A Crime against Humanity
When Monsanto first tried to introduce GMO seeds into Europe there was a backlash by the Green parties and their political allies, who feared that American agro-business was about to take over their food supply. Thus began a massive campaign not agai....
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A brief description of Picasso's Guernica, an iconic anti-war painting inspired by the Spanish civil war in the 20th century
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Paul Wunderlich and Karin Szekessy, Madame Recamier and Streichholz
Dr. Kroto talks about his all-time favorite painting, and the couple behind this work of art
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Widen Your Scope by Extracurricular Activities: My Example
Some observers might think that fierce scientific competition borders on a rat race. According to Wikipedia: "A rat race is an endless, self-defeating, or pointless pursuit. It conjures up the image of the futile efforts of a lab rat trying to es....
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Clemency Fisher is Curator of Vertebrate Zoology at National Museums Liverpool. Edward Lear is most famous for his Nonsense Rhymes, such as “The Owl and the Pussycat” and “The Quangle Wangle’s Hat”, but he was also a talented zoological art....
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Florence Nightingale disliked having her portrait taken as much as she hated being a celebrity, yet it was largely through the visual representations of her face and person in the press that she gained iconic status in Victorian England. Used as a mo....
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The Integration of Art and Science
Virginia Beeson presents on the integration of art and science throughout history and into the 21st century.
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David Bomford is Senior Restorer of Paintings at the National Gallery, London. There is a long tradition of applying scientific techniques to the study of works of art. This discourse reviews past and present approaches and shows that these advan....
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Charles Falco describes his and David Hockney's theory of the use of optical devices by mediaeval artists.
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