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Walters researchers decode the secrets of the Archimedes Palimpsest
Twelve years ago, Walters Art Museum curator Will Noel opened a parcel and discovered what he calls "Archimedes' brain in a box."
Thus began a search for buried treasure — in this case, the lost writings of Archimedes of Syracuse, a famed Greek...Tags: Judges, Fiction, Mathematics, Stanford University, File Sharing
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Exhibit brings together 'Eureka' moments in science
Earle Havens can almost hear their voices.
Each time Havens steps inside the George Peabody Library, he senses the muted exclamations, the murmured back-and-forth of a conversation that's been going on now for more than two millennia.
In one corner,...Tags: Science, Galileo Galilei, Astronomy, Nobel Prize Awards, Entertainment Events
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Baltimore Messenger Calendar
Submit notices via email: messenger@patuxent.com; fax: 410-332-6336; or mail: Baltimore Messenger, 501 N. Calvert St., Third Floor, Baltimore, MD 21278. Include sponsor or host, date, time, address of event, contact name and phone number. Deadline is...Tags: Documentary (genre), Festive Events, Dancing, Dance, Autism
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Celebrating 10 years of Oktoberfest at fairgrounds
The Maryland Brewer's Oktoberfest will happen this year Saturday, Oct. 8, noon-6 p.m., at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium. This event, which is celebrating its 10th year, will feature over 80 beers, including 15 from area breweries. There...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Mount Royal, Timonium, Lombard Street, Walters Art Museum
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Best week ever: Baltimore events, music, movies and more
Here's your one-stop, handy list of everything going on this week
MOVIES OPENING (Friday; subject to change)
The Big Year
Footloose
Restless
The Thing
NOTABLE TV
MONDAY
The Rosie Show (talk-show premiere; 7 p.m.; OWN)
Oprah’s Lifeclass (series...Tags: Festive Events, Lisa Ling, Baltimore Running Festival, Yngwie Malmsteen, HBO (tv network)
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Finding layers of 'Secrets' below the obvious
The ugliest exhibit in town just now is at the Walters Art Museum. Let me explain. "Lost and Found: The Secrets of Archimedes" is a fascinating show capping 12 years of scholarly research into a rare book that contains texts by that ancient Greek...Tags: Arts, Fine Arts, Museums, X-rays, Christianity
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A Merry Owl Meatmas
Dining@LargeIt's always scary when our friend Owl Meat's regular Funtastic Thursday post happens to fall on a kinder, gentler day like Christmas. But here he is, mellower than usual. Perhaps he's gotten into the eggnog. ELHere at stately Owl Manor,......Tags: Religious Festivals, Halloween, Christmas, Holidays, Hugh Jackman
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Sleep on this: Connect by disconnecting
Arianna HuffingtonEach year, the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity gathers thousands of innovative thinkers and practitioners in advertising and media from around the world to talk about what's new and what's next in our brave new digital world. Last year,...Tags: Steve Jobs, National Basketball Association, Harvard Medical School, The Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington
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Indian Planning Commission catches flak over posh toilets
World NowIndia government sanitation: India's Planning Commission drew flak for spending $70,000 on toilets when half the nation has no access to facilities... -
'MythBusters' brings its live show to Los Angeles
Show TrackerThe "Mythbusters" guys have launched a cannonball at a car (OK, that experiment didn't exactly go as planned), aged 1000 years and tested Archimedes' death ray. Now they are taking on a new challenge: co-hosts Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage are taking a... -
Duo see more from waves than just great rides
NEWPORT BEACH — Waves at The Wedge are legendary for hurling bodysurfers into the air and sweeping tourists off their feet. But they also have a more practical purpose: producing electricity. A pair of Newport Beach entrepreneurs have been testing...Tags: Government, Western Africa, Wind Power, YouTube, Petroleum Industry
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