Tag Archives: Life

Transylvania: Between tradition and modernity | DW Documentary

For 500 years, Transylvania’s Gábor people have held onto their values and rituals. This film explores the insular world of the Gábor Roma, and asks whether they can maintain their traditional lives in a globalized world. The Romanian village of … Continue reading →

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Sci-Fi Short Film: “The Beach House on Morro Lane” | DUST

On a lazy Saturday morning, a young couple discusses their future, as one inexplicably tells the other that this is the moment that leads to their breakup. “The Beach House on Morro Lane” by Barry Galperin Connect with the Filmmaker: … Continue reading →

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High School Senior Creates Surgical Sutures That Alert Infection 

“I've done a lot of racial equity work in my community…So when I was presented with this opportunity to do research, I couldn't help but go at it with an equity lens.” #RegeneronSTS finalist Dasia Taylor talks with @SmithsonianMaghttps://t.co/UubGBcWmbS — … Continue reading →

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Discs Extracted from Antique Porcelain Become Delicate Jewelry by Gésine Hackenberg | Colossal

APRIL 5, 2021  GRACE EBERT From her studio in Amsterdam, Gésine Hackenberg (previously) punches perfectly round discs from Delftware and antique ceramic dishes. The ornate, pearl-like forms are then strung together into necklaces or secured into metal bands for rings and … Continue reading →

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5 Brits Take A DNA Test

We took a DNA test to find out our ancestry. Many of us have an idea of where we came from, but we wanted to see how much we really know about our family history. 23andMe’s DNA testing kit gives … Continue reading →

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Nature has learnt how to eat our plastic!

Nature always finds a way..so they say! But it looks like it may actually be true in the case of our global plastic waste dilemma. Genetic mutations have been discovered in specific natural bacteria that enable them to break the … Continue reading →

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Street Art Dream

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Art by Senor Ok in Medellin

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TRANSFORMING

“TRANSFORMING” is 3D Printed Nail stopmotion animation. Created by Planner/Director Mizuki Kawano and Producer Yuna Takayama from Taiyokikaku Co., Ltd. The company’s computer graphics artists produced the animation data based on the designs created by the Manicurist, Hatsuki Furutani. Then … Continue reading →

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How to recognise birds from their song

The definitive guide to bird song. Watch this short video to learn the different sounds made by different birds. As a wildlife artist I spend most of my waking hours listening and watching birds in the wild and I can … Continue reading →

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Stunning Winners of the 2020 Mobile Photography Awards | My Modern Met

“On Inle Lake” by Dan Liu on Apple iPhone11 ProMax. Winner of the Silhouettes category. Dan Liu is also the 2020 Grand Prize Winner and the MPA Photographer of the Year 2020. (Photo: Dan Liu/Mobile Photography Awards)   We look … Continue reading →

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We May Have Been Wrong About the Origin of Life

We’ve had the idea that life began in the oceans since the 1920s, when it was first put forward. This was cemented in our minds in the 1950s by the classic Miller-Urey experiment from which scientists hypothesized that the ocean-atmospheric … Continue reading →

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