Parallels between this masterpiece of Renaissance mapmaking and the current computer-supported digital representations of urban spaces

Hans Eijkelboom has traveled the world shooting street-fashion trends that show that we're all basically herd animals who dress and act exactly the same.

Building community that inspires girls to discover their innate worth and purpose

At first glance you might be forgiven for thinking that these images are supersized art work. But look a little closer and you’ll see incredible contortionists covered with intricate body art

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We know almost nothing of Janko Domsic’s life or the circumstances of his arrival in France. He probably spent some time in prison and in 1935 worked on the construction of a railroad. When in Paris, he lived in misery in a sordid building. He was in ...

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Today the Tor Project announced that it will be teaming up with Mozilla, the maker of the Firefox browser, and the Center of Democracy & Technology, an advocacy group for digital rights, as part...

Yesterday, President Obama took a strong position on net neutrality by supporting calls to regulate the internet more like a utility. Less than 24 hours later, FCC head Tom Wheeler indicated that...

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The Theban alphabet is a writing system with unknown origins which first came into publication in the 16th century.

The demon core was a 6.2-kilogram (14 lb; 1 st), 3.5-inch-diameter (89 mm) subcritical mass of plutonium which went briefly critical in two separate accidents at the Los Alamos laboratory in 1945 and 1946. Each incident resulted in the acute radiatio ...

When it comes to business, toys are anything but child's play. Here are the top turning points in the history of the modern toy industry.

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Chinese material scientists have created the world's lightest material: A graphene aerogel that is seven times lighter than air, and 12% lighter than the previous record holder (aerographite). A cubic centimeter of the graphene aerogel weighs ju ...

Like most people, I enjoy burritos. Unlike most people, I also enjoy learning about ancient hieroglyphic writing systems, because I’m Indiana—er—Language Jones. A while back, I bought Stone & Zender’s Reading Maya Art: A Heiroglyphic Guide to ...