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A Trip to the Imaginary World of Christian de Massy

Canadian illustrator Christian Robert de Massy’s first solo exhibition, titled Phorésie, symboise de l’animalerie humaine, opens today at Whisbone Art Gallery in Montreal. De Massy is known for recreating heterotopic scenarios where every association is valid, no matter how impossible it may seem. Scenarios that offer the viewer fantastic worlds as beautiful as they are…

ByMaría La CalleOctober 19, 20230Comments

SciencePhoto BySanti Nuñez

From Neuroscience to Apiculture. A Love Story

We shared World Bee Day with the neurobiologist Javier Navas who, for several years, has been combining his scientific career in a hospital in Madrid with his passion for honeybees and apiculture.

ByMaría La CalleMay 20, 20230CommentsPhoto BySanti Nuñez

ArtPhoto ByAroa Moreno

MIYAYA: Towards a Zero Waste Life

MIYAYA, by artist Carla García, is a craft project that has captured the attention of major fashion and design magazines. It offers a variety of ingenious functional ceramic pieces that look like something out of a modern art gallery. Italian coffee pots, papier-mâché bowls, cans of anchovies, or the typical takeaway Tupperware are some of…

ByMaría La CalleApril 20, 20230CommentsPhoto ByAroa Moreno

ArtPhoto ByFranco Pane

Plantae, Ink on Skin

Daniela Vendramin is one of the intradermal pigment artists who has transformed the tattoo industry. Vendramin has created her own style, fusing rigorous and methodical industrial illustration with the light textures of the plant world, a successful mix that has managed to convince even the most skeptical.

ByAlonso OrtegaMarch 30, 20230CommentsPhoto ByFranco Pane

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Residents of Your Skin

What variety of organisms can we find inhabiting our skin? Jacobo Castellano, sculptor Answer by Aayushi Uberoi: The skin is the body's first line of defense; it protects us against environmental stresses, toxins, and disease-causing microbes. The skin represents a complex ecosystem composed of almost 1.8 m2 of diverse habitats, each with its…

ByAnita KrizMarch 8, 20230CommentsPhoto ByPaula Lépine

SciencePhoto ByE. L. Norman

Dr. Olayanju by Day, Dr. Pilgrims by Night

Today, cell cultures are considered essential tools in biomedical research and regenerative medicine. They allow us to create disease models or biological systems for drug screening more quickly and economically than traditional animal models. However, it has taken more than a century for scientists to fine-tune cell culture techniques in order to obtain physiologically relevant…

ByMaría La CalleFebruary 18, 20230CommentsPhoto ByE. L. Norman

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Can Scientists Believe in God? Evolutionary Biologist and Bestselling Author Jerry Coyne Shares His Thoughts

Do scientists believe in God? According to the data, 93% of members of the elite National Academies of Sciences are atheists.

ByAnita KrizJanuary 20, 20230Comments

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Till We Run Out of Gas

The energy crisis in Europe resulting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has once again demonstrated how dependent we are on an energy source controlled by very few countries in the world. Europe is now heading towards an uncertain winter.

ByMaría La CalleDecember 22, 20220CommentsPhoto ByGuerrero

SocietyPhoto ByFrancisco Úbeda Llorente

Magro Cardona

Madrid-based brand Magro Cardona has been positioned among the highest artisanal shoe designs made in Spain. Their secret: creativity, exquisite style, comfort, and most of all, lots of Rock and Roll.

ByAnna FrancoNovember 23, 20220CommentsPhoto ByFrancisco Úbeda Llorente

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