Ryan Gardner on October 14th, 2005

Scientists have taught dolphins to combine both rhythm and vocalisations to produce music, resulting in an extremely high-pitched, short version of the Batman theme song.
The findings, outlined in two studies, are the first time that nonhuman mammals have demonstrated they can recognise rhythms and reproduce them vocally.
Maybe they were training these dolphins to swim [...]

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Ryan Gardner on October 14th, 2005

This is freaky. I don’t know what child has ever said to his parents: “I want to be a flying monkey from the Wizard of Oz for Halloween!” and I don’t know what parent would ever go out and buy their child this costume. Where would you find such a costume in the first place? [...]

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Ryan Gardner on October 14th, 2005

A $350 GPS unit for $50? $90 ice-climbing gloves for $10? A $50 backpack $5? A brand-new climbing harness for $15? What do all of these things have in common?
These are deals that I’ve gotten in the past at the Black Diamond Gear Swap - the happiest place on earth. It is going on [...]

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