Eaten By Mycelium

from VICE This ‘Living’ Coffin Uses Mushrooms to Compost Dead Bodies The ‘Living Cocoon’ has already been used in one burial, at the Hague By Becky Ferreira HENDRIKX WITH THE ‘LIVING COCOON’ COFFINS. IMAGE: BOB HENDRIKX — LOOP BIOTECH For tens...

The Oldest Foot

from AFP via Yahoo! News Human footprints dating back 120,000 years found in Saudi Arabia Issam AHMED, AFP This undated handout photo obtained September 16, 2020 shows the first human footprint discovered at the Alathar ancient lake Around 120,000 years ago in what is...

Toots Hibbert Gone

from DEADLINE Toots Hibbert Dies: Reggae Artist Credited With Naming The Genre Was 77 By Bruce Haring His death comes days after his group released its first full-length LP and new album in ten years, titled Got to Be Tough. The recording features contributions...

Forrest Fenn Gone

from artnet Forrest Fenn, the Eccentric New Mexico Art Dealer Who Buried Treasure for Explorers in the Rocky Mountains, Has Died at 90 Fenn’s $2 million treasure was reportedly found in June. by Sarah Cascone Forrest Fenn. Courtesy of Forrest Fenn. Just months...

As Slow As Possible

from OBSERVER John Cage’s 639-Year-Long Organ Concert Attracts a Crowd in Germany By Helen Holmes Artists of many different mediums have always loved to play with the concepts of time and duration, and legendary composer and conceptualist John Cage is no different. On...

Six Months In

from Slate The Terrifying, Liberating Lesson of the Coronavirus Lockdown Six months later in America, we’re learning how to live again—and to accept the unimaginable. By SUSAN MATTHEWS Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Getty Images Plus. This is part of Six...