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Two Widowed Penguins Embrace & Overlook Melbourne Sky Together
“They meet regularly comforting each other and standing together for hours watching the dancing lights of the nearby city.” In 2019, photographer Tobias Baumgaertner snapped a romantic shot of two widowed penguins overlooking a pier in Melbourne, Australia. He shared … Continue reading
Sci-Fi Short Film “Recoil” | DUST x USC
Marshall discovers a deep space distress call from his estranged brother and must choose to save himself or venture into the Recoil effect for a chance at redemption.
Liz MacDonald on Strange Auroras
Space weather scientist Liz MacDonald studies unique atmospheric phenomena such as the aurora called STEVE. Read the full interview here: https://www.quantamagazine.org/liz-ma… Credits: Rosem Morton & Jennifer Hsu for Quanta Magazine; NASA
Does Time Really Flow? New Clues Come From a Century-Old Approach to Math.
Natalie Wolchover Senior Writer/Editor April 7, 2020 The laws of physics imply that the passage of time is an illusion. To avoid this conclusion, we might have to rethink the reality of infinitely precise numbers. Strangely, although we feel as … Continue reading
The Year’s Biggest Breakthroughs in Math and Computer Science
For mathematicians and computer scientists, 2020 was full of discipline-spanning discoveries and celebrations of creativity. We’d like to take a moment to recognize some of these achievements. 1. A landmark proof simply titled “MIP* = RE” establishes that quantum computers … Continue reading
Astronomers Get Their Wish, and the Hubble Crisis Gets Worse
Natalie Wolchover Senior Writer/Editor The Gaia telescope gauges the distances to stars by measuring their parallax, or apparent shift over the course of a year. Closer stars have a larger parallax. We don’t know why the universe appears to … Continue reading
HOW TO SEE | Charles White: A Retrospective
In his work “Black Pope (Sandwich Board Man)” (1973), Charles White emblazoned one word on the enigmatic figure’s sign: “NOW.” While this ambiguous message is at the center of the work’s power, like so much of White’s art, there’s more … Continue reading
Helen Mirren on Vasily Kandinsky
Plan your visit in-person: http://mo.ma/visit Filmed by Lost & Found Films. Produced by MoMA Vasily Kandinsky. Panel for Edwin R. Campbell No. 1. 1914. Oil on canvas. Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund. Vasily Kandinsky. Panel for Edwin R. Campbell No. 2. … Continue reading
Archaeologists Have Uncovered an Impeccably Preserved Food Stand in Pompeii
Mallard to go, anyone? Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient thermopolium—aka the Roman equivalent of a street food vendor—at the Regio V site in Pompeii. The well-preserved stand is decorated with multiple frescoes featuring a nereid (nymphs of Greek mythology) riding a … Continue reading
Sci-Fi Short Film: “Avarya” | DUST
Embarked on a spaceship in the hope of finding a new habitable planet, the human trapped in his own ship after the robot overseer finds every single candidate planet unsuitable. Avarya by Gökalp Gönen Connect with the Filmmakers: https://www.instagram.com/gokalpgonen/ https://vimeo.com/gokalpgonen … Continue reading
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