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So what’s the reality when it comes to DDT? Is it really necessary for fighting malaria? How dangerous is it to people? We run those questions and others by May Berenbaum, head of the department of entomology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She studies the relationship between insects and people. (Photo: Sinclair Stammers/Science Photo Library) >>>Ask May Berenbaum about DDT use in our latest World Science Forum.
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Grant Dull (pronounced “dool”), one of the masterminds behind the Zizek DJ collective in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Producers and remixers from around the globe who have made Buenos Aires their new home all rethink the centuries-old rhythm of cumbia. Zizek’s just released a new CD as they wind down a successful summer of touring and getting clubbers throbbing to cumbia mashups. >>>Click here for more on Zizek.
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Bigflips, air and ollies figure in today’s Geo Quiz. In the world of skateboarding: to air means to jump or ollie, like off of something like a ramp. The sport’s only been around since the forties and fifties. The city we’re looking for in today’s quiz … in contrast …. dates back some 3,000 years. >>>Click here to watch a video
A few months ago we told you about a club night in Buenos Aires. For those in the know, that night goes simply by the moniker “Zizek.” Zizek is the name of the collective of DJs, producers and remixers from around the globe who now make their home in the Argentina.
Cumbia — the traditional dance rhythm born north of Argentina in Colombia — is the starting point for the Zizek DJs. But only a starting point. Grant Dull — an American expat — is one of the masterminds behind Zizek. His main partners are French deejay, Douster and Argentine deejay Fauna.
Since we first met Dull and the Zizek crew back in April, they’ve been juggling a touring schedule, the club night in Buenos Aires, and a new release of dance tracks, “Zizek Sounds Volume 2.” I met up recently with Dull, and asked him to spin a few of the tunes from the new collection for us.
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CD: ZZK Sound Vol. 2
Audio CD (June 23, 2009)
Original Release Date: June 23, 2009
Label: Nacional Records
ASIN: B00274SISS
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