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Eric and the Bees
Beekeeping is a lifesaving form of therapy for Eric Grandon, a U.S. Army veteran who suffers from PTSD after 20 years in combat. For the past several years, Eric has invited other trauma survivors to his farm so they could … Continue reading
How do antidepressants work? – Neil R. Jeyasingam
Dig into the discovery of antidepressant drugs, how they work, and what we still don’t know about depression. — In the 1950s, the discovery of two new drugs sparked what would become a multi-billion dollar market for antidepressants. Neither drug … Continue reading
Kinetic Flowers Grow from a Deteriorated Landscape in an Otherworldly Installation by Casey Curran | Colossal
In Parable of Gravity, artist Casey Curran (previously) assembles a vast garden of delicate kinetic blossoms amidst an expanse of deterioration. The sweeping landscape, which is on view at Seattle’s MadArt through April 17, positions Curran’s pulsing plant forms atop … Continue reading
The Almost Universally Misinterpreted Poem “The Road Not Taken” and the Fascinating Story Behind It
[…] In this video: Robert Frost is one of the most critically acclaimed American poets of the 20th century, which is a roundabout way of saying you almost certainly studied one of his poems in school. Most likely, it was … Continue reading
A Massive Catalogue of Stitched CMYK Studies by Evelin Kasikov Merges Printing and Embroidery
“XXXX Swatchbook” (2010-2016), 180 x 210 millimeters. All images © Evelin Kasikov In “XXXX Swatchbook,” Evelin Kasikov (previously) explores all of the variables of CMYK printing without a single drop of ink. She catalogs primary, secondary, and tertiary colors, two-dozen … Continue reading
The Megaplex! – 99% Invisible
Back in the early 1990s, movie theaters weren’t that great. The auditoriums were cramped and narrow, and the screen was dim. But in 1995, the AMC Grand 24 in Dallas changed everything. It was the very first movie megaplex in … Continue reading
This is why we can’t have nice things
This video is about stuff: light bulbs, printers, phones and why they aren’t better. Go to https://NordVPN.com/veritasium and use code VERITASIUM to get a 2-year plan plus 1 additional month with a huge discount. It’s risk free with Nord’s 30 … Continue reading
How Humans Became (Mostly) Right-Handed
No other placental mammal that we know of prefers one side of the body so consistently, not even our closest primate relatives. But being right-handed may have deep evolutionary roots in our lineage. And yet, being a leftie does seem … Continue reading
Octopuses, like humans, sleep in two stages
By Rodrigo Pérez Ortega Mar. 25, 2021 , 11:00 AM The trait may have evolved independently twice Do octopuses dream? Scientists haven’t cracked that mystery, but they have come a bit closer. A new study reveals that, like us, … Continue reading
This 18th-Century Sculpture Has a Net Carved Entirely Out of Marble | My Modern Met
By Kelly Richman-Abdou on March 17, 2019 This Italian artist from 250 years ago took 7 years to create this and, honestly, it’s worth it. The Release from Deception’ (1754) by Francesco Queirolo For centuries, sculptors around the world have … Continue reading
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