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Antarctica Promotes Tourists to Scientific Ambassadors for “Immersive Experience”

Culture, Environment / 3 min. read

Antarctica is the continent least visited by world travelers, and its frigid temperatures — with a daily interior average of minus 71 degrees Fahrenheit — make it uninhabitable for people long-term. Although the terrain isn’t suitable for humans, a delicate and complex ecosystem exists amid the ice, and now tourists who do make it to […]

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a person lies on their stomach on the ice to take a picture of a group of penguins in Antarctica

Famed Painting “Woman-Ochre,” Worth $160M, Finally Restored Decades After Theft

Culture / 3 min. read

Willem de Kooning’s famed painting “Woman-Ochre,” estimated to be worth around $160 million, has had quite the journey over the years. On the morning after Thanksgiving Day in 1985, the artwork was ripped from its frame at the University of Arizona Museum of Art (UAMA). It remained missing for three decades — finally resurfacing in

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Willem de Kooning stands in front of a workbench in his studio in 1982. He wears glasses and a blue shirt. He has white hair. The room is brightly lit.

The World’s First Hammer Museum in Alaska Tracks the Tool’s Storied History

Culture / 3 min. read

If you had a hammer, you could hammer in the morning, as the old song goes. But what would you do if you had 10,000 hammers? You’d open a hammer museum, of course. At least, that’s what collector Dave Pahl did in his tiny town of Haines, Alaska.  Small and unassuming — aside from the

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An exterior view of the hammer museum, a small white building with green trim. In front, a huge hammer stands tall on the lawn. In the back, Alaska's rolling hills.

Scientists May Have Discovered the World’s Oldest Living Tree in Chile: “It’s a Time Capsule”

Environment / 3 min. read

About 5,400 years ago, a Patagonian cypress seedling sprouted in a valley in present-day Chile. Over the millennia, the colossus grew to 100 feet tall, with a trunk 13 feet in diameter, making it one of the largest in Alerce Costero National Park. Now, research reported by Science indicates the tree may also be the

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Meet Pakistan’s First Female Architect: At 81, Yasmeen Lari Is a Champion for Sustainable Disaster Relief Housing

Humanity, Tech / 3 min. read

For nearly two decades, Yasmeen Lari — Pakistan’s first female architect — has directed her considerable talents toward building sustainable shelters and infrastructure for people experiencing homelessness due to natural disasters. A co-founder of the nonprofit Heritage Foundation of Pakistan, 81-year-old Lari had initially retired from her storied career in architecture in 2000. However, she was

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Customizable Scoliosis Brace That Grows With Young Patients Wins Design Award: See Photos

Health / 3 min. read

One young innovator is working to make scoliosis easier to treat — and notably more stylish — for adolescent patients. University of Cincinnati graduate Sangyu Xi earned the 2022 U.S. James Dyson Award for Airy, a customizable and repositionable brace that grows with its wearers. The international award aims to honor and inspire the next

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Customizable Scoliosis Brace That Grows With Patients

This Company Is Making Jet Fuel From Carbon Dioxide That Requires “No Change” to Plane Engines

Environment, Tech / 3 min. read

Sustainable jet fuel alternatives will soon be taking flight in the commercial airlines industry. New York-based startup Air Company recently announced the launch of its Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), made from captured carbon dioxide. Major airlines like JetBlue, Virgin Atlantic, and even the United States Air Force, among others, have collectively committed to purchasing over

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Why the World’s Longest Book — at 21,450 Pages — Is Impossible to Read

Culture / 3 min. read

The world’s longest book is enthralling but impossible to read — and that’s the point. At 21,450 pages and 37 1/2 pounds, artist Ilan Manouach’s conceptual work “ONEPIECE” is a single volume containing every edition of the world’s most highly circulated comic in the Japanese style known as manga, One Piece. Manouach says his sculpture

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ONEPIECE by Ilan Manouach, world's longest book
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