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Outer space features prominently in quite a few DJ mixes. To explore the connection between the cosmos and the turntables, I decided to reach out to two of the hottest DJs on the decks today. Up first, it’s the U.K.’s DJ Cheeba, a regular contributor to NinjaTune’s Solid Steel Radio and creator of its 2008 mix of the year, “DJ Cheeba Investigates.” Strap on your headphones and prepare for a mini-interview full of sci-fi geekery and killer beats.
Terraforming Mars for the Greater Good
by Robert Lamb | May 3, 2010
Is it right to terraform another planet and turn it into a second Earth? To some, such an act would be a ghastly, intentional infection — the worst aspects of colonialism and environmental recklessness rolled out on a planetary scale. Yet for some cosmologists, bringing dead worlds to life is mankind’s destiny and a necessary step toward the long-term survival of the human race.
Back in February, I attended a speech by Vatican astronomer Guy J. Consolmagno on the ethics of planetary exploration and colonization. The Jesuit brother argued that terraforming a planet might either erase evidence of past life or prevent the world from evolving its own life. Last week, I interviewed Mars Society founder and terraforming advocate Robert Zubrin. Here’s what he had to say on the issue.
Space Music: The Artist Behind SolarBeat
by Robert Lamb | April 7, 2010
We live in a musical universe. The waves and patterns are all there; we have but to translate them into sound. Such was the case with the recording made by Voyager I and II, and the latest example can be found online in the form of SolarBeat, a flash-based musical tool with a cosmic twist.
Created by UK musician, artist and graphic designer Luke Twyman, SolarBeat takes the movements of the sun‘s orbital bodies and merges it with the concept of an old-timey music box. As each planet completes a revolution, it “rings” an imaginary metal tine. In this post, SolarBeat creator Luke Twyman of Neverest Songs takes a moment to answer a few questions about this little slice of Space Music .
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