The Remarkable 18-Month Effort to Repair an $11 Million Monet Painting After a Man Punched a Hole in It
photo via SWNS Back in June 2012, an Irish man named Andrew Shannon walked into the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin and punched a…
Photographer Captures Toddler’s View of New York City With a GoPro Camera in His Son’s Stroller
To capture a toddler’s view of New York City, photographer Diego Acosta López placed a GoPro camera in his son Ignacio’s stroller and took the…
Researcher Develops Jazz Music-Playing Robots That Can Improvise With a Human Musician
Musician and researcher Mason Bretan plays jazz with a backup band of four robots in what at first glance appears to be a clever application…
Jaguar’s Bike Sense System Uses Sensors to Alert Drivers of Nearby Bicycles or Motorcycles
Jaguar has unveiled “Bike Sense”, an experimental technology that alerts a driver of nearby bicycles and motorcycles in an effort to reduce accidents between cars…
The ‘Brands Saying Bae’ Twitter Account Collects Cringeworthy Tweets of Brands Trying to Talk Like Teenagers
Brands Saying Bae is a hilarious Twitter account that collects cringeworthy examples of major brands trying to use hip teenager slang on Twitter. Witness Burger…
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at The Explorers Club, The Famous New York City-Based Exploration Society
Science Friday offers a behind-the-scenes look at The Explorers Club, the storied New York City-based exploration society. Will Roseman, executive director of the club, provides…
MIT Students Create Beautiful Lightweight Structures Out of Frozen Water-Soaked Fabric
Earlier in January, students at MIT built a remarkably diverse array of lightweight structures from just two components: fabric and water. The structures are created…
King Tut’s Golden Mask Permanently Damaged by Rushed Repair Job at Egyptian Museum
The burial mask as it appeared before the damage. Photo by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen Yesterday conservators at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo disclosed that the…
The New Atlanta Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia Will Have a Retractable Roof That Opens Like a Camera Aperture
In May 2014 construction began on the New Atlanta Stadium, a 65,000-seat stadium in Atlanta, Georgia that will be the new home of the Atlanta…
Olek Visits Ron English’s Studio and Covers a Dinosaur Sculpture in Crocheted Yarn
Artist Olek recently visited the Beacon, New York studio of artist Ron English and adorned one of English’s dinosaur sculptures in her signature crocheted yarn.…