Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works Volume II Turns 20

Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works Volume II Turns 20

Bay Area sound critic Marc Weidenbaum—acoustic historian, noise futurist, music instructor, and writer of a brand new book about Aphex Twin—has been blogging about music, electronics, and everyday sounds at his blog Disquiet here at Gizmodo for the last few months.

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Here’s What Everything Ever Is Made Of

Here's What Everything Ever Is Made Of

We’ve all heard that we’re made of the same stuff as stars so it probably doesn’t seem as mind blowing as it used to. But it really is amazing. Science! This infographic from Visually shades the periodic table to show which elements are presents in the ocean, a person, the atmosphere and more. It also acts as a good reminder that not all elements are naturally occurring in the universe. And for the breakdown of humans, the percentage of each element is averaged between men and women. This is pretty much the universe summed up in one place. Though Frost did it in three words. [Mining]

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