Remember the Music

Scientists are trying to find out why an individual who loses his/her memory can still remember music: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15791973

Not Just Another Brick in the Wall

Sawaya's Melting Man

Meet Nathan Sawaya, owner of 1.5 million Lego bricks, creator of amazing, ingenious, beautiful sculptures: http://www.brickartist.com/

The Annotated OWS

From Matt Taibbi, this is what it's all about: http://m.rollingstone.com/entry/view/id/19309/pn/all/p/0/?KSID=8c704e1e42d81f193c475e2526ebbbe3&ints_viewed=1

The Cars

The best of the L.A. Auto Show, which saw the world debut of more than 20 cars: http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2011/11/top-10-cars-of-the-2011-la-auto-show.html


The Subaru BRZ STI Concept is said to have the lowest center of gravity of any production car.

Slinkies, Lawn Darts, and Barbies, Oh, My

What you've always wanted to know about five classic toys: http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/five-facts-classic-toys-194215581.html

No Can Do

The Breast Cancer Fund's list of seven common Thanksgiving staples to avoid if you want to minimize your BPA intake (and who doesn't): http://www.breastcancerfund.org/big-picture-solutions/make-our-products-safe/cans-not-cancer/bpa-thanksgiving-food.html

Amazing Arachnid

Darwin's bark spider has the toughest silk of all and is therefore capable of creating the biggest webs in the world, including some that span rivers (story and video): http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21124-zoologger-the-biggest-spider-web-in-the-world.html

A Tangled Web

What happens when scientists apply the math used to model natural systems to the global economy? We find out that Occupy Wall Street has been right all along: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228354.500-revealed--the-capitalist-network-that-runs-the-world.html

Cold Enough fer Ya?

Sixteen-year-old Amelia Hempleman-Adams (whose dad has summited the seven highest peaks) prepares to ski the South Pole by camping in a freezer (video): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-15705910

Do You Believe in Magic?

Ladies and Gentlemen, presenting techno-illusionist Marco Tempest and his magic iPods! (video): http://www.tedxzurich.com/2011/09/marco-tempest/

Ch-ch-ch-changes

Cicada magazine for children ages 14 and up is taking submissions of stories, poetry, or artwork on the topic Change: http://www.cicadamag.com/submitwork . The winners will be published in upcoming issues!

See the Tree!

The nation's Christmas tree is stopping in L.A. on its way to Washington. The Autry museum gets the honors and has planned a lovely family event around it: http://theautry.org/programs/family-activities/us-capitol-christmas-tree-at-the-autry

Yeah, and How Many Did They Consume?

The making of the "In Your Arms" music video ~ two years, 288,000 jelly beans, and a WHOLE lot of ingenuity (video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIH4MJAC2Tg&feature=player_embedded#!

Squash History

No, not "squash," the verb, but "squash," the noun! Seeds from 12,000 years ago were found in caves in Equador, and the Iroquois planted them next to two other crops that, together, they called the "Three Sisters": http://blog.americanhistory.si.edu/osaycanyousee/2011/11/from-the-victory-garden-american-history-told-through-squash.html

Forever No More

female Black Western Rhino Hubert Planton

The Western Black Rhinoceros has been declared extinct. Here's the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species, a work in progress (story and video): http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/species/?8548/Another-leap-towards-the-Barometer-of-Life

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Primordial Stars

It turns out that the first stars were only tens of times the mass of our sun, not hundreds of times, as we had previously thought (duh): http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-348&cid=release_2011-348&msource=11348&tr=y&auid=9845190

Things To Do ~ Nov. 11 & Beyond

Nov. 11 ~ Veterans' Day Malibu Ceremony, Malibu Legacy Park, Malibu: http://www.malibucity.org/news/index.cfm/fuseaction/story/ID/1241/

Nov. 11 ~ Celebrate Veterans' Day, Nixon Library, Yorba Linda: http://events.nixonfoundation.org/2011/07/12/celebrate-veterans-day/

Nov. 11-13 ~ Free Entrance Day at the National Parks: http://www.nps.gov/findapark/feefreeparks.htm

