Inspiring
December 12, 2024

New Zealand Man Who Doesn’t Speak a Word of Spanish Wins Spanish Language Scrabble Championship

Being great at Scrabble typically requires an extensive vocabulary. After all, you may need to come up with obscure words and make do with the odd letters you're given. However, a recent Scrabble championship seems to suggest that you don't need to be well versed in a language to win; you may not even need to speak it at all. Just take a look at what a New Zealand man named Nigel Richards did.

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Illustration
December 12, 2024

Artist Turns Photos Into Holographic Portraits That Reveal Illustrations From Certain Angles

For many, holographic, 3D bookmarks are trinkets considered to be a staple of childhood. The magic of seeing two different images depending on the viewing angle is both captivating and nostalgic, but these don’t have to remain a sentimental item of the past. Seoyeon, a talented Korean digital artist, revives this feeling of nostalgia through her innovative product: K-DualView.

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Archeology
December 11, 2024

Indigenous Elders Decode Ancient Rock Art Filled With Shamans Spiritually Transforming Into Animals

Archaeologists have finally deciphered the meaning of a series of prehistoric rock art images with the help of local Indigenous elders and ritual specialists. The Serranía de la Lindosa, a 12-mile-long sandstone outcrop in Colombia’s Guaviare department, is covered with thousands of red ochre paintings, some believed to date back over 11,000 years. For much of the last century, research in this northwestern region was obstructed by political unrest and inaccessibility.

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My Modern Met

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