessness before a cruel ocean, there is also this: when Huygens sent back those wondrous pictures from the surface of Titan this past Friday, we were reminded once again of our stubborn little common human greatness...
...director, Alejandro Amenbar (The Others), imagines dream escapes for Ramn, wondrous flights in which he soars through the skies while operatic arias play. On the other hand, the film, based on a true story, is always firmly grounded in reality. Ramn is tended by his brother's family and a local woman named Rosa (Lola Dueas), who finds a focus for her messy life when she, too, falls in love with him. All of them keep reminding us that the big life-and-death questions this movie raises--and very sensibly answers--have human dimensions...