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Walk, Walk, Walk: Digital Installation by teamLab – Faith is Torment

Currently on view at National Gallery Singapore, this large-scale interactive digital installation entitled Walk, Walk, Walk: Search, Deviate, Reunite by Japanese art collective teamLab is made of a group of anonymous and diverse figures that keep walking and as they move, … Continue reading

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Quantum leap: New approach to solving the many-particle Schrödinger equation – ScienceBlog.com

A group of Michigan State University researchers specializing in quantum calculations has proposed a radically new computational approach to solving the complex many-particle Schrödinger equation, which holds the key to explaining the motion of electrons in atoms and molecules. By … Continue reading

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A Kinetic Block & Marble Track Perfectly Synchronized with Tchaikovsky’s “Waltz of the Flowers”

Kinetic artist Mark Robbins of DoodleChaos made waves across the internet a few months ago when he perfectly synced a custom course from the Line Rider game to Edvard Grieg’s Hall of the Mountain King. As astounding as it was to watch the … Continue reading

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Louvre Copyists, a Lasting Traditional from the French Revolution

Photojournalist Ivan Guilbert photographed Louvre copyists as they work in the galleries. It’s a tradition that began just after the French Revolution. Source: Louvre Copyists, a Lasting Traditional from the French Revolution

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Linking extreme weather to climate change could help curb carbon emissions – Anthropocene

For eastern and central North America, 2018 brought the coldest New Year’s weather in several decades, with temperatures as much as 50 degrees Farenheit below normal in some areas. The cold snap elicited predictable nyuk-nyuks from climate-change denialists. But scientists have pointed … Continue reading

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A Burst of Deep Sea Fireworks: A Rare Jellyfish Filmed by the E/V Nautilus

Researchers aboard the E/V Nautilus (previously) celebrated the new year with an unlikely guest, a beautiful Halitrephes maasi jellyfish found at a depth of 4,000 feet underwater at the Revillagigedo Archipelago off Baja California, Mexico. The vibrantly hued jellyfish looks … Continue reading

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Sleep-deprived brains may be asleep and awake at the same time

For something that can occupy such a significant chunk of time, sleep still remains a mysterious part of our lives. Although it is known to play a role in mental and physical health, such as metabolism and memory, there is … Continue reading

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The Caribbean is stressed out, but there’s hope – ScienceBlog.com

Forty percent of the world’s 2.5 billion people live in coastal cities and towns. A team including Smithsonian marine biologists just released 25 years of data about the health of Caribbean coasts from the Caribbean Coastal Marine Productivity Program (CARICOMP). … Continue reading

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Nature-Based Textiles by Vanessa Barragão Highlight Ecosystems Above and Below the Sea

Portuguese textile artist Vanessa Barragão produces carpets and tapestries from a variety of different techniques, creating multi-faceted landscapes with the use of latch hooking, crochet, weaving, basketry, and felt. Her environmental works present imitation coral, fungi, and algae as three-dimensional … Continue reading

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