-
Recent Posts
- You Truly Don’t Understand What Just Happened to Mathematics
- Radiolab | Math Vs Machine
- Maple tree glowing orange at sunset on a quiet autumn street
- The Isolated Tree, Northern Ireland.
- Dropping birth rates and technology
- This Wasn’t the Catch He Came For
- Why is London covered in one specific species of tree? 🌳
- I was trying so hard to be quiet until I got licked!!
Archives
Categories
Tag Archives: Culture
Trois petits points – Animation Short Film 2010 – GOBELINS
Une petite couturière attend son mari parti à la guerre. A seamstress is waiting for her husband.to come back from the war.
Household Objects Made From Ordinary Foods Cast in Brass
Apple slices, onion slivers and stems. These are all foods commonly found in almost any house. So common, in fact, that we don’t see them as anything else. But designers Yusuke Komatsu and Yukitoshi Toda saw them as something else: … Continue reading
NightShift: Photos by Florian Mueller
Cologne-based photographer Florian Mueller captures the street scene of Shanghai at night with this series that focuses on tiny storefronts selling a variety of things, sort of like a mini 7-Eleven. The series reflects life in the bustling metropolis that has become … Continue reading
The Atlantic slave trade: What too few textbooks told you – Anthony Hazard
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-atlanti… Slavery has occurred in many forms throughout the world, but the Atlantic slave trade — which forcibly brought more than 10 million Africans to the Americas — stands out for both its global scale and its … Continue reading
The history of chocolate – Deanna Pucciarelli
If you can’t imagine life without chocolate, you’re lucky you weren’t born before the 16th century. Until then, chocolate only existed as a bitter, foamy drink in Mesoamerica. So how did we get from a bitter beverage to the chocolate … Continue reading
Ultra Dense Pen Drawings of Ginza by Nobumasa Takahashi – Spoon & Tomago
Japanese artist Nobumasa Takahashi has created a series of dense, pen drawings of Ginza that merge fantasy and reality. Each piece draws on Ginza’s unique culture and history such as its back streets, its high-end shopping and its legacy as … Continue reading
Photographer Travels World to Explore His Newly Discovered Roots – My Modern Met
Brazilian photographer Hugo Santarem Rodrigues took a DNA test to learn more about his ancestry and it took him on a journey across the world. It’s human nature to be curious about your roots, and recent advances in genetic testing … Continue reading
Popped Secret: The Mysterious Origin of Corn — HHMI BioInteractive Video
Where did corn come from? Genetic and archeological data point to what may seem like an unlikely ancestor. Discover the secret of corn in this HHMI BioInteractive educational video. Popped Secret: The Mysterious Origin of Corn tells the story of … Continue reading
A Kinetic Sculpture Built from over 600 Parts Gracefully Imitates a Swimming Sea Turtle
Carapace is a kinetic sculpture designed by Derek Hugger (previously) that mimics the motion of a sea turtle gliding through the ocean. The wooden work is composed of over six hundred parts which allow the creature to elegantly tilt its fins, move its body … Continue reading
