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This Too Shall Pass: How Spanish Artist Escif’s Meditating Woman Lit Up Valencia
The beginning of Escif’s Instagram post reads, “Yesterday the meditator’s body was burned. With it many things were burned. 4 tons of wood were burned. A year of intense and wonderful work was burned.” Attached to a darkened image of glowing … Continue reading
The Dark History of Matches
SUBSCRIBED When we began mass-producing matches in the 1800s, workers in the factories started dying mysteriously. The history of our sparking little flame-sticks is darker than you think.
I found the man in the most famous physics picture ever
The most famous image in particle physics is this one of the ATLAS detector at CERN. It shows the huge scale of the machine especially because there’s a person stood there for scale. But my question has always been WHO … Continue reading
The British Psychiatrist Who Explored Paranormal Premonitions | The Backstory | The New Yorker
Sam Knight discusses his reporting on how a psychiatrist set out to collect the dreams and forebodings of the British public.
Why Cities Are Where They Are
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Nominated for Best Short Film at the British Animation Awards 2020 Winner of Best British Film at London International Animation Festival 2019 Winner of Best Documentary at ReAnima International Film Festival 2019 Animated fabric brings the story of a lingerie … Continue reading
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Afro-jazz star Manu Dibango dies after contracting coronavirus – France 24
Afro-jazz star Manu Dibango dies after contracting coronavirus More: Afro-jazz star Manu Dibango dies after contracting coronavirus – France 24
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UK becomes deserted as coronavirus advice bites – in pictures A seagull looks in vain for scraps outside an empty restaurant in Exeter Photograph: Dan Mullan/Getty Source: Pin on Moments
What Did People Use for Wiping Before Toilet Paper?
Toilet paper was first used by the Chinese about 1300 years before it caught on with the rest of the world. The first references of people using toilet paper dates back to the 6th century AD in the Chinese Imperial … Continue reading
The design genius of Charles + Ray Eames
The legendary design team Charles and Ray Eames made films, houses, books and classic midcentury modern furniture. Eames Demetrios, their grandson, shows rarely seen films and archival footage in a lively, loving tribute to their creative process.
The Solar Do-Nothing Machine – Aeon
‘Toys are the prelude to serious ideas’ – the contraption that kicked off the solar age In 1957, Charles and Ray Eames, the legendary husband-and-wife design team, created a solar-powered kinetic sculpture for the Aluminum Company of America ( … Continue reading
How a Suzanne Vega Song Helped Create the MP3
Karlheinz Brandenburg has listened to Suzanne Vega’s “Tom’s Diner” thousands of times and never tires of it. In fact, the song holds a special place in his heart because it was instrumental in the creation of the MP3. The German … Continue reading
