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As reported by Bloomberg : Arguably the most famous artwork of the past decade has found a new buyer. Comedian , a sculpture by the artist M...

I'm too busy right now to spend time blogging, but couldn't resist adding these two photos that were shortlisted for the Close-up Ph...

Posted for my family in Asheville, whose home avoided major damage, but whose community is devastated. And I'll add this video of a lake...

In recent years, solar projects have multiplied in remote communities in several Amazonian countries , mainly with funding from civil societ...

My rule of thumb: if it's a David Attenborough video, it's worth blogging. BTW, if you've never used the "fullscreen&...

... if you have a love or fascination for the natural world.  This video from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute documents the dis...

"These unique grains are actually the pointy husks of millions of tiny protists known as Foraminifera. Hoshizuna-no-hama is found on th...

Trigger alert: extreme animal cruelty . All I remember from my schooling was that Laika was the first dog in space.  I didn't know about...

Food for thought presented by the TYWKIWDBI-like blog Perfect for Roquefort Cheese : " US presidential numbering has been a matter of d...

The video above shows eight pianists sharing just two pianos ; seven of them are previous winners of the Dublin International Piano Compe...

" In 1926, a citizen of Mississippi sent the raccoon to the First Family in time to be cooked for Thanksgiving . Calvin Coolidge instea...

 ... be prepared to do a lot of reading. "In January, a box of books was delivered to my house, the first of many to arrive, with a st...

"The butterfly, the cabbage white, (His honest idiocy of flight) Will never now, it is too late, Master the art of flying straight, Yet...

The painting is by Jean-Léon Gérôme - Painting Breathes Life into Sculpture , 1893.  Although it was initially thought that Greek statu...

"The unusual appearance of the left breast of Michelangelo's “Night,” a marble statue of a female figure, has often been mentioned...