Nov. 11-Jan 16 ~ ICE outdoor skating rink, Santa Monica: http://www.iceatsantamonica.com/

Through Nov. 12 ~ LA5: Sculpture That Shaped the City, PYO Gallery, downtown: http://www.pyogalleryla.com/html/exhibition_current.asp

Nov. 12 ~ Dragonflies That Dazzle, King Gillette Ranch, Calabasas: http://www.lamountains.com/parks.asp?parkid=670

Nov. 12 ~ Target Free Family Saturdays: "Planet Power," Japanese American National Museum, downtown: http://www.janm.org/events/2011/target/

Nov. 12 ~ Safari As a Way of Life Launch Party,  Dan Eldon Center for Creative Activism, Malibu: http://www.creativevisions.org/2011/10/safari-as-a-way-of-life-launch-party-saturaday-november-12-2011/

Nov. 12 ~ Carl Stone: Sonic Excursions From Al-Noor to Zang, Getty Center, Los Angeles: http://www.getty.edu/museum/programs/performances/gordon_getty.html?utm_source=egetty121&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=egetty121

Nov. 12, 13, 14 ~ Residency: Diavolo Dance Theater open rehearsals, the Plaza, Music Center, downtown: http://www.musiccenter.org/events/dance_1112_diavolo.html

Liliput, Here We Come

The world's smallest car, made of a single molecule: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228384.800-single-molecule-nanocar-takes-its-first-spin.html

All Fall Down

The Penn Museum in Philadelphia hosted "the ultimate domino show," featuring 10,000 dominoes that it took 15 hours to set up. How long did it take to knock them down? Time it! (video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoRF9LFKfzM&feature=player_embedded

0-0 !!

Finis

Go there.
http://www.schaft.com/endofit.html

Happy Birthday!!

Researchers have stopped signs of aging in mice. Are humans next?: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15552964

Things To Do ~ Nov. 4 & Beyond

Nov. 4 ~ The Music of Dirk Fischer, Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center, College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita: http://www.canyons.edu/Offices/PIO/CanyonsPAC/falljazz.html

Nov. 5 ~ L.A. Opera Open House, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Music Center, downtown: http://www.laopera.com/support/openhouse.aspx

Nov. 5 ~ Peace and Rhythm, Promenade Park, Long Beach: http://www.visitlongbeach.com/calendar/index.cfm?eventid=5280

Nov. 5 ~ 15th Annual Long Beach Veterans' Day Parade, Atlantic Boulevard and Harding Street, Long Beach: http://www.lbveteransdayparade.com/ParadeInformation.php

Nov. 5 ~ Art Exhibit in Celebration of Will Rogers's Birthday, Will Rogers State Historic Park, Pacific Palisades: http://www.parks.ca.gov/Events/EventDetail.aspx?id=3500

Nov. 5 ~ Andrew & Polly Mini-Concert, Children's Book World, Los Angeles: http://www.childrensbookworld.com/Storytelling/storytelling.htm#celeste

Nov. 5 ~ Theodore Boone and the Thrill of Rights, Geffen Playhouse, Westwood: http://www.geffenplayhouse.com/more_info.php?show_id=149

Nov. 5-6 ~ Japanese Garden Festival, Descanso Gardens, La Cañada Flintridge: http://descansogardens.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=443:japanese-fest-110411&catid=48:events&Itemid=73

Through Nov. 6 ~ Spider Pavilion, Natural History Museum, Los Angeles: http://www.nhm.org/site/explore-exhibits/special-exhibits/spider-pavilion

Nov. 6 ~ Daylight Saving Time ends ~ time to fall back!: http://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/

Nov. 6 ~ 11th Annual Día de los Muertos Festival, Canoga Park: http://mainstreetcanogapark.org/index.php

Baby Berg

Scientists are excited about the upcoming birth of a new iceberg, this one approximately the size of New York City or Berlin: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15580679

A Poem As Lovely As a 朳

American and Chinese poems are being translated in the latest exercise in cultural exchange and understanding (video): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15585002