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Antarctica Promotes Tourists to Scientific Ambassadors for “Immersive Experience”

Culture, Environment / 3 min. read

Antarctica is the continent least visited by world travelers, and its frigid temperatures — with a daily interior average of minus 71 degrees Fahrenheit — make it uninhabitable for people long-term. Although the terrain isn’t suitable for humans, a delicate and complex ecosystem exists amid the ice, and now tourists who do make it to […]

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a person lies on their stomach on the ice to take a picture of a group of penguins in Antarctica

Famed Painting “Woman-Ochre,” Worth $160M, Finally Restored Decades After Theft

Culture / 3 min. read

Willem de Kooning’s famed painting “Woman-Ochre,” estimated to be worth around $160 million, has had quite the journey over the years. On the morning after Thanksgiving Day in 1985, the artwork was ripped from its frame at the University of Arizona Museum of Art (UAMA). It remained missing for three decades — finally resurfacing in

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Willem de Kooning stands in front of a workbench in his studio in 1982. He wears glasses and a blue shirt. He has white hair. The room is brightly lit.

The World’s First Hammer Museum in Alaska Tracks the Tool’s Storied History

Culture / 3 min. read

If you had a hammer, you could hammer in the morning, as the old song goes. But what would you do if you had 10,000 hammers? You’d open a hammer museum, of course. At least, that’s what collector Dave Pahl did in his tiny town of Haines, Alaska.  Small and unassuming — aside from the

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An exterior view of the hammer museum, a small white building with green trim. In front, a huge hammer stands tall on the lawn. In the back, Alaska's rolling hills.

Why the World’s Longest Book — at 21,450 Pages — Is Impossible to Read

Culture / 3 min. read

The world’s longest book is enthralling but impossible to read — and that’s the point. At 21,450 pages and 37 1/2 pounds, artist Ilan Manouach’s conceptual work “ONEPIECE” is a single volume containing every edition of the world’s most highly circulated comic in the Japanese style known as manga, One Piece. Manouach says his sculpture

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ONEPIECE by Ilan Manouach, world's longest book

Was It Art or a Kid’s Toy? Ancient Artifacts Have Archeologists Raising Questions About Early Children’s Play

Culture, Science / 4 min. read

Archeologists are making headway in the study of ancient toys, a long overlooked focus in the field — one that has them asking deeper questions about children’s play in early civilizations.  Archaeologists have long studied ancient artifacts, religious motifs, and burial grounds to better understand history, and have made immense progress in the last century

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ancient chalk drum

Women in Addiction Recovery Find Healing in Creating Through Nonprofit Unshattered

Culture, Exclusive / 3 min. read

Kelly Lyndgaard is open about the fact that she once thought people struggling with addiction were irresponsible or simply making poor choices. But today, the former executive is their champion, having built a thriving business and a strong community with the goal of helping women put — and keep — the pieces of their lives

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Refugee Who Paints With a Toothbrush Nominated for Prestigious Art Prize: “My Message Is Love”

Culture, Humanity / 2 min. read

For artist Mostafa “Moz” Azimitabar, no paintbrush is as special as the humble toothbrush.  Facing persecution in his birth country of Iran, the Kurdish artist and musician fled to Australia in 2013. Once there, he was entered into the immigration system and would spend the next eight years in detention centers. At his first stop,

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Mostafa Azimitabar stands next to the art he created with a toothbrush and coffee

1950 Census Data Released in Public Database to Historians’ Delight

Culture / 2 min. read

Newly released census data is taking us back in time — all the way to 1950. This April, the National Archives and Records Administration released information on the 150.7 million people counted in the 1950 census. By law, census records must remain private for 72 years, making this a once-in-a-decade event.  “This is genealogy heaven

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a black-and-white photo of a mother sitting on a chair with her two children while her husband reads the newspaper

Southern California’s Mission San Gabriel Is Nearly Restored Two Years After Fire

Culture / 3 min. read

“For the first time I sometimes don’t know what to do,” Father John Molyneux, pastor of the Mission San Gabriel parish in Southern California, recalled after the 251-year-old mission was found ablaze on July 11, 2020. The San Gabriel Fire Department responded to the “significant fire structure” before dawn, which was classified as a four-alarm

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A view of the exterior of Mission San Gabriel, a large white building with a peaked roof and a cross on top
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