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“The problem with convenience and efficiency is that, in the effort to make the shortest path between us and the things we want, the privilege of accountability is lost.
If you consider the time it takes an individual to gather raw materials, which are often living organisms, the honour & grief that is felt in their losses to our ecosystems, the lifetime courtship of the tools and material’s ways, the apprenticeship to the land which enables it all, then you have a life which is interwoven with its art.
You have a person who is beholden to their place in the world and you can trace a path across their wounds and wrinkles to their love of a thing, which they will protect, and which will feed you with its long history, beauty and richness. A person like this thinks twice about ‘developing’ on an unblemished piece of land.” © 2014 Toko-pa Turner | Artwork by Assol Sas
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Mysterious Colorful Vapor Rooms, Ann Veronica Janssens
As part of its year-long States of Mind exhibition, The Wellcome Collection in London has unveiled a new installation piece by artist Ann Veronica Janssens which envelopes the viewer in beautiful yellow, blue and pink vapor.
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Crown shyness
What an interesting word. :D
“Crown shyness is a phenomenon observed in some tree species, in which the crowns of fully stocked trees do not touch each other, forming a canopy with channel-like gaps.“
How do the trees know not to touch each other?
Nobody knows though it’s been studied since the 1920′s.
Depending on the ground nutrients, allowing sunlight to hit the ground can be very important in the life of big forest trees. If the canopies are too thick, not enough light will go through, and low height vegetation won’t be able to grow under their canopies.
This doesn’t explain how the tree canopies come to not touch, but demonstrates an evolutionary pressure that could instigate the development of this behavior.
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A condom that changes colour when it comes into contact with sexually transmitted infections has been invented by a group of school children.
The ’S.T.EYE’ has a built-in indicator to detect infections such as chlamydia and syphilis, turning a different colour depending on the strain of bacteria present.
It is the brainchild Daanyaal Ali, 14, Muaz Nawaz, 13 and Chirag Shah, 14, pupils at Isaac Newton Academy in Ilford, Essex, who wanted to “make detecting harmful STIs safer than ever before” without the need for invasive tests.
Daanyall said: “We created the S.T.EYE as a new way for STI detection to help the future of the next generation.
See what happens when kids are aware of sex Ed?
HOLY SHIT BROWN KIDS GETTING SHIT DOWN
If this can work and be cost-effective…holy shit, what total genius.
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EZLN guerillas during an operation to combat right-wing paramilitaries in the forests near Santo Cristóbal de la Casas.
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the glimpse of the gilt on the spine of a beautiful old book as it catches the light..
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