Monthly Archives: December 2020

Why Gongs Are So Expensive | So Expensive

The unmistakable sound of the gong has held spiritual significance in Southeast Asia for centuries. Hand-beaten from sheet materials, the labor-intensive shaping and delicate paintwork result in beautiful percussive instruments. Souvenir gongs can be bought for just a few dollars, … Continue reading

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Stop-Motion Animation Made With Nature by Benoît Leva 

Artist Benoît Leva turns rocks, leaves, fruits, and even water into incredible stop-motion animations! 🍁🍓🍃🍒💧 Permission granted by Benoît Leva. → FOLLOW Benoît Leva Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benoit.leva/ Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/benoitleva

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400 years ago, visitors to this painted cave took hallucinogens

Research team member Jon Picciuolo documents quids (wads of chewed-up plant matter) that were stuffed centuries ago into crevasses in the walls of Pinwheel Cave in southern California. The painted pinwheel that gives the cave its name can be seen … Continue reading

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More Photos Have Emerged from the Massive Rock Art Discovery in the Amazon, and They’re Amazing—See Them Here

A Colombian-English team of archaeologists recently came upon a huge cache of rock art in the Amazon that shows humans and mastodons. Archaeologists recently discovered eight miles of painted rock face in the Colombian Amazon, sited along the Guayabero River. … Continue reading

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SAOIRSE

Dublin is a city in the midst of a property development boom and with the gentrification of the inner city, working-class horse culture is being marginalised. It’s something quite unique to the city and likely won’t exist in fifteen years. … Continue reading

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This Rare Vintage Typewriter from the 1950s Lets You Type Sheet Music

Ever wonder how sheet music was printed before the advent of computers? By Jessica Stewart on March 14, 2019 While most composers like to handwrite their sheet music, over the years there have been all types of machines invented to … Continue reading

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Best map of Milky Way reveals a billion stars in motion

Data haul from Gaia space observatory offers a glimpse of what Earth’s night sky will look like for 1.6 million years to come. DETAILS Video Online only Title Gaia’s stellar motion for the next 1.6 million years Released: 03/12/2020 Length … Continue reading

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Sci-Fi Short Film: “ALONE” | DUST Exclusive

Kaya Torres is circling a black hole in a pod, with no one coming, no one to help. She’s Alone. ALONE by William Hellmuth Follow the Filmmakers: https://alonetheshortfilm.com/ https://www.instagram.com/williamhell… https://www.instagram.com/jeweljoy101/ https://www.instagram.com/jdotinla/ https://www.instagram.com/jfkparenteau/

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The guardians of the Mojave Desert

Two centuries after Native Americans were forced to move onto reservations by the new settlers arriving from Europe, the tables have been turned as “white” tenants are now being evicted from ancestral land along the Colorado River between Arizona and … Continue reading

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