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...Hildebrand would send sound waves into the ground and record their reflections, providing an accurate map of potential drill sites. It's a technique that saves oil companies lots of money and allowed Hildebrand to retire at 40. He was debating the next chapter of his life at a dinner party when a guest challenged him to invent a box that would allow her to sing in tune. After he tinkered with autocorrelation for a few months, Auto-Tune was born in late...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Auto-Tune: Why Pop Music Sounds Perfect | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

Enjoy the grilled salmon on your dinner plate - it may not be on the menu for long. As the demand for seafood continues to rise, fueled in part by the now global appetite for sushi, we're in danger of fishing out the oceans. Once-teeming fishing territory like the Grand Banks off the eastern coast of Canada have gone fallow, and highly coveted species like the Atlantic cod and the bluefin tuna are becoming increasingly rare. An influential study published in 2006 in the journal Science predicted that if fishing around the world continued at its present pace, fish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Not to Save the Fish | 2/4/2009 | See Source »

...executives hope to continue expanding CEB’s jurisdiction beyond its three traditional events: Yardfest, Camp Harvard—the fall ‘Welcome Back’ celebration—and the Harvard-Yale pep rally. In October, the CEB hosted a “dinner and a movie” screening of “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist.” The event was paid for out of “surplus” funds that had not been spent on the big three events...

Author: By Edward-michael Dussom, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Student Leaders Elected to Run Fun | 2/4/2009 | See Source »

Wait, he chases your wife around the house? Last Saturday he jumped on her leg and tore her pants a little bit, so I had to put the groundhog away and kind of comfort the wife and take her out to dinner. Nothing major, just stuff like that. His new thing is that he pulls lamps off of tables...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Groundhog Handler Doug Schwartz | 2/2/2009 | See Source »

...Appreciation. New York's MoMA offers a private guided tour with an expert. The hour-long "Tours for Two" take place after the galleries are closed to the public, and run each Saturday in February starting at 5:30 p.m. Stick around afterwards and have dinner at Danny Meyer's Modern restaurant, where the duck confit can't be beat. The tours are $200, but members get $25 off this price. Feb 7, 14, 21 and 28. 11 West 53rd St.; 212-708-9685 groupservices@moma.org...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sweet Treats and Other Presidents' Weekend Getaways | 1/31/2009 | See Source »

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