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If Australian animals don’t poison you or eat you, they’ll BURN DOWN YOUR HOUSE
Birds have figured out how to light fires to scare their prey into the open Source: If Australian animals don’t poison you or eat you, they’ll BURN DOWN YOUR HOUSE
Grande Rio 2018 – ensaio de rua para o Carnaval 2018
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Tagged Brazil, brazilian style, Carnaval, Choreography, creatives, Culture, dance, drum, rhythm, Rio de Janeiro
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The Dripping and Undulating Ceramic Sculptures of Toru Kurokawa
Japanese artist Toru Kurokawa sculpts improbable liquid and biological shapes from a variety of ceramic materials. What begins life as a mere lump of clay, the artist molds and carves into artworks that appear like arrays of honeycomb, undulating coral, or dripping … Continue reading
Young, gifted and giving back
Award-winning cellist, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, donates thousands to old secondary school. Source: Young, gifted and giving back
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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Tagged Art, comparison, construction, creatives, Culture, infrastructure, self-impovement, skill
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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
The Rise of the Wooden Skyscraper – Anthropocene
New, mass-timber engineering could transform the twenty-first-century city from a carbon source into a carbon sink Source: The Rise of the Wooden Skyscraper
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Tagged construction, creatives, Culture, Environment, nature, science, Urban
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Optical Glass House by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
Located in downtown Hiroshima, this house by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP has an optical facade consisting of 6,000 pure-glass blocks. As the house is located on a street with many passing cars and trams, the blocks effectively shuts out the noise enabling … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, creatives, Culture, infrastructure, Japan, Metropolis, Technology, Urban
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Frenetic Animal Murals by Dzia Swirl to Life Across the World
Since we last checked in with Antwerp-based street artist Dzia (previously), the Belgian muralist has been busy adding fauna flair to walls in an increasingly widening swath across the globe. Recent projects have taken him to China, Norway, and Spain. Dzia, who … Continue reading
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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Tagged comparison, Culture, exploration, Life, nature, photography, rhythm, science
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Life-Size Cardboard Sculptures of Chinese Villagers Tap Into Artist Warren King’s Ancestral Heritage – Colossal
Warren King began sculpting with cardboard as an attempt to add fantasy to the lives of his children, creatively crafting masks and helmets out of the recyclable material. This slowly evolved into a more time-consuming arts practice as King began … Continue reading
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
