the national research center of canada produced the most in-depth imaging study to date of leonardo’s gioconda via meiver
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downcycling
heather rogers’ gone tomorrow:the hidden life of garbage is a wonderful short documentary that shows how the myth of recycling was created by materials manufacturers to convince people that plastics and metals are recyclable as a way to feel good about consuming more and more via meiver
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torture paintings
fernando botero’s obese style of figurative painting was often humorous and whimsical, but that changed when he chose to depict the torture at abu ghraib. now the subjects’ fatness seems to add to the already extreme obscenity of these scenes see the paintings
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brain vision
researchers are beginning to use fMRI for bio-feedback to treat psychological problems such as addiction, pain and depression. by watching a real-time scan of the areas of the brain rich with oxygen, you can get understand your own thought processes and possibly even control them. recent findings about mental plasticity suggest that repeating such exercises […]
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political love
while we may think that we choose our political candidate for rational reasons, a study from emory university shows that the parts of the brain involved when watching candidates on television have nothing to do with rational thought, and are instead those that control emotions and reward conflict resolution. while watching their candidates and opponents […]
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secular saint
in the museum of the history of science in florence there is an unusual reliquary: the middle finger of galileo galilei, alongside his famous retraction (in english and italian): I, Galileo, son of the late Vincenzio Galilei of Florence, seventy years of age, arraigned personally for judgment, kneeling before you Most Eminent and Most Reverend […]
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rubbers clothing
adriana bertini makes flamboyant fashions out of condoms to remind people of aids via meiver
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