My Modern Met

June 23, 2022

Canada Joins Growing List of Nations Banning Single-Use Plastics

Single-use plastics like disposable straws, cutlery, water bottles, and bags clog landfills and choke sea life. This ever-present problem has led to countries such as France, Spain, the UK, and India to ban certain categories of single-use plastics. In December 2022, Canada will join this list when its own ban goes into effect.

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Street Art

June 23, 2022

Welcome Mat Is Made of Hundreds of Tiny Painted Figures

Spanish street artist Pejac is known for his clever, masterful open-air artworks that often come with a social message.

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Architecture

June 23, 2022

A Colorful Floating City Is Being Constructed in the Maldives

Climate change means rising sea levels. For many island nations, this spells disaster.

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Creative Products

June 23, 2022

Air-Powered Laundry Chute Transports Dirty Clothes From Any Wall To Laundry Room

Doing laundry can be a dreaded chore that involves a lot of upper body strength for collecting and lugging piles dirty clothes to the washer. But what if the muscle work was eliminated? Laundry Jet might be the solution. The appliance is an updated laundry chute that transports your laundry from your room to the laundry room.

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Food Art

June 23, 2022

Museum Challenges Visitors To Transform Their Favorite Artworks Into Cakes

Two years ago, at the start of the global pandemic, people found creative ways to stay indoors.

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Funny

June 22, 2022

Japanese Museum Unleashes “Dinosaurs” in Celebration of New Tyrannosaurus Rex Exhibit

The Tottori Prefectural Museum recently opened its latest exhibition about the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

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Photojournalism

June 22, 2022

Striking Portraits Shed Light on American Gun Culture

In 2018, Italian photographer Gabriele Galimberti was on assignment with National Geographic in Kansas. He had a few free days; and, curious about the numerous gun shops he had seen, he decided to go inside and see who was shopping there. The discussion he had with a customer, which led to a spontaneous photo shoot, led him down a path to create his award-winning series Ameriguns.

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Good News

June 22, 2022

One Inspiring Teen Is Accepted Into All Eight Ivy League Schools

For most people, getting into one, or even two, Ivy League schools would be the achievement of a lifetime.

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Nature

June 22, 2022

Waterfall in Peru Looks Like a Bride Wearing a Wedding Dress and Veil

Have you ever seen something in nature that made you do a double take?

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Installation

June 22, 2022

Vivid Sydney Once Again Lights Up Australia After a Two-Year Hiatus

After a two-year hiatus, Vivid Sydney finally came back. For over a decade, this annual art festival lights up the Australian city with a variety of light installations and music events. While it's always highly anticipated, Vivid Sydney felt like a reawakening as the city moved forward from the pandemic. If the record-breaking attendance during the opening weekend is any indication, Australians have welcomed the reemergence of the festival.

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