Hidden Cézanne

from artnet A Potential Cézanne Self-Portrait Was Found by a Cincinnati Art Museum Conservator Underneath a Meh Still Life of Bread and Eggs A curator at the museum got a “hunch” something was hiding after seeing underlying paint through cracks on the...

Vintage Threads

from artnet Possibly the Oldest Pair of Levi’s Jeans, Salvaged From an 1857 Shipwreck, Just Auctioned for a Deep-Pocketed $114,000 What may be the earliest known Levi Strauss pants went for double their estimate at auction. by Vittoria Benzine The jeans salvaged from...

P-22 Gone

from KTLA Celebrity cougar P-22 euthanized; his life in photos by Cameron Kiszla California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials announced Saturday that famous mountain lion P-22 was euthanized. The cougar had apparently been struck by a car shortly before...

Desert Kites

from artnet Scientists Have Cracked the Origins of ‘Desert Kites,’ Massive Prehistoric Patterns That Were Carved into the Middle Eastern Desert Three studies confirm the long-held hypothesis that the structures were hunting traps. by Vittoria Benzine Aerial view of a...

Oldest DNA

from The Guardian DNA from 2m years ago reveals lost Arctic world Breakthrough pushes back DNA record by 1m years to time when region was 11–19C warmer than today This illustration provided by researchers depicts Kap København, Greenland, 2m years ago. Photograph:...