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May 4, 2026

Self-Taught Painter Translates Personal Emotions Into Vibrant Oil Paintings [Interview]

Self-taught painter Tom D. Smith creates expressive oil paintings that translate emotion into color, movement, and form. As a result, his compositions emphasize energy and sensation, and they feel both immediate and reflective of shared human experience. Beginning with an internal concept or feeling, Smith develops his paintings through a process of visualization and refinement.

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Dance
May 1, 2026

Gravity-Defying Dancers Appear to Climb the Sky in Mesmerizing Aerial Show

Gravity-defying acts have long been mesmerizing spectacles—just think of performers on a tight rope, or people who climb buildings free solo. Rather than leaning into the fear element of some of these other performances, Spanish theatrical group La Fura dels Baus has turned being mid-air into a visually alluring resource for dancing. This surreal show was captured on video and shared by Costa Rica’s Ministry of Culture and Youth.

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Paper Art
May 1, 2026

Cut Paper Artist Offers a Peek Into How She Creates Her Impossibly Intricate Works [Interview]

Drawing and painting are often thought of as lyrical forms of fine art, but so is cut paper. Henri Matisse famously referred to creating his late-in-life cut paper pieces as “drawing with scissors,” and the way an artist must move their hand to conjure and extract intricate shapes with care is nothing short of soulful. Artist Jen Hudson’s cut-paper creations highlight this beautiful art form.

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Science
April 30, 2026

Scientists Visualize the Complex, Dynamic World Inside a Human Cell

At roughly 0.05 millimeters (less than 0.002 inches) across, a human cell is no larger than a speck of dust, but it contains a staggering level of complexity. Within this microscopic world are around 60 billion proteins, 2 trillion lipid molecules, 5 trillion sugars and amino acids, and around 60 billion RNA molecules, all working together to sustain life.

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