by | Jun 30, 2021 | Literary News
from Prospect Busting the Hemingway myth A new documentary breaks new ground by exploring the American writer’s mental health and gender fluidity—but it still doesn’t go far enough By Lucinda Smyth Hemingway and his fourth wife Mary. Credit: BBC In 1949, Ernest...
by | Jun 29, 2021 | Weirdness
from NPR When A City-Size Star Becomes A Black Hole’s Lunch, The Universe Roils by NELL GREENFIELDBOYCE An artistic image of what happens when a monstrous black hole collides with — and gulps down — a neutron star the size of a large city. Carl...
by | Jun 28, 2021 | Culture Music Art
from Foreign Policy Are NFTs Always Bad? The digital assets known as “nonfungible tokens” could help artists make money from their work. By Diana Seave Greenwald Mad Dog Jones’s “Visor” goes on view as part of “Natively Digital: A Curated NFT Sale” at Sotheby’s in...
by | Jun 27, 2021 | Culture Music Art
from BBC News Scientists hail stunning ‘Dragon Man’ discovery By Pallab Ghosh IMAGE COPYRIGHT KAI GENG The Dragon Man’s skull is huge, with a brain size about the same as the average for our species Chinese researchers have unveiled an ancient skull...
by | Jun 26, 2021 | Culture Music Art
from UnHerd John McAfee: America’s last real wild man The creator of the first commercial anti-virus software was one of a kind BY BEN SIXSMITH John McAfee describes as himself as a lover of women, adventure and mystery. John McAfee, who died yesterday, was one of the...