Space weather is associated with solar flares and solar wind that can affect our planet’s ionosphere. This specific part of our atmosphere is a layer of charged particles, which has an impact on long-distance radio communications, and orbits of some satellites. In addition, the layer can create fluctuations in the electromagnetic field that can wreak havoc with electronics in space and down to the ground.
We’re familiar with piñatas-- the bright and colorful sculptures made from paper used in celebrations. However, piñatas can now be used to tackle different world issues today. Take, for example, Giovanni Valderas’ work. The artist uses colorful sad-face piñatas in order to comment on the gentrification and the displacement of Latinx communities.
Hyperallergic dives deep into the craft and politics behind the bright artform. Read their full piece here.
The Order of Attorneys of Brazil (OAB) found a stray cat near their building. Instead of shooing the poor kitten away, they decided to ‘hire’ the animal as a ‘watchcat.’
The people at the Brazilian Bar Association fell in love with the cat and dubbed him Dr Leon, O Advogato. He is now the OAB’s official watchman and is in charge of welcoming newcomers and those who are visiting the office.
Meet the EcoPaintJetPro, a paint shop robot that can lay down finishes and designs on a vehicle without the need for covering the automobile. The machine was made by BMW and Duerr, a German engineering firm. According to BMW, “the EcoPaintJet Pro leaves no overspray, saving them time, money, water, and chemicals of cleanup. It's also more efficient, not requiring electrostatic paints, nor that the paints be physically separated as in a traditional paint shop, and it takes less energy to apply two paints at once.”
Keith Haring's "Fiorucci Walls" will be displayed at the New York City Center for a limited time. The mural was commissioned in 1983 by Milan-based designer Elio Fiorucci, who asked Haring to turn his store into a work of art. The artist turned the designer’s 5,000-square foot store into a canvas. A panel of the mural survived in Fiorucci’s storage after the installation came down in 1984.
Can we appreciate and marvel at beautiful photographs without considering the people who made them? Alternatively, can we separate the artist from their art? These two similar questions arose after different cases of horrible people (either with a long-running history of scandals, or they are just a terrible person in general) remaining popular for their artworks, making the populace forget about their ‘sins’ or past bad behaviors.
Fstopper’s Illya Ovchar explores the topic of art and artist separation on prominent photographers in the field. Check the full piece here.
This large artwork is a way for its creator to shed light on plastic pollution. According to Our World In Data, the world had produced 7.8 billion tonnes of plastic by 2015. This means that more than one tonne of plastic is allotted per person. That’s a lot of plastic.
Benjamin Von Wong’sTurn Off the Plastic Tap aims to raise the discussion of plastic pollution creatively. The photographer is known for tackling environmental issues in his work, and this new piece was done in collaboration with the Embassy of Canada in France. Wong, along with like-minded individuals, built a huge three-story-tall tap that looks like it releases plastic.
A relic of Earth’s past can be found in a river ecosystem in the Yucatan Peninsula. Marine ecologist Octavio Aburto-Oropeza and his fellow researchers revealed the existence of a swampy riverbed full of red mangrove trees in a study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The scientists state that the riverbed is a time capsule, and has been trapped in time for more than 100,000 years. The mangroves were able to survive and thrive even though it is far from the coastlines, appearing to have existed in isolation. “We hope our results convince the government of Tabasco and Mexico’s environmental administration of the need to protect this ecosystem,” the study team writes.
Meet Moose, a 1.5-year-old golden retriever who lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is a friendly boy who enjoys interacting with everyone around him, including a new mailman who delivers parcels to their house. Moose loves his new friend to the point that he waits outside to say hi to the mailman and get a hug from him. The pupper does this every day; it’s so cute! “It was adorable,” Meghan Gruszynski, Moose’s owner, toldThe Dodo. “I loved how much he loved our boy and loved how much Moose loved saying hi to him.”
Thanks to a monsoon rain in Arizona, hundreds of odd-looking critters have popped out in a temporary lake in the area. These prehistoric-looking creatures that emerged from tiny eggs are called Triops.The reason for their sudden appearance is a unique trait of their eggs. According to Central Michigan University, their eggs can lie dormant for decades in the desert until enough rain falls to create lakes that provide real estate and time for the hatchlings to mature and lay eggs for the next generation.
Whether or not you love Korean dramas, the impact and success of Netflix’ Squid Game is undeniable. From dozens of posts and videos about the show’s lore, characters, and story, it is safe to say that viewers love the show.
If you’re one of those people who crave more content about a series after watching it or you’re just drowning in the feels given to you by the show, check out Buzzfeed’s Isha Bassi article where she shares some top-tier memes made by the fans from the show.
A passing stray dog noticed another dog that was tied outside a store in Novorossiysk, Russia. Thinking that the ‘trapped’ pupper was abandoned like him, the stray dog was determined to free the other from its restraints.
Fortunately, the dog tied to the fence was just left there by his owner who went inside to shop. Definitely not abandoned. Not knowing this, the passing dog was seen doing his best to free the pupper by Dmitriy Timchenko, who was able to capture the entire interaction. “I’ve seen this stray dog around town many times,” Timchenko said toThe Dodo. “He always uses the crosswalk to cross the street. He’s a very smart dog.”
<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Surprisingly, it’s not something disgusting. </span><a href="https://www.rd.com/article/slugging/" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Slugging</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> is a part of a beauty routine, where you apply a</span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Aquaphor-Healing-Ointment-Moisturizing-Protectant/dp/B006IB5T4W?tag=readerwp-20" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Aquaphor-Healing-Ointment-Moisturizing-Protectant/dp/B006IB5T4W?tag=readerwp-20" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">petroleum-based occlusive</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> over your skin to seal in products while you sleep. This method has blown up on TikTok as the newest beauty trend to follow. According to Dr. Robinson, applying the occlusive during slugging “locks hydration in the skin along with the skin-care products applied underneath in for maximum benefit.” Huh, the benefits are definitely intriguing. I might add it to my skin-care routine.</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Image credit: </em><a href="https://unsplash.com/@towfiqu999999" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><em>Towfiqu barbhuiya</em></a><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">/Unsplash </em></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Claude Monet’s </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Water Lilies</em><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> paintings can be said to be a war memorial to the millions of lives tragically lost in World War I The eight large-scale canvasses leave viewers in “a vast field of unfathomable nothingness, of light, air, and water,” according to Great Art Explained creator James Payne. Monet’s final artworks were inspired by the happenings during World War I, and the artworks were finished eight years after. Open Culture dives deep into the inspiration of the artworks </span><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2021/10/monets-water-lilies.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+OpenCulture+(Open+Culture)" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">here.</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Image credit: wikimedia commons </em></p>
<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Oh, dear. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Museum of the Bible, founded in 2010 by Steve Green, is in the news after the handover of the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet to Iraq. The cuneiform tablet is one of the many antiquities smuggled out of Iraq during the 1990s. Green’s company, Hobby Lobby, paid for the tablet during an auction with a forged letter that the artifact had been taken out of Iraq by 1981. Yikes. This isn’t the first questionable purchase Green made for the Museum, as Erin L. Thompson explains the museum’s long history of obtaining and displaying both looted and fake pieces. Check the full piece</span><a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/10/museum-of-the-bible-looted-art-track-record.html?via=rss_flipboard" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"> here. </a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Image credit: wikimedia commons</em></p>
