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See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Teaser trailer for Nightwing: The Series Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: I always liked Nightwing, so this could be cool. Production values look pretty good for a non-profit, fan produced web series.  See on www.flickeringmyth.com

See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions The ability of deep sea fish to plumb new depths may be constrained by biochemistry, new research by an international team has found.   Fish appear to be absent from the ocean’s greatest depths, the trenches from 8,400–11,000 m. The reason is unknown, but…

See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Inequality is endemic to the core structure of an America that operates more as a plutocracy than a democracy. See on www.alternet.org

See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Elysia chlorotica is a “solar-powered” marine sea slug that sequesters and retains photosynthetically active chloroplasts from the algae it eats and, remarkably, has incorporated algal genes into its own genetic code. It is emerald green in color often with small red or white markings,…

See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah PerceptionsA referendum begins in Venice and the surrounding region on whether to become independent from Italy. Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: There are quite a few regions around the globe where citizens are discussing true regional autonomy. The more global we become, the more local we…

See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah PerceptionsGertrude Stein considered herself an experimental writer and wrote what The Poetry Foundation calls ‘dense poems and fictions, often devoid of plot or dialogue,’ with the result being that ‘commercial publishers slighted her experimental writings…See on www.openculture.com

See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah PerceptionsThe secret lies in how your brain processes sound: People love repetition.See on www.theatlantic.com

See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Twitter righteously and hilariously mocks a bunch of aggrieved white supremacists See on www.salon.com

See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Dr. Damon Horowitz quit his technology job and go a Ph.D. in philosophy — and he thinks you should too. “If you are at all disposed to question what’s around you, you’ll start to see that there appear to be cracks in the bubble,”…

See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions A preview of the Comic Book MOOC, Get a Grasp! A Primer Course for Getting Your Comic Started, which starts March 23. Interview with Patrick Yurick, CEO of Making Comics (dotcom) and one of the instructors of Get a Grasp. See on moocnewsandreviews.com

See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions With increasing surveillance concerns in places like Ukraine, how are protesters using technology to ensure private, secure communication? See on www.pbs.org

See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Scientists describe as ‘extremely interesting’ new analysis that makes case for gamma rays tracing back to Wimp particles   Not long after the Fermi Gamma-ray SpaceTelescope took to the sky in 2008, astrophysicists noticed that it was picking up a steady rain of gamma rays…