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The World Science Festival's "Notes & Neurons: In Search of the Common Chorus" asks: Is our response to music hard-wired or culturally determined?
The World Science Festival's "Notes & Neurons: In Search of the Common Chorus" asks: Is our response to music hard-wired or culturally determined?
With the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China this year, the one thing every attendee should know is a little Shanghai dialect. Nothing big, just the key phrases, and the most polite phrases, like "thanks" and "you're welcome." Politeness always wins the best of them, even in foreign countries.
The World Expo 2010 is here! This year's Expo runs from May until October in Shanghai, China. Shanghai has always been the popular choice for the Expo, so if you want to go, make sure you know how to speak to the locals. At least, the basics anyway.
This is the exterior of the castle in front of Balvenie distillery. You can visit the castle for a small fee, but tours of the distillery are by appointment only.
In honor of our recent post on the man behind MacGyver, here's a little advice from the master: "A paperclip can be a wonderous thing. More times than I can remember one of these had gotten me out of a tight spot..."
In this Final Cut tutorial, Richard Harrington discusses the common problem of backlighting, exposure and what can happen when shooting video outdoors. Proper exposure of all elements in a shoot can be a pain to achieve with a bright sun and blue sky but using the three way color corrector in Final Cut Pro, Richard is able to make all the elements pop.
In this Final Cut tutorial, Richard Harrington discusses what to do to correct your film when you shoot footage with the wrong white balance setting. This is a common problem if you step outside after shooting inside and you forget to rewhite balance. Richard uses the three way color corrector to do a digital white balance on the clip inside of Final Cut Pro.
Hey, want to make an animated movie, but you don't know how to start? First of all, you need a good idea. Good ideas are hard to find, but you could always steal one from someone more talented than you. Found a good idea? Very good. Now take good care of it, over time that idea will turn into a story almost by itself.
Dandruff is a common problem for many people and people can be embarrassed by their itchy, flaky scalp. This video has put together this guide to treat and prevent dandruff. Treat dandruff.
This video demonstrates how to make a left slanting decrease in Continental knitting. This is the most common left slanting increase and is also known as SSK (Slip Slip Knit). This decrease is necessary in some patterns to keep the flow of the decorative stitches. Make a left slanting decrease in Continental knitting.
The common word processors like Microsoft Word have limited functions in creating 3D text. Not quite the same with CINEMA 4D. Learn how to create cool 3D text with glow and reflection effects using this program. Create reflective 3D text using CINEMA 4D.
Aharon Rabinowitz discusses one of the most common After Effects mistakes: importing image sequences at the wrong frame rate. Of course, he tells you the effects and solutions to fix the problem. Fix videos imported with the wrong frame rate into AE.
Dreamweaver and Fireworks share a common user interface and this video shows you how to understand and use those shared elements. You'll learn how to use panels, menus, and more. Check out this video created by Joseph Lowery now! Use shared elements of Dreamweaver and Fireworks.
Whether you know you have gluten sensitivity or simply want to see how you feel if you cut wheat products completely out of your diet, going gluten-free is actually not as difficult as you would think.
Joshua Allen Harris' work is ingenious. An incredibly simple, common household item (garbage bag) makes use of disgusting subway toxins (exhaust) to create inflatable street monsters.
I will illustrate a simple, yet effective way to stop tracking and third-party cookies without installing any additional software on your computer. Third-party cookies are often used to track your visits and activities on webpages and can slow down your browser and hinder your privacy. They are often the most common detected adware or spyware installed on most computers.
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CNN has compiled a list of the best ten ideas presented at this year's TED conference.
What does it mean when there is no picture on the television? Check out this video tutorial on how program the Panasonic remote DMR-ES15 (ES25) for other TV's. This Panasonic DMR-ES15 (ES25) DVD Recorder is easy to operate and great to record with.
What does it mean when there is no picture on the television? Check out this video tutorial on how program the Panasonic remote DMR-ES45V (ES35V) for other TV's. This Panasonic DMR-ES45V (ES35V) DVD Recorder is easy to operate and great to record with.
