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A ridge of high pressure has returned to southern Alaska since late last week, echoing the persistent anomaly in August and September . Paired with a strong trough over far eastern Russia and the western Bering Sea, southwesterly flow has brought widespread unusual warmth and moisture to western and…
From Kagi Small Web
The Portland-based artist's lush gradients are inspired by a love for oil painting. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Dreamy Digital Illustrations by Rebecca Zwanzig Tap…
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Evolutionary biologist Toby Kiers explains how fungal networks in soil trade nutrients with plants, help keep carbon underground, and strike bargains without having a brain. The post How Do Fungi Keep the Planet Healthy? first appeared on Quanta Magazine
From Quanta Magazine
Álvaro Urbano presents an homage to the innovations of Casa Cueva, an icon of modernist Mexican architecture. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Álvaro Urbano Honors the…
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Photorealistic 3d terrain generator. Some versions are free for noncommercial use
From Tiny Tools Directory
There’s a definite phenomenon arising from NOT crawling around a place you visit, and examining it in detail. Although I’ve walked from the northern extend of the town, where I found various things, including Lord Kelvin’s house, and gone as … Continue reading →
From Kagi Small Web
I enjoy staring up at the stars at night and trying to wrap my tiny brain around the vast distances and time that their light has travelled. I find it relaxing to consider just how insignificant I am, and how brief and unimportant my existence is. I am hypnotised when watching the wind ripple…
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“Oh, if I could only pray”, Luther once said of his dog Tölpel, “the way this dog watches the meat”. Attending to attentive canine figures in half a dozen paintings by Paolo Veronese, Thomas W. Laqueur explores the work of an artist whose love of dogs landed him in hot water with the Inquisition.
From The Public Domain Review
Observations of “snow flowers” made by microscope in Edo-era Japan.
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Ran a 10k trail race this weekend with 1,300′ of climbing. It was cold and windy, and we were at a high enough elevation for their to be frost on the ground, and it was very rocky. I came in 29th place, out of 33 people. Volunteers had some very good dogs with them, which … Continue reading "A 10K…
From Kagi Small Web
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