AZURE

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One of the very first Pezo von Ellrichshausen projects to capture widespread attention — including Azure’s — was Poli House, erected on the Chilean coastline in 2005. With its extreme cuboid form and irregular windows, it automatically signalled a ne

Nautilus

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Most of us, most of the time, think and act as though there are facts about good and bad, right and wrong. We think the predatory behavior of Jeffrey Epstein was abhorrent, and that the political actions of Mahatma Gandhi were admirable. Moreover, we

Amateur Photographer

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In 2016, German photographer Stephan Zirwes was happy to let us know he was awarded third place in the professional Architecture category at the Sony World Photography Awards with his series, Pools. In 2019, he was happy and proud to let us know he w

Nautilus

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A physicist and a philosopher walk into a lab… no, this isn’t the start of a joke. It’s an everyday occurrence in the lab of Andrew Briggs, Professor of Nanomaterials at Oxford University. While working on how to exploit quantum mechanics to better s

Nautilus

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“Excuse me, but what’s the time?” I’m guessing that you, like me, are guilty of having asked this question, as if it were obvious that there is such a thing as the time. Yet you’ve probably never approached a stranger and asked “Excuse me, but what’s

Nautilus

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Technology cannot keep pace with theoretical predictions about subatomic reality coming from physics. The same applies to our ability to observe the far reaches of the universe. Theory outstrips data and can become more extravagant with the claims it

Fortean Times

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An Investigation into Non-Human Intelligences Anthony Peake Watkins Publishing 2019 Pb, 230pp, £12.99, ISBN 9781786782809 There will come a time when we will look back and see that these studies by Anthony Peake helped create a fresh understanding of

Nautilus

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Excuse me, but what’s the time?” I’m guessing that you, like me, are guilty of having asked this question, as if it were obvious that there is such a thing as the time. Yet you’ve probably never approached a stranger and asked “Excuse me, but what’s

Writing Magazine

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It almost seems too obvious to state that writing fiction is a way to tap into the very depths of human imagination. But for me, this is the ultimate truth. And I’m in good company. From William Blake to Einstein to Freud the imagination has been con

The Paris Review

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Helen Phillips (left) and Laura Van Den berg (right) When an early copy of Helen Phillips’s new novel, The Need, turned up at my apartment, I had not read a book in two months. I had been unable to read, in fact. My father had died recently and each

Ceramics: Art and Perception

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What are raw materials? This question is particularly important–even if unconsciously–for artists working in the material arena. This arena is nurtured by raw materials such as minerals, organic and inorganic materials, as points of departure or dial

Nautilus

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Quantum mechanics is more than a century old, but physicists still fight over what it means. Most of the hand wringing and knuckle cracking in their debates goes back to an assumption known as “realism.” This is the idea that science describes someth

ArtAsiaPacific

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The face of Jesus Christ on a Cheeto, the Virgin Mary on a grilled-cheese sandwich, Mother Teresa on a cinnamon roll—these are all instances of pareidolia, the psychological tendency to construct meaningful patterns out of random stimuli. Timur Si-Qi

Nautilus

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Robert Musil, in his Man Without Qualities, wrote that a Soul is “That which crawls away and hides whenever someone mentions algebra.” According to his friend, Elias Canetti, Musil “felt at home and seemed natural among scientists,” as distinct from

Best Self Magazine

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— Several years ago, my paternal grandmother passed. It was a difficult time for me and my aunt, with whom I was very close, who had just lost her mother. We were both in grief, so we spoke on the phone several times a week in an effort to console ea

The Knot Weddings Magazine

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The first people to contact are the ones tasked with making it happen. Your pros should be understanding of your decision and can help provide additional guidance on next steps, from securing a future date to contacting guests. However, keep in mind

Literary Hub

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While I was in my early thirties, my parents died in impolite succession. My mother first, in 2010, then my father in 2012. He was in his early eighties, but she was 16 years younger and had no business going anywhere. They passed the illness baton f

Futurity

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Perception is not objective reality. Case in point: The image just above is stationary and flat. But try telling your brain that. A new book, The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes (W. W. Norton, 2019), applies this conce

Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist

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Your Design Riffs Designs based on projects and jewelry shown in previous issues of Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist. Looking for the Snow Queen? See page 87. Re: Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist, January/February 2020 This issue offered the depth and

Woman

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Feel the wind in your sails this week. Mars is urging you onward and upward, and in the wake of a recent upset, rebooting your fighting spirit. For your reading ☎ 09058 172557 The pace is picking up and people are impatient to get projects moving a

Motor Boat & Yachting

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SEE MORE mby.com/gz37 Whisper it quietly but this wretched virus might actually have some upsides for boating. With foreign holidays off the cards, limited opportunities to spend money and entire families stuck at home desperate for things to do, boa

HWM Singapore

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Hosting a smooth video conference is like staging a performance, where the little details can enhance or mar the entire experience. Figuring out the invitation list is only the first step. How do I see my attendees? How do I share the presentation wi

Fishing World

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THE release of the September Fishing World usually coincides with the AFTA trade show. Unfortunately this year the show was cancelled, for obvious reasons. The Australian Tackle Trade Association (AFTA) made a sensible early call to put the show on

PC Pro Magazine

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The elephant in the room when it comes to training is the difference between prebuilt, standard courses and custom jobs. A prebuilt course steers a narrow semantic route between rapids and whirlpools, because knowing what Photoshop can do is very dif

Amateur Photographer

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FOR THE latest of our chats with major retailers to see how they are coping with the pandemic, we meet Adrian Deary, marketing and communications manager of London Camera Exchange (LCE). ‘We've had to adapt quickly, but everyone pulled together and n

Family Tree UK

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1 Simply go to https://familytr.ee/ftlivebook – which will take you to the Ticket Factory website 2 Search for ‘Family Tree Live’. Choose the day(s) you wish to attend. Click ‘GET TICKETS’. Select how many you want, enter subscriber discount code if

Artists & Illustrators

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Contemporary painting is defined by the idea that, since the invention of the camera, painters cannot merely reproduce their subject, but must create a different, more creative reality. While this is true, it does not follow that all of the Old Maste

North & South

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Nerd Nation columnist Jenny Nicholls is interested in your internet/smart phone/ social media use – especially if you feel left out, left behind or disillusioned by the march of digital communication. Nicholls is researching the subject and would wel

Digital Photographer

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The Photography Show and The Video Show will be going online this year, with a virtual photo and video festival taking place on 20-21 September 2020 via an online, global platform that’s faithful to the live show-going experience. Next year, the show

Shop Talk

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In the absence of in-person classes due to the pandemic, award-winning artist Annie Libertini has recently completed a 5-part video series on tooling and coloring leather portraits. Libertini has gained a reputation for her work as both an artisan an