What does it mean when there is no picture on the television? Check out this video tutorial on how program the Panasonic remote DMR-EH55 for other TV's. This Panasonic DMR-EH55 DVD Recorder is easy to operate and great to record with.
What does it mean when there is no picture on the television? Check out this video tutorial on how program the Panasonic remote DMR-EH75V for other TV's. This Panasonic DMR-EH75V DVD Recorder is easy to operate and great to record with.
This film will show you how to select fish for a cold water temperate aquarium. It will help you decide which types to choose and how many to keep in your tank. The type and number of fish you can keep will depend on the size of your tank. An easy formula for calculating how many fish you can keep is to multiply the length of the tank by the width to get the surface area, and then divide this number by 60. There are several species of cold water fish, also known as temperate fish, which can b...
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What's the best way to get rid of all those holiday turkey leftovers? Of course, there's turkey soup, but what's even better? This turkey salad recipe! But you haven't had turkey salad until you've had it with cranberry mayonnaise!
Free kicks are common in soccer for restarting a play in a soccer game, and in this video free kick expert Shunsuke Nakamura shares his step-by-step method for taking a perfect football free kick.
If you have questions, Redbook Magazine has answers. "Love your life." Redbook is for the woman juggling family, career, and her own own needs.
The art of a perfect seamless shot hinges on your form. This tip from professional archer and hunter Larry Wise teaches you how to reduce misses when bowhunting. He covers the most common reason for the MISS when you bowhunt, which could be the string hitting the sleeve, catching on your vest or shoulder, probably because the bow is not set for the correct bow length.
Watch this boating instructional video to learn how to tie the double fisherman's knot. The double fisherman's knot securely ties two ropes together or can be used to tie the ends of rope or cord together to form the loops. Another use for this knot is to make another baoting knot more secure by tying this knot with the tag end of the rope behind another boating knot, a practice common to mountain climbers. In that case, you are effectively tying one half of the double fisherman's boating kno...
In this how-to breaking up video Tracey Cox talks about the most common reasons that relationships end. Why do women dump men? Why do men dump women? What can you do to avoid being dumped? Watch and get great dating and break up advice that is sure to help you with future relationships. Understand why you've been dumped.
With New Years Eve parties on all of our minds, I though it only fitting to launch an all-things-party world. After all, who doesn't like a good party? This will be a place to share party ideas--from baby showers and first birthday party ideas, to frat parties, bachelor parties, weddings.
Low vision therapist Diane Michels share tips on how to improve what you can see for people with low vision challenges. Ideas like improving lighting by using lighter lampshades or dusting light bulbs, shields for your computer monitor to reduce glare, and contrasting colors for up close work are among the ideas shared. Improve reading for people with low vision issues.
This tutorial is somewhat subjective but the idea is that it will show you how to make a photo or image look like it was taken with a Polaroid camera. It's a great idea, if you didn't originally shoot the image with a Polaroid camera. Create a Polaroid effect using Photoshop.
Want to wrap your Christmas gifts in a memorable way? Give your gift recipient a DIY super-secret book safe, and while you are at it, hide a small gift inside the the secret safe. Or, if you plan on giving a gift card, create a snow globe out of a mason jar and water and glitter, and insert the gift card at the bottom of the jar so that it is held upright by superglue.
So, i recently did /spawn and came out on a wholeee new spawn, a metro station... We now had 3 different spawn in the last month, and it's time to build THE REAL SPAWN!
Tell the awesome person in your life how much you love him or her by writing a secret Valentine's Day message in invisible ink, which can then only be revealed by heating the paper over a flame or a hot light bulb.
Last year and the year before that, I gave some suggestions on DIY holiday gifts that you could make for family and friends, and this year, I wanted to follow up with even more Christmas gift ideas.
Last year, I wrote a post on "10 Thrifty DIY Christmas Gift Ideas" for people looking to get crafty during the gift-giving season. It seemed only right to do a followup this year with 10 more ideas!
With palm reading! Think it's hokey? We were skeptics, but found out that palmistry is actually founded in science. Think of it as an anatomical fortune cookie!