by | Jul 18, 2020 | Culture Music Art
from Real Clear Science Where Did Rome’s Famous ‘Alexandrian’ Glass Come From By Ross Pomeroy Two thousand years ago, the Roman Empire was cranking out glassware unsurpassed in intricacy, beauty, or design, with skill and efficiency that...
by | Jul 17, 2020 | Culture Music Art, Weirdness
from Vanity Fair Homicide at Rough Point BY PETER LANCE A view through the mansion’s smashed gates by news photographer Ed Quigley. At far right: detective Fred Newton, who had a surprising theory about how Tirella died. BY ED QUIGLEY/COURTESY OF JOHN QUIGLEY. In the...
by | Jul 14, 2020 | Culture Music Art, Literary News
from Brixton Blog Top literature prize for Linton Kwesi Johnson Linton Kwesi Johnson Linton Kwesi Johnson has been awarded this year’s PEN Pinter Prize. Judges praised his work, saying: “Few post-war figures have been as unwaveringly committed to political...
by | Jul 13, 2020 | Culture Music Art
from The Guardian ‘Everyone wants to get outside’: boom in camping as Americans escape after months at home by Miranda Bryant in NEW YORK A campground at Joshua Tree national park in southern California. The National Park Service said 330 of its 419 sites...
by | Jul 12, 2020 | Culture Music Art
from STAT Gene-editing discovery could point the way toward a ‘holy grail’: cures for mitochondrial diseases By SHARON BEGLEY Cells with mitochondria, in red / COURTESY TSLIL AST MOOTHA LABORATORY Biologist David Liu was in the middle of his morning commute to the...
by | Jul 10, 2020 | Culture Music Art
from PASTE Space Is the Place: How Metroid’s Music Captures the Essence of Space By Dia Lacina When the Challenger exploded, my parents tried to hide it from me. They did okay for a few days. But it was inevitable. They knew how fixated I was on space, how I...
