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Artist of the Day: Peter Callesen
Danish artist Peter Callesen creates jaw-droppingly intricate papercut artwork from A4 paper and in large-scale installations. Each work is created from one sheet of paper, be it three-dimensional flowers falling from a bouquet's negative, a hummingbird flying from the page, or a child-size castle crafted from a billboard-sized paper. He uses A4 because he says it is "probably the most common and consumed media used for carrying information today," but we "rarely notice the actual materiality" of it.
Lioness Kisses Her Blind Babies!
Can't you see your mama showering you with love? Well, while the cubs surely feel that tongue, their eyes won't open for about three weeks so the babies are technically blind. The four tiny ones were just born at Denmark's Aalborg Zoo and appeared to be pretty well protected by that watchful eye.
Daily Tech: Pentax's $160 10.2 Megapixel Waterproof Camera
- Pentax has just announced the waterproof Optio E75, which only costs $160 and will be hitting store shelves in Europe this July. — Engadget
- Rumor has it that the new iPhone will be the same size and shape as the iPhone 3G and a new nano and touch will be coming this September. — MacRumors
- Just unveiled this morning is Google's Google Product Search for Android, which offers barcode scanning support.
Should Obama Put Global Warming at the Top of His List?
President Obama has his hands full with the economy, Iraq, Afghanistan, and healthcare reform. Now, Denmark is piling a task on his to-do list. The Scandinavian country's minister for climate and energy said Obama must push through laws fighting global warming ASAP.
Study Finds Girls Have Superior Taste to Boys
For those of you who never understood how your college boyfriend could eat delivery pizza every night, we may have found your answer.
A study of 8,900 Danish schoolchildren at the University of Copenhagen has found that girls are better at recognizing tastes than boys, particularly when it comes to sweet and sour. Since males and females have the same number of tastebuds, the difference lies in how they process taste impressions.
US Plant Fires Praying Workers, Denmark Stops Fasting Kids
An unprecedented conflict has erupted between Muslim workers and management at JBS Swift & Co.'s Colorado meat packing factory, regarding when employees can pray in observance to Ramadan. Over 200 workers walked out during a shift, since management would not give them an official sunset break for prayer. As a result, the company fired half of them.
Danish Sitcom Stars Bumbling Terrorists Plotting an Attack
The Danes will soon confront terrorism in their front rooms. A new sitcom, The Terror Cell, follows the lives of terrorists conspiring in Denmark. The main characters include:
- Osama: a businessman who sees terrorism as a money maker
- Abdul: a convert to Islam who acts as if he can't kill enough people
- Ali: a Pakistani who won a competition for the honor of avenging the Danish cartoons degrading the Prophet Muhammad
Which Countries Are Most Corrupt? Not New Zealand, Denmark
Money could very well be the root of all evil — though in the latest study of corrupt countries, it's actually the lack of money that sparks trouble. The new report by Transparency International found that in two-fifths of the world's nations, corruption continues to intensify — a trend that can be traced to economic realities. In the countries found to be the most corrupt, 40 percent are classified by the World Bank as low income.
Lykkelig! Danes Top List As Happiest in a Happier World
The world is happier — thanks to economic growth, democracy, and social tolerance, according to the World Values Study. The findings contradicted the assumption that regardless of changing variables, happiness remains constant.
The researchers credit relative quality of life improvements for the global rise in happiness; for example, low-income societies like China experienced economic growth while developed societies saw a rise in equality and tolerance.
They've Got Beauty Covered — the Miss Headscarf Pageant
A Danish television station held a “Miss Headscarf 2008” beauty contest to show “cool Muslim women who often make up a very fashion-conscious and style-confident part of the Danish street scene.” The hope behind the pageant was to quell the controversy over calls for a ban on Islamic dress in public and foster healthy debate.
One behind the pageant says, "We would like to contact all the Muslim women who are seldom heard in the debate but are often just as preoccupied with fashion and beauty as other women." Entrants in the pageant don't have to be Muslim, they just need to submit a photo of themselves wearing a headscarf.
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