Waardenburg syndrome – I Met Ethiopian Boy With The Plastic Eyes
Abushe lives in Jinka, southern Ethiopia. He is 8 years old. No one would pay any attention to Abushe, but if you catch a glimpse of his eyes, their incredible...
Why It Matters Who Owns Art
[caption id="attachment_78949" align="aligncenter" width="810"] Double Head; Attributed to Francesco Primaticcio (Italian, 1504 - 1570); Fontainebleau, France; about 1543; Bronze; 38.5 × 35 × 20 cm (15 3/16 × 13 3/4...
Humans aren’t the only ones that help out their adult kids — here’s why animals do it too
[caption id="attachment_76918" align="aligncenter" width="750"] Alamy[/caption] Did you know that meerkats stay close to home, even as adults, so they can inherit territory when Mom dies? Or that North American red...
The restoration that shocked the world
A new exhibition features the groundbreaking work of Jan Van Eyck, whose Ghent Altarpiece features an astonishing number of art firsts, writes Fisun Güner. By Fisun Güner / 3 February...
The most beautiful equation is … The Dirac equation
One equation brings together the two cornerstones of modern physics: quantum mechanics and relativity. "Aesthetically it is elegant and simple," says Jim Al-Khalili of the University of Surrey in Guildford,...
How we spotted a potential new planet around the sun’s neighbouring star
An artist’s rendering of Proxima Centauri planetary system. The newly discovered exoplanet Proxima c is on the right. Lorenzo Santinelli, CC BY-SA Most exoplanets, bodies orbiting stars other than the...