by | Apr 18, 2016 | Culture Music Art, Literary News
from The New Yorker Vladimir Nabokov, Butterfly Illustrator BY ELIF BATUMAN Vladimir Nabokov began collecting lepidoptera at the age of seven. Throughout a long and protean literary career, his passion for insects remained unwavering. He published his first verses as...
by | Apr 17, 2016 | Culture Music Art
from National Geographic These Ancient Trees Have Stories to Tell by Becky Harlan BETH MOON Over three trillion trees live on planet Earth, and yet we know so few of their stories. Of course all trees play an important role—purifying the air, hosting the feathered...
by | Apr 16, 2016 | Culture Music Art
from CNBC ESPN to broadcast drone racing Sarah Whitten Getty Images Drones have officially become mainstream. The International Drone Racing Association said on Wednesday that it had signed a multi-year deal with ESPN to bring the new sport of drone racing to the...
by | Apr 15, 2016 | Culture Music Art, Los Angeles
from WLEB 21 Robert Downey Moving to Yuma, Arizona photo by Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 2.0 / cropped YUMA, Arizona – In a big surprise to everyone in Los Angeles, Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr reveals in a new interview that he is moving to the Yuma, Arizona area. He...
by | Apr 12, 2016 | Culture Music Art
from Crain’s Rock stars: Christie’s trades art auctions for meteorites Darryl Pitt and other dealers are hoping an upcoming Christie’s auction will send the values of meteorites—yes, cosmic debris—into the stratosphere By Matthew Flamm More than a...
