Architecture
July 26, 2024

Dubai’s Will Boast the “World’s Greenest Highway” With 100% Solar-Powered Trams and a Million Trees

Dubai is one of the fastest growing cities in the world. Just in the first quarter of 2024, the city welcomed 25,700 new residents. Aware of the needs of a growing population, URB, an urban planning and development firm, recently unveiled the Dubai Green Spine project, which aims to turn one of the city's major arterial roads into a “multifunctional public realm” as a way to improve all city dwellers' quality of life.

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Science
July 25, 2024

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers Crystals of Pure Sulfur on Mars

Curiosity—NASA’s robotic rover on Mars—has discovered pure, yellow sulfur crystals on the surface of the Red Planet. Launched over 10 years ago, on November 27, 2011, to determine whether life was or is viable on the planet Curiosity has found evidence of Mars once having liquid water at Gale Crater, scaled the planet’s diverse terrain—lately Mount Sharp– and analyzed various geological materials.

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Sculpture
July 25, 2024

Giant Octopus Sculpture Carrying a Menagerie of Endangered Animals Surfaces in NYC

Art duo Gillie and Marc have transformed the exterior of the World Trade Center Oculus with an enormous bronze sculpture of an octopus. Spanning 36 feet, it's one of the largest octopus sculptures in the world and speaks to Gillie and Marc's wildlife advocacy. The interactive artwork, titled The Arms of Friendship, features some of the world's most endangered species curled up in or sitting on the octopus's giant tentacles.

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Sculpture
July 24, 2024

Fernando Botero’s Voluptuous Sculptures Take Over Rome’s Historic Center

Nearly one year after Fernando Botero's death, his sculptures are visible in Italy. His daughter Lina organized an open-air exhibition, which sees eight of the Colombian artist's sculptures placed in some of Rome's most picturesque public squares. Known for his unique style that plays with volume, his voluptuous sculptures remain on view until October.

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