“Leap of Faith” by Zhou Donglin. Grand Prize Winner. “Lemurs are incredibly agile beings. With elongated tails ensuring balance and robust, slender limbs equipped with opposable thumbs and toes, they navigate the jagged limestone towers of western Madagascar’s Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park with grace. Nevertheless, jumping over a 30-meter (100-foot) gorge while carrying a baby on your back seems […]
Situated within the woodlands of Rothbury, Michigan, is a captivating event where music, art, and nature come together. Known as Electric Forest, this multi-day festival of music and arts presents an extraordinary experience in the verdant, wooded locale referred to as Sherwood Forest. Participants camp on-site, transforming the event into its own distinct universe for four days. Even though the […]
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**CudaJet: The First Jetpack for Underwater Exploration** The notion of jetpacks has perpetually ignited our creativity with dreams of gliding through the air. Nevertheless, CudaJet, an innovative firm hailing from the UK, has shifted this technology to the ocean’s abyss. CudaJet has introduced what they describe as the first jetpack designed for underwater use. Devised by Archie O’Brien and produced […]
Before the telephone rendered it obsolete, the optical telegraph was somewhat of a national fixation in 19th-century France. Petrified by the unknown, Parisians smashed an early version in 1792. Politicians were suspicious of what the author calls “mechanical monsters, secretive and strange,” in the aftermath of the French Revolution. And this “angular and winged” device’s aesthetic or grotesque figurative possibilities […]
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With a little help from a band of New York City “hot girls,” a grassroots campaign carried Democratic Socialist and State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani to victory in Tuesday’s mayoral primary race. Eleven candidates vied for the Democratic nomination for mayor; however, the race was largely considered a two-person contest when disgraced former governor Andrew Cuomo entered in March. Cuomo held […]
**The Unyielding Spirit of Los Angeles in the Face of ICE Protests** LOS ANGELES — Since June 6, the vibrant neighborhood of Elysian Park, also known as Dodgertown, has been at the heart of ongoing protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids. The situation has brought an atmosphere of tension and resilience, as the city reacts to the presence […]
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Astronomer Carl Sagan referred to Earth as a “pale blue dot.” While this might hold true from a significant distance in space, if you zoom in a little closer, you’ll discover vibrant greens and deep reds, alongside shallow seas and rugged landscapes. Mother Nature acts as an artist, and the ultimate testament to this is the endless array of aerial […]