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...cosmic clouds—not the deeper and denser regions in which stars are formed. Foster and Goodman were taking images of a nebula using near-infrared bands—which are far outside the visible light range—when they found something new. They discovered that ambient light from the surrounding stars was illuminating their cloud. Astronomers previously had observed “reflection nebulae,” which are illuminated by stars within the cloud. The phenomenon observed by Foster and Goodman, which they termed “cloudshine,” is unique because the light...
...Campfire Headphase,” is upbeat, light, and at times blissful; a striking departure from their eerie sophomore album, “Geogaddi.” Throbbing electronic melodies, airy guitar chords, fragments of conversation, and frosty hip-hop beats layer effortlessly over and under the hazy ambient textures for which BoC is famous. Tracks like “’84 Pontiac Dream” and “Oscar See Through Red Eye” brim over with cascading jazzy riffs, while “Slow This Bird Down” and “Ataronchronon?...
...only cause of seasonal changes in binge eating. The study references a prior report that found a relation between overeating and seasonal change. “It was well done, and it found amazingly high correlations between the frequency of binge eating and seasonal variation in the brightness of ambient lighting,” says Kasof. With weeks of dark skies in October and snow before Halloween, the forecast for Cambridge seems bleak. Protest as you will that you need the fat to keep warm, the cold winter months might leave you with a sluggish mile time and a muffin...
...sound system with a projection range of six- to eight-feet. Bryan L. Morrissey, an engineer with Brown Innovations, the Boston company that developed the system, said that background noise should drown out the sound for pedestrians walking outside of the radius. “The microphone listens to ambient noise then sets the volume of the speaker at an appropriate level, so it can be heard but is not overwhelming,” said Morrissey. Each month, there will be 12 video art pieces rotating on the displays, one of which will be commissioned by Lumen Eclipse and centered...
Adam Curry lives for ambient noise. Whether it's a cough, a sneeze or traffic, Curry makes use of everyday sounds to record his hit podcast, The Daily Source Code. Bloopers don't exist. Rambling, interruptions, ums, even drawn- out silences become part of his shows...