On May 11, Cindy Sherman’s “Untitled #96” from 1981, shown here, passed all records for photography when it sold for $3.89 million to New York art dealer Philippe Segalot.
The previous record for a photograph at an auction was $3.35 million in 2006 for Andreas Gursky’s “99 Cent II Diptychon,” shown below.
These homes in Vicksburg are all situated along the Yazoo River, a tributary of the overflowing Mississippi River, and their owners have surrounded themselves with tons of earth and sand.
Area 51 Declassifiedpremieres on the National Geographic Channel on tonight at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.
After a rash of declassifications, details of Cold War workings at the Nevada base, which to this day does not officially exist, are coming to light—including never before released images of an A-12 crash and its cover-up.
Area 51 was created so that U.S. Cold Warriors with the highest security clearances could secretly pursue cutting-edge aeronautical projects.
During the 1950s and ’60s Area 51’s top-secret OXCART program developed the A-12 as the successor to the U-2 spy plane.
Nearly undetectable to radar, the A-12 could fly at 2,200 miles an hour (3,540 kilometers an hour)—fast enough to cross the continental U.S. in 70 minutes. From 90,000 feet (27,400 meters), the plane’s cameras could capture foot-long (0.3-meter-long) objects on the ground below.
But pushing the limits came with risks—and a catastrophic 1963 crash of an A-12 based out of Area 51.
A rapid government cover-up removed nearly all public traces of the wrecked A-12—pictured publicly for the first time in this gallery, thanks to the CIA’s recent declassification of the images.
Read here about how the government hides aircraft in Area 51: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/05/110520-area-51-secret-hid-craft-base-declassified-a-12-plane/
And read here for more general information about Area 51: http://science.howstuffworks.com/space/aliens-ufos/area-51.htm
Thanks to Kedmobee for bringing this to the attention of the It’s Interesting community.
Well, it’s supposed to start in 15 minutes……..
Lots of people have already made their confessions and preparations.
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/21/rapture-talk-prompts-confessions/?hpt=T2
Height is often used as a metaphor for virtue: moral high ground, God on high, looking up to good people, etc.
Larry Sanna and his associates at the University of North Carolina wondered if people who were primed to think about height would be more virtuous.
Read here about their work, recently published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, which describes 4 human experiments involving altitude. Their work suggests that unconscious processes may be important in determining whether we will act to help others.
According to the Oakland, California – based Broadcast Ministry Family Radio (www.familyradio.com), tomorrow at around 6 pm New Zealand time there will be a great earthquake that spreads throughout the Earth. Tomorrow, Jesus is going to appear and take 3% of humankind to heaven – the true Christians who were chosen by God long ago. The rest of us will endure 153 more days of sheer horror until we are all annihiliated on October 21st, the official end of the world.
Followers and the Family Radio Ministry are so convinced of the accuracy of these predictions that they have given up their jobs, families and possessions to join the nationwide tour, known as the caravan ministry. Their buses, placards and clothing brandish the “Awesome News.”
http://www.salon.com/news/religion/?story=/politics/war_room/2011/05/15/may_21_end_of_world
http://blogs.courier-journal.com/faith/2011/05/05/after-derby-at-least/
http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/01/03/judgement-day-will-may-21-2011-be-the-end-of-the-world/
Optogenetics is a relatively new technique for communicating with the brain. It involves implantation of light-sensitive genes into animals and then hooking up fiber-optic cables to specific areaa of the brain.
Researchers have used this technique to completely restore movement in mice with Parkinson’s disease, and to reduce anxiety in other mouse models.
Researchers are now trying to develop a less invasive method that doesn’t go deeper than the outer surface of the brain.
Eventually, two-way traffic may be possible with this technique, in which a machine can both send and receive information from the brain.
Read about it in Wired and the NYT below.
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/10/mf_optigenetics
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/17/science/17optics.html?_r=2&src=dayp
‘Planking’ is the latest fad to sweep through facebook. It involves laying someone down on their belly in a dangerous position and then taking a picture that is placed on Facebook.
Read more here: Facebook ‘Planking’ Craze Under Fire In Australia http://therandomforest.com/facebook-planking-craze-under-fire-in-australia/#ixzz1M9YiEADr
And here are 10 other fads that have swept through Facebook: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/8509708/Planking-Top-10-Facebook-crazes.html
It will likely be decades until we know whether or not cell phone radiation is hurting users.
Here is the latest on the possible effects of cell phone radiation on our body.
Thanks to Parfit for bringing this to the attention of the It’s Interesting community.
A Gallup poll released in mid-March ranked Evansville, Ind.-Ky. as the most obese metropolitan area in the country with 37.8 percent of its residents in 2010 overweight. That was a jump of almost 10 percent over the results of a similar survey conducted in 2009.
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2011/may/14/no-headline—15aoxwalkroll/
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