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Wilting Flowers Elegantly Sculpted in Glass by Lilla Tabasso Are Suspended in States of Decay | Colossal
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021. GRACE EBERT All images by Roberto Marossi, courtesy of Caterina Tognon Art Gallery Artist Lilla Tabasso (previously) traps bouquets and tufts of grass at their most precarious stages of life. From her studio in Milan, she … Continue reading
Wildlife photo: Is this the world’s most beautiful mosquito? | BBC News
By Jonathan Amos BBC Science Correspondent You can’t help but marvel at its beauty. This female mosquito, with its fabulous furry legs and iridescent shimmer, is a total stunner. It’s one of the Sabethes species found in central and South … Continue reading
Guerrilla Grazing and Ingenious Off-Grid Living | Kottke
In this engaging video we meet Aaron Fletcher, a traveling shepherd who has been “guerrilla grazing” and living off the land for 12 years. He lets his sheep graze — with permission — public parks and side lots. Homeless by … Continue reading
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A Conversation
A Film by Phil Hessler Produced by WZRD and JacksonHole The film is built around a conversation between Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jimmy Chin and Ugandan-born snowboarder Brolin Mawejje. Their conversation tells a story about their unlikely career paths and diversity … Continue reading
Evoking Childhood Nostalgia, Color and Cartoon Commotion Burst from Kayla Mahaffey’s Paintings | Colossal
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021. GRACE EBERT “The Sweet Escape” Surrounding Black children with jumbled masses of cartoon characters, doodles, and explosions of color, Chicago-based artist Kayla Mahaffey (previously) imagines adolescent daydreams and an array of playtime inventions. She infuses her acrylic … Continue reading
Why Y Chromosomes Won’t Be Around Forever
We’re generally taught that chromosomes determine an animal’s sex, but it is way more nuanced than that. Hosted by: Rose Bear Don’t Walk
Vibrant Drawings Use Layers of Colors and Lines To Visualize Modern People | My Modern Met
By Margherita Cole on September 14, 2021 Portraits not only capture the personality of the sitter, but also the character of the era in which they were made. Denver-based artist Lui Ferreyra utilizes color, shape, and line to create striking … Continue reading
The nearly forgotten origin myth of Hawaii’s third-gender healers, as told by one | Aeon Videos
A retelling of a Hawaiian story recalls how third-gender healers came to inhabit the islands, and keeps their power alive In Hawaiian culture, moʻolelo means story, tale or myth, but it also refers to history. Traditionally passed down through oral … Continue reading
Surprising Findings About Radiation on Mars During a Manned Mission
[…] Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about new discoveries about the dangers of radiation during a potential mission to Mars Links: https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/sa… https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.c… https://mepag.jpl.nasa.gov/topten.cfm… https://marspedia.org/Radiation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsar,… […]
