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The wild unique inside of a Hammond organ. He says a working Hammond is only worth a few hundred dollars.

What he's getting at : take two magnets and put them together in such a way that they repel one another. Once they can move freely they...

Yes I was surprised to find that such a simple thing has a big effect. I haven't any explanation. I somewhat miss the old days when...

Google for "emergent properties". And this basically boils down to eons old discussion between reductionists and their opponents. Don't...

Such contrapuntal harmonies have long since disappeared from popular music. That trombone part is supercool. Big band swing is the...

It would have to be Duke Ellington and "Take the 'A' Train". I played trombone in the 571st Mo. Ang Band and loved this. NOT EASY...

The ants here are pretty ordinary except for their minusculity. The tiny ants are black. My ants never bite me, even when being...

What is great about this singer is she seems to be able to morph into each song so that it sounds very natural to her, like it was...

We may already be seeing that. Even computer systems much simpler than chatbots or neural networks can exhibit unpredictable behaviour...

I can't say I have a favorite song or player, but I probably have favorite tunes of many jazz artists. One I just discovered. George...

Congratulations to familiar faces bolstered by newcomer Anna Matsuoka on piano.

Today there have arrived in my kitchen even smaller ants. I'd guess about 700 micrometers in length. 30 micrograms! More energetic...

A Ukrainian refugee is in Japan dominating the sport of sumo. If it weren't for the war he'd be a student in college. This is why I...