There’s a strange beauty, yes, but also a violence to Degas’ technique. Where did that violence come from?
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Turns out simplicity is really, really complicated. Having worked with Steve Jobs for years as an advertising creative director on Apple products, Ken Segall has taken a blood oath to uphold the principles of simplicity.
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There’s a lot missing from debates and policy surrounding poverty but the biggest deficit, according to Dr C. Nicole Mason, is in honesty. Impoverished people aren’t poor because they’re lazy, they’re poor because social mobility is institutionally suppressed.
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And, in the process, surpasses every supernova ever seen in terms of brightness. “Even with all the collected data we cannot say with 100% certainty that the ASASSN-15lh event was […]
As John B Judis writes in The Populist Explosion, this sort of uprising has been with us for years.
Psychedelics are experiencing a resurgence. What can we learn from bad trips?
Many smart folk need to relearn what Trump knows, and Aristotle taught, about persuasion. Logic and facts alone often don’t persuade.
Right before he goes to sleep every night, staunch atheist Penn Jillette does something surprising. He says a little prayer – sort of.
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Female political aides in the White House have banded together and are using a combo-technique of amplification and ‘shine theory’ to make sure their voices are counted.
We’ve just had the largest full Moon in 68 years. Here’s what was — and wasn’t — true. “For most people, we often marvel at the beauty of a sunrise or the magnificence of […]
No one is right 100% of the time. Even the greatest genius of all. “The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.” –Theodore Roosevelt […]
National Parks have long been a staple of American wildlife conversation. Why not have some underwater?
Magnetic reconnection this fast shouldn’t be possible, yet we see it everywhere we look. Finally, we know why. “We are inside this plasma,and plasma is inside everything. It is incandescentin the […]
Christopher Hitchens argued that religion makes humans “extremely self-centered.”
And what it found was a world swimming, literally, with possibilities. Just as a Chihuahua is still a dog, these ice dwarfs are still planetary bodies. The misfit becomes the […]
October had one, November will have one and December will have one, too. What’s the science of Supermoons? “The supermoon is a 16-inch pizza compared with a 15-inch pizza. It’s […]
Turns out narcissistic personality disorders might be hiding a confrontation with fears of inadequacy.
Whether you’re on stage or just meeting new people, comedian Jim Gaffigan believes that self-awareness is the key to winning over your audience.
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Languages the world over have words for love we all seem to understand.
Think Saturn is the only ringed world? The story is far better than that! “The phenomena of nature, especially those that fall under the inspection of the astronomer, are to be […]
You are already a cyborg! Here’s 10 ways you could merge even more with technology in the coming decade.
If you’ve ever wondered just why it has piqued the interest of so many, have a look inside. “I just think too many nice things have happened in string theory for […]
More than just a pretty face, the Venus de Milo (rediscovered on this date in 1820) has changed ideas of female beauty ever since, often in surprising ways.
Sotheby’s will auction off 380 pieces from Bowie’s collection later this year. The collection is “eclectic, unscripted, [and] understated,” according to Sotheby’s European chairman Oliver Barker.
The chicken you eat comes from birds that only live for 5 years and are susceptible to disease and inbreeding. Thank goodness Koen Vanmechelen bred a better one.
Our reliance on GPS is not only hurting our learning and memory systems, it’s changing our ethics.
Science, pictures, and a revolution in what we know is out there. “The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons.” –Edwin Hubble The Hubble Space Telescope took its first […]
Neither happiness nor success “can be pursued,” says Viktor Frankl. These states of being must “ensue…as the unintended side-effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.”
Imagination Institute’s Scott Barry Kaufman talks brain networks – daydreaming, how to have better ideas, and the left-brained vs. right-brained myth.
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