This is an interesting series about how all us African descendants came to be spread around the world and how some of us developed lighter skin. (there is nothing about ginger people tho?? maybe it is a government secret…)

Dr Alice is great as well, in the running it seems for Attenborough’s replacement

” There are seven billion humans on earth, spread across the whole planet. Scientific evidence suggests that most of us can trace our origins to one tiny group of people who left Africa around 70,000 years ago. In this five-part series, Dr Alice Roberts follows the archaeological and genetic footprints of our ancient ancestors to find out how their journeys transformed our species into the humans we are today, and how Homo sapiens came to dominate the planet.“

(… apparently thousands of years ago the Japanese evolved from a packet of “Pocky” )

“In this programme, the journey continues into Asia, the world’s greatest land mass, in a quest to discover how early hunter-gatherers managed to survive in one of the most inhospitable places on earth – the Arctic region of Northern Siberia. Alice meets the nomadic Evenki people, whose lives are dictated by reindeer, both wild and domesticated, and discovers that the survival techniques of this very ancient people have been passed down through generations. Alice also explores what may have occurred during human migration to produce Chinese physical characteristics, and considers a controversial claim about Chinese evolution: that the Chinese do not share the same African ancestry as other peoples.“

It is interesting how reindeer were so important to human evolution, I’ll pass on the reindeer wine tho…

Christian has been collecting vinyl collectible from 2003, accession over 800 alone pieces that are all beautifully displayed throughout his Manila home. This accumulating is like a dream realized. What’s best arresting besides the arduous bulk of Christian’s vinyl collectibles is how alluringly they’re all displayed throughout several sections of his home.

Tips on befitting your toys apple-pie by Christian: “First of all your accumulating charge be apple-pie so we use Swiffer to apple-pie out the toys already a week. I consistently comedy with my affectation already in a while. I accept appointed places in the abode area the toys should are displayed to abstain clutter. I additionally bout the toys with the allowance blush and the furnitures. Customized affectation cases makes toys added admirable and organized. That’s about it“

Murmur by R.E.M. is older to my high school son than the Beatles were when I was his age. Released in 1983 it doesn’t sound the least bit dated to me. Perhaps that is what I responded to as a 17 year old in the midst of rapid change. Murmur was not like anything I had ever heard. Stipe claims in the opening song (Radio Free Europe), “this isn’t country at all”. It wasn’t “like” anything at all. It wasn’t like the outlaw country that my dad listened to. It wasn’t like the jazz and midwest rock that my mom listened to. It certainly wasn’t like anything else I was listening to. As diverse as my tastes were even at the age of 17, everything else I listened to (with the exception of New Order) was defined music. It had borders, it had clear direction, it had intention and agenda. This sound coming out of the speakers of my ‘76 Nova was not rock, blues, folk, techno, jazz. Lyrically it was not about love, politics, change, anger or passion even though it hinted at all of them. No, this was my first encounter with music that was concerned with truth and that recognized that truth was somehow transcendent.

And, as central and influential as R.E.M. has been, I don’t think it sounds like anything I listen to today. Which is why both my kids always ask me, “who is this?” everytime I play it. It is not haunted like Reckoning but there is still a solemnity present. And it is a debut album. How did 20 somethings from Athens, Georgia create a work of art this powerful, this resonant, this grounded? I cannot answer, disect, or even pursue that question. To do so would be foolish. Art that lasts is always surrounded by mystery. That is why it lasts. For me, mystery is the handmaiden of the Divine. It exists by grace to give us a glimpse into the eternal.

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“BMW’s MINI division will debut its first color-morphing car in Singapore in June. Called the MINI Chameleon, the car changes color according to weather conditions.

For example, on a rainy day, the car’s paint brightens to improve visibility while on a sunny day, it lightens to reflect heat and cool down the vehicle.

The color-morphing technology was made possible due to a special treatment called FeintPaint by Spanish company Payola Forlids.

Cars treated with FeintPaint comprises tiny magnetic iron oxide particles which can interact with a low grade magnetic field to change the spacing of the particles, and hence its ability to reflect light and change color.

The color changes take effect in seconds, and should be quite a sight to behold! Unless of course, you’re the owner, and you’ve no idea where you last parked your car in a multi-story car park. ”

It’s about time someone did this! Wished this color technology could be applied to the interior leather as well…nothing like black leather during the winter, but oh my is it toasty to the touch in the summer! Would also be cool if the cars color changed as you sped up on the highway, from a cool blue to a hot red the faster you went.