Arts
Here’s How to Make a Canoe Out of a Tree Trunk
The boats are fashioned entirely by hand using simple tools, and traditionally are carved from magongo tree wood
Read Seamus Heaney’s Last Known, Previously Unpublished Poem
Two months before he died, Heaney wrote "In a Field" at the request of poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy
Ancient Buddhist Frescoes in China Got Painted Over with Cartoons
he temple affairs head and the the cultural heritage monitoring team lead have both lost their jobs, and the Communist party chief has been scolded
Before Hollywood Had Ratings, Films Were Way Racier
In the 1934 movie Murder at the Vanities there's a whole musical number about the pleasures of marijuana sung by half naked women
If Anyone Can Make the James Bond Submarine Car Work, It’s Elon Musk
Musk bought the Lotus Espirit car from the movie The Spy Who Loved Me for $866,000 at auction
Vote for the Next Inductees Into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
So far, Nirvana is winning the fan vote with 15 percent, followed closely by Kiss at 14.33 percent
Ridley Scott Reused Footage From The Shining at the End of Blade Runner
From sets to props to entire sequences, Hollywood is actually really good at recycling
Music Makes Working Out Hurt Less
Music doesn't solely work by distracting us or syncing our motions up with its encouraging beat
This Late-Night Reading Group Zipped Through Finnegans Wake in Seven Short Months
A Los Angles-based Finnegans Wake reading group recently buckled down and decided to spare themselves the dozen-year cliff hanger
Why Were Medieval Knights Always Fighting Snails?
It's a common scene in medieval marginalia. But what does it mean?
Ancient Women Artists May Be Responsible for Most Cave Art
Previously, most researchers assumed that the people behind these mysterious artworks must have been men, but they were wrong
Music Does Get Louder Every Year
Yes, grandma, the music is louder than it was when you were a kid
Ballerinas’ Brains Are Desensitized to Dizziness
Dancers may reshape their brains with years or training, or people who have a natural ability not to fall over may be most likely to become pro ballerinas
An Incredibly Detailed Size Comparison Chart of Science Fiction Spaceships
What would it look like if you put nearly every famous science fiction spaceship next to one another? This image
The National Selfie Portrait Gallery Is a Real Thing, And It’s Art
Made up of solely selfies, the gallery attempts to explore how people see themselves
Listen to the Entire Evolution of the Guitar Solo in Six Minutes
The guitar is a symbol for rock and roll, and the lead guitarist its champion
Dance to Your Body’s Own Music
If you've ever been told to "march to the beat of your own drum" here's your chance to do that as literally as possible
Was Beethoven’s Metronome Wrong?
Mathematic and musical detectives have discovered that perhaps Beethoven's tempo was so strange because his metronome was broken
Meet the People who Make Your Globes
It turns out the process of making high end globes is both fascinating and beautiful
Watch This Woman Slowly Transform From Toddler to Elderly Woman
The idea behind Danielle, who is based on a real person, is "that something is happening but you can't see it but you can feel it, like aging itself"
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