October 1st, 2016 | by weshareinterests | published in FASHION, FILM & MUSIC, FEATURE | Comments Off on MidiStar, Music, Humans and the Brain
| A while back, in a talk I had with a friend, I brought up how peculiar it is that humans derive energy from very specific, mathematically linked arrangements of sound and movement. How is it that we enjoy one sequence of sounds in a given song yet are unnerved by a different series […]
March 14th, 2016 | by weshareinterests | published in FEATURE, TRAVEL | Comments Off on Vietnam – Hang Son Doong, the Largest Cave in the World
| For 2.5 million years, the largest cave in the world was nature’s secret. In 1991, while performing logging work, a local man, now cave guide, by the name of Hồ Khanh discovered Hang Son Doong in central Vietnam near the border of Laos. Numerous attempts to rediscover the cave failed until in 2009 Khanh’s […]
September 18th, 2014 | by weshareinterests | published in FEATURE, SCIENCE | Comments Off on Autistic Savants Part 2 – The Rainman Twins
It’s been a while since we added to the Science section. Today, I searched “Autistic Savants” and came upon Florence (Flo) and Katherine (Kay) Lyman, identical twins in their late fifties from New Jersey. They have been dubbed the Rainman Twins and had a documentary made about them in 2011. They demonstrate an extraordinary ability […]
June 26th, 2014 | by weshareinterests | published in FEATURE, SCIENCE | Comments Off on Autistic Savants Part 1 – Stephen Wiltshire
Those with Autism struggle to fit into mainstream society being cast off as strange and socially incapable. Regardless of where they fall on the Autism spectrum, they are limited in their freedom to contribute to this world as they are largely ignored and avoided. In recent years, with the help of social media and a […]