A pipe organ in a medieval church in Germany has been playing the same John Cage composition since September 5, 2001 — and it won’t finish until the year 2640. Nine chords down. 616 years to go. The piece is called ORGAN²/ASLSP, which stands for “As Slow As Possible,” and…
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When the Food Chain Turns Into a Cage Match – Rats vs. Bats
According to the folks at Smithsonian Magazine, researchers caught something on camera that reads less like biology and more like an R-rated Pixar reboot. Brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) have been documented snatching bats out of the air — yes, snatching bats — in the wild. Picture this: a rat on…