Music
September 28, 2026

Music Prodigy Armed With a Single Keyboard Gets Entire Room Dancing in Indonesia

To turn up a party, you don’t need a flashy DJ with state-of-the-art equipment. Sometimes all it takes is one talented musician. Few people embody this like Habib Gunjat aka DJ Bumblebee. Armed with a single keyboard, he is the star of Alun Buutuni Sound System. First known locally for lighting up parties in Indonesia, he has captivated the world with his high-energy beats.

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Photography
September 27, 2026

Large-Scale Photographs Weave Beauty, Decay, and Mortality Together in an “Ecological Tapestry”

At the Center for Photography Woodstock (CPW) in Kingston, New York, Tanya Marcuse brings together eight large-scale photographs from Woven: An Ecological Tapestry. The exhibition traces more than a decade of Marcuse’s fascination with growth, decay, and mortality. Alongside Woven, CPW will debut an 11-minute film, titled Deer, made with collaborator Ben Stechshulte, offering a new, time-based dimension to Marcuse’s work. Marcuse’s photographs initially overwhelm through their scale.

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Science
September 25, 2026

Love Ice Cream? This Harvard Study Has Some Surprisingly Good News

If you love ice cream, you may have been pleased to see recent headlines suggesting that indulging in your favorite flavor could actually have some surprising health benefits. A long-running Harvard study tracking roughly 190,000 people over several decades found that regular consumption of ice cream and other forms of dairy correlates to lower rates of type two diabetes.

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Dogs
September 25, 2026

Tsunami the Heroic Dog Is Honored With a Statue After Helping in the Venezuelan Earthquake Rescue Efforts

Earlier this year, a dog named Tsunami emerged as a beacon of hope. After two devastating earthquakes in Venezuela, the brave border collie joined the search and rescue efforts alongside his human Jorge Beens, founder of the local Disaster Response K-9 Team Training Center. After helping recover 25 survivors from the wreckage, Tsunami became a national hero, with people insisting he deserved a monument.

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