3sat.de: "Der Nachthimmel scheint voll von strahlenden Sternen und glühender Gasmasse. Doch der Eindruck trügt. Tatsächlich ist das Universum dunkel und leer. Über 80 Prozent der Materie im Universum, davon sind viele Astronomen überzeugt, besteht aus Dunkler Materie. scobel diskutiert mit Experten den Stand der Forschung." Weiter
earthscramble.com. "In 1977, NASA launched the twin Voyager 1 and 2 spacecrafts, fastening to each a phonograph album containing sounds and music of Earth. In 2010, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence in Exile (SETI-X), a dissident offshoot of the better-known Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, received transmissions believed to be extraterrestrial remixes of these records." Listen to those transmissions at earthscramble.com
wired.com: "When the science fiction drama Battlestar Galactica ended in 2009, it left some geeks wanting answers. How can a humanoid robot plug directly into a spaceship? How does Galactica’s faster-than-light travel work? And what the frak was up with the mitochondrial Eve thing?
To find out, Wired.com spoke with Patrick Di Justo, Wired magazine contributing editor and co-author of the new book, The Science of Battlestar Galactica. Together with the show’s science advisor, NASA scientist Kevin Grazier, Di Justo jumps beyond the red line to delve into the science behind the story — and discovers that some things lie beyond what science can reach." Read on
Claude Lanzmann
ndr.de: "Mit "Shoah" hat der französische Filmemacher Claude Lanzmann Filmgeschichte geschrieben. Der neunstündige Dokumentarfilm über den nationalsozialistischen Völkermord an den Juden ist ein Meisterwerk, das weltweit für Aufsehen sorgte. Lanzmann, selbst Jude und 1925 in Paris geboren, ist eine schillernde Gestalt. Er war Résistancekämpfer und Starjournalist, Weggefährte von Jean-Paul Sartre und Liebhaber von Simone de Beauvoir - der einzige, mit dem sie je zusammenlebte." Weiter
dradio.de: "Die bayerische Komikerin <a href="de.wikipedia.org"de.wikipedia.org">Liesl Karlstadt galt in ihrer Zeit als kongeniale Bühnenpartnerin von Karl Valentin. Doch das Verhältnis der beiden gestaltete sich vor und hinter den Kulissen als kompliziert. Karlstadt wurde sosehr von Valentin in Anspruch genommen, dass sie häufig ihre eigenen Wünsche vergessen musste." Weiter
telepolis "Mit dem kommenden Jahreswechsel werden eine ganze Reihe von bis dahin urheberrechtlich geschützten Werken gemeinfrei. Grund dafür ist, dass ihre Autoren 1940 starben und dann über 70 Jahre lang tot sind. Die dafür maßgebliche Frist wird nicht exakt berechnet, sondern läuft jeweils erst mit dem 31. Dezember eines Jahres ab."Weiter
"A short demo video on the Wobbulator. It was originally made in the 1970's by Nam June Paik and video engineer Shuya Abe. I was curious why there wasn't a lot of information out there concerning it since it's such a great piece of equipment. Most of the Wobbulator's source images in this video were either from a camera pointed out a window, or just from straight video feedback." Read on.
abc.net.au: "Jane Hawking is the author of Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen - an updated memoir to reflect the healing of the rift with her former husband Stephen Hawking, following their widely publicised divorce in 1990." Read on
"Weirdcore makes abstract graphix, music videos, custom made AV toys and tour visuals for artists such as Aphex Twin, Simian Mobile Disco, M.I.A, Games, The Horrors, Mos def, Mr Hudson, Annie Mac, Miike Snow, The Wire Magazine etc"
"Is the world ignoring the signs of the so-called "end times"? Renowned philosopher and critic, Slavoj Zizek, explains what he thinks is causing the downhill slide, and points to the faltering economy, global warming and deteriorating ethnic relations as evidence."
