Music (Anthropology)
Recreating the music of ancient times…how they did it and examples of the results:
http://www.openculture.com/2013/10/what-ancient-greek-music-sounded-like.html
Chain of Life (Environment)
How the wolves in Yellowstone changed the environment down to the way the rivers ran. Warning: the video auto starts with wolf howls.
http://www.wimp.com/wolvesrivers/
Crop Circles (Psychology)
An analysis of what makes humans susceptible to the crop circle (or other) hoax:
http://www.livescience.com/42368-crop-circle-hoaxes.html
Energy (Technology)
An new way to produce windmill-energy…through micro windmills:
http://phys.org/news/2014-01-technology-micro-windmills-recharge-cell.html
World building (Writing)
A glimpse at the world through the eyes and tongue of synesthesia
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2013/09/what-do-londons-tube-stations-taste
Melnae grew up on tales of fire-eating demons and even fought in the shahran’s army. Now, a demon force approaches her home while her daughter bears the mark of a fire-eater. Can she protect her daughter without betraying her people?
War Child
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Wow! Yes, the early modern English version is perfectly easy to understand–especially for fans of BBC America or PBS. I would love to hear Shakespeare done this way instead of all the loud modern versions that I’ve been to lately.
Which link are you referring to? But yes, there’s a company doing this in the Midwest somewhere. I saw a YouTube snippet and it was wonderful.
I wonder if doing this would play better if the “preshow” music were instead Middle English poetry or something read aloud (or canned) to tune the ear before the play started.
In case anyone is curious, here’s the post this is about: http://margaretmcgaffeyfisk.com/interesting-links-for-10-29-2010/