One of the most overt signs of the effect of Raul Castro’s economic reform programme (which started to gather steam in late 2010) has been the opening of a wave of new private restaurants (paladares) around the country, especially in Havana, as well as the expansion and refurbishment of existing places. These vary from mom [...]
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Answer to Shocking 'Faster-Than-Light' Particles Expected Soon
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012Large Hadron Collider Turns Up the Heat … Large Hadron Collider Turns Up the Heat in Higgs Hunt Full Story »Large Hadron Collider Turns Up the Heat in Higgs Hunt Scientific American
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Top 10 paladares in Havana
Sunday, February 19th, 2012One of the most overt signs of the effect of Raul Castro’s economic reform programme (which started to gather steam in late 2010) has been the opening of a wave of new private restaurants (paladares) around the country, especially in Havana, as well as the expansion and refurbishment of existing places. These vary from mom [...]
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Answer to Shocking 'Faster-Than-Light' Particles Expected Soon
Sunday, February 19th, 2012VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Physicists stunned the world last year by announcing they’d seen signs that particles called neutrinos were traveling faster than light — a feat thought to be proven impossible by Einstein. Ever since, other researchers have been racing to try the experiment on their own to see if the findings hold up. [...]
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Custom Parts Made to Order with Ponoko
Thursday, February 16th, 2012Many of the coolest things in the maker movement involve a made-to-order part or component. So what do you do if you don’t have a 3D printer, laser cutter, or a ShopBot CNC router? You Ponoko it. Ponoko is a software platform (not a verb yet) that connects you to the manufacturing [...]
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Sound mixer reteams with Martin Scorsese for on "Hugo"
Thursday, February 16th, 2012LOS ANGELES, Feb 8 (TheWrap.com) – Tom Fleischman has mixed sound for many of the Martin Scorsese movies that are full of gunshots, punches and profanities – but like his director, Fleischman tried a change of pace last year with “Hugo.” The Best Picture nominee’s sound palette leans toward the ticking of clocks, the bustle [...]
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Custom Parts Made to Order with Ponoko
Monday, February 13th, 2012Many of the coolest things in the maker movement involve a made-to-order part or component. So what do you do if you don't have a 3D printer, laser cutter, or a ShopBot CNC router? You Ponoko it. Ponoko is a software platform (not a verb yet) that connects you to the manufacturing device you need [...]
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Sound mixer reteams with Martin Scorsese for on "Hugo"
Monday, February 13th, 2012LOS ANGELES, Feb 8 (TheWrap.com) – Tom Fleischman has mixed sound for many of the Martin Scorsese movies that are full of gunshots, punches and profanities – but like his director, Fleischman tried a change of pace last year with “Hugo.” The Best Picture nominee’s sound palette leans toward the ticking of clocks, the bustle [...]
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Custom Parts Made to Order with Ponoko
Friday, February 10th, 2012Many of the coolest things in the maker movement involve a made-to-order part or component. So what do you do if you don’t have a 3D printer, laser cutter, or a ShopBot CNC router? You Ponoko it. Ponoko is a software platform (not a verb yet) that connects you to the manufacturing [...]
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Sound mixer reteams with Martin Scorsese for on "Hugo"
Friday, February 10th, 2012LOS ANGELES, Feb 8 (TheWrap.com) – Tom Fleischman has mixed sound for many of the Martin Scorsese movies that are full of gunshots, punches and profanities – but like his director, Fleischman tried a change of pace last year with “Hugo.” The Best Picture nominee’s sound palette leans toward the ticking of clocks, the bustle [...]
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