Archives for Science - Page 2
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher of the late 19th century who challenged the foundations of traditional morality and Christianity. He believed in life, creativity, health, and the realities of…
Globalization
Covering a wide range of distinct political, economic, and cultural trends, the term “globalization” has quickly become one of the most fashionable buzzwords of contemporary political and academic debate. In…
Tiny new species of human unearthed
The remains of a tiny and hitherto unknown species of human that lived as recently as 13,000 years ago have been discovered on an Indonesian island. The discovery has been…
Portrait
Portrait and figure painting were Katy Kianush's first love. This has provided her with an endless and challenging source of study. The faces and figures are created in a fresh…
Handicrafts as local art
An exhibit of Bolivian folk art evokes local cultures and environments In the same way that a Wall Street banker would never show up at work sporting beads and sandals,…
Portrait Painter of the Republic
A dazzling Gilbert Stuart retrospective includes paintings never before seen in public When the largest exhibition ever of works by Gilbert Stuart (1755–1828) opens this month at the Metropolitan Museum…
Art That Goes Boom
Fireworks, exploding balloons, skywriting: Gai Guo-Qiang's sizzling works defy gravity and expectations On a gritty street in downtown New York City, a bright red door gives way to another world—the…
Art Deco: High Style
The glamorous look marked skylines from New York to Shanghai and streamlined everything from film and fashion to jewelry and automobiles Art Deco was the name given, long after the…
Poster Children
Montreal-based poster-design firm Seripop is coming soon to a wall near you. When Chloe Lum and Yannick Desranleau set up a silk-screening studio in their Montreal apartment, the last thing…
Mass Consumption
American designers tackle the issue of obesity. International design biennials ask a lot of their curators—bring us your best designers, but introduce us to new faces. Tell us what’s happening…
Jun-ichi Arai: The Futurist of Fabric
Blending technology and ancient arts, the 72-year-old “dream weaver” continues to push textile design into unexplored realms. By Paul Makovsky and Mary Murphy Jun-ichi Arai isn’t a household name in…
Is Consciousness a Quantum Phenomenon?
There is now a more satisfactory range of ideas available ... They involve mostly quantum objects called Bose-Einstein condensates (see Marshall, or Zohar), which may be capable of forming ephemeral…
Quantum Uncertainity and Morphogenetic Fields
In discussions of Science Within Consciousness we pay a lot of attention to quantum uncertainly. But occasionally we delve also into a concept that is closely related to this -…
Science and Religion
the two most powerful forces of history, science and religion, settle into relationship with each other." Alfred North Whitehead "There is a desire to find the connections between different parts…
Quantum Ontology and Mind-Matter Synthesis
Henry P. Stapp Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory University of California Berkeley, California 94720 LBNL-40722 July 21, 1998 Editor's Note: This 45 page paper by Henry P Stapp is available in…
The Beginning of Time
In this lecture, I would like to discuss whether time itself has a beginning, and whether it will have an end. All the evidence seems to indicate, that the universe…
Kurilian Bobtail
History and Origin The Kurilian Bobtail is rather a new and rare breed. It originates from Kuril islands in the Far East of Russia not from Japan. Only in the…
Archeology in Lithuania
The first cultural relics found on the territory of Lithuania are dated 10,000 BC. It was then that suitable conditions for people to settle down first appeared. The earliest settlements…
Selecting a automechanic
Whether your car is brand new or a long-time companion, at some point repair and servicing is required. Unfortunately, selecting a mechanic can be a stressful experience for many motorists.…
Ancient Egyptian Chambers Explored
One of the mysteries of Egypt's Great Pyramid deepened early last September when archaeologists penetrated a 4,500-year-old blocked shaft only to find another stone blocking their way. During Pyramids Live:…