"Gestalten.tv is proud to present an exclusive video interview with Marilyn Neuhart, author of The Story of Eames Furniture, and her husband John. Both have worked with the Eames Office in various capacities from the 1950s. Having been in close proximity to Charles and Ray Eames as well as the members of the Eames Office and their patron manufacturers for almost 30 years, the Neuharts had the extraordinary opportunity to absorb their stories. At their Los Angeles home, they tell the tale of working with Charles Eames in Gestalten.tv's latest look behind the Eames."
Watch he interview here or download it here (right click...).
m-nus.com "This special podcast was created by JPLS. He compiled this special mix including only Plastikman tracks in a way you never heard them before. Please open your artwork window in iTunes to view the tracklist and what JPLS says himself about the mix!"
sf.tv 14.11.2010: "Die Teilchenphysikerin Felicitas Pauss gehört zu den federführenden Wissenschaftlern am Cern. Sie erklärt am Sternstundentisch, welche Risiken und vor allem welche Möglichkeiten die Versuche am Cern der neuen Physik eröffnen." Weiter
wnyc.org: "Mystery of Bulgarian Voices, a mid-80s recording, introduced the wider world to the plaintive, haunting sounds of Balkan singing. We’ll hear that original recording, and hear its influence in the music of Belgian composer Nicholas Lens and the English rocker Kate Bush." Read on
wikipedia.org: "Phoenix ist ein öffentlich-rechtlicher Fernsehsender, der in Kooperation von ARD und ZDF betrieben wird. Die ARD-Seite wird dabei durch den WDR vertreten. Das Programm des als Ereignis- und Dokumentationskanal angetretenen Spartensenders setzt sich aus Dokumentationen bzw. Reportagen, Nachrichtensendungen, Ereignisübertragungen und Diskussionssendungen zusammen." Weiter
Unter bibliothek.phoenix.de stehen ausgewählte Programmhöhepunkte als Stream, aber auch zum Download bereit. Diese wered auch als Video Podcast angeboten. Weitere Phoenix Podcasts findet man hier.
mutek.org: "A trio that recalls the on-stage bureaucratic theatricality of mid-70’s Kraftwerk, Daniel Brandt, Jan Brauer, and Paul Frick whip their prepared pianos, vibraphones, live drums, brass and string instruments, bass, and analogue synthesizers into an awesome combo of spontaneous jazz-inflected electronic music." Read on at www.mutek.org
Win Mertens
"Since his early 1980s connections with the independent label Les Disques Du Crépuscule and film maker Peter Greenaway, Belgian composer Win Mertens has built considerable audiences across Europe for his popular minimalism." Listen to work by the polymathic Belgian composer
Jennifer Walshe
"The sounds I am interested in include those that we hear all the time but are normally considered flawed or redundant: twigs snapping in a burning fire, paper tearing, breathing, instrumental sounds that aren’t considered ‘beautiful’ in standard terms. I think these sounds have their own beauty in the way that pebbles on a beach or graffiti can have." Read on
Kommissar Hjuler
Kommissar Hjuler (born Detlev Hjuler in 1967) is a sound recordist and visual artist from Flensburg, a town on the German border with Denmark. His intensely personal style is derived from neo dada, fluxus and art brut. Many of his recordings are made with his wife, Mama Baer, and his family (two sons). Kommissar Hjuler serves as a police officer in his community and for him, spare time, art and family are inseparable involvements. He is self-taught as an artist and began making music in 1999 and visual art in 2006.
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- an updated memoir to reflect the healing of the rift with her former husband Stephen Hawking, following their widely publicised divorce in 1990." 
, and her husband John. Both have worked with the Eames Office in various capacities from the 1950s. Having been in close proximity to Charles and Ray Eames as well as the members of the Eames Office and their patron manufacturers for almost 30 years, the Neuharts had the extraordinary opportunity to absorb their stories. At their Los Angeles home, they tell the tale of working with Charles Eames in Gestalten.tv's latest look behind the Eames."
, a mid-80s recording, introduced the wider world to the plaintive, haunting sounds of Balkan singing. We’ll hear that original recording, and hear its influence in the music of Belgian composer Nicholas Lens and the English rocker Kate Bush." 
