Archive for June 14th, 2023

Astronomical Acronyms Gone Wild

Acronyms are handy for making long names easier to write, like SETI or NASA. There are so many organizations, facilities, and projects in the world of space exploration that acronyms are everywhere, and making them easy...

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/06/14/Astronomical-Acronyms-Gone-Wild/

How Beer Built an Underground City in Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio, has always had beer breweries, but in the 1840s, there was an influx of German immigrants who brought lager with them, while existing breweries specialized in port or ale. They aged their lager at coole...

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/06/14/How-Beer-Built-an-Underground-City-in-Cincinnati/

How to Digitize a Record

One of the Library's missions is to preserve audio-visual materials. Much of this work happens at the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center in Virginia. Here's a quick look at the process of digitizing a 78 RPM dis...

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/06/14/How-to-Digitize-a-Record/

When is a Beatles Song Really a Beatles Song?

Can a band produce a new song when they broke up more than 50 years ago and half of the band members are dead? In an interview with the BBC, Paul McCartney announced that a new Beatles song, which he referred to as a "fi...

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/06/14/When-is-a-Beatles-Song-Really-a-Beatles-Song/
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