Chimerical-Charisma

My cabinet of wonders, my panorama, my exploratorium, my mind palace, my common place book. This is a place mostly for me and those who share my interest in exploring, learning and adventuring through the unknown. Prepared to be amazed and inspired! These are things that rouse my qualia. Good Vibes. Peace, Love and rated everyone.

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Hit Play on OK Go’s Mindbogglingly Choreographed Music Video Filmed with 64 Phones

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‘Imagining the Future’ Honors Aleksandra Kasuba’s Trailblazing Installations and Environments

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Deep in the Amazon Rainforest, ‘I Am the Nature’ Celebrates Indigenous Cultural Philosophy

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An Otherworldly Garden of Lights Emerges from Hemp and Resin by Ross Hansen

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Vibrant Brushstrokes Float in Resin Cubes in Fabian Oefner’s Sculptural Ode to Painting

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A Monumental Immersive Installation by ENESS Prompts Joy and Togetherness

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Chimps Have 'Conversations' Just Like Humans, Scientists Find

The rapid back and forth dance of face-to-face conversations is not unique to us humans.

The rapid back and forth dance of face-to-face conversations is not unique to us humans. While chimps typically favor gestures over sounds, their exchange of ideas is just as fast as ours and reflects similar cultural patterns, a new study reveals. Observing the timing of gestures within communities of wild East African chimpanzees, an international team of researchers found responses followed pauses of up to a second. Some reactions were virtually instantaneous, where the chimps interrupted each other just like we do in a heated discussion.

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Mucus-based bioink could be used to print and grow lung tissue

Lung diseases kill millions of people around the world each year. Treatment options are limited, and animal models for studying these illnes

Lung diseases kill millions of people around the world each year. Treatment options are limited, and animal models for studying these illnesses and experimental medications are inadequate. Now, writing in ACS Applied Bio Materials, researchers describe their success in creating a mucus-based bioink for 3D printing lung tissue. This advancement could one day help study and treat chronic lung conditions. While some people with lung diseases receive transplants, donor organs remain in short supply. As an alternative, medications and other treatments can be used to manage symptoms, but no cure is available for disorders such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cystic fibrosis. Researchers continue to seek better medications, often relying on testing in rodents. But these animal models may only partially capture the complexities of pulmonary diseases in humans, and they might not accurately predict the safety and efficacy of new drugs.

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Octopus farming in the U.S. would be banned under a new bill in Congress

The OCTOPUS Act would ban farming the animal, and imports of farmed meat. It was introduced by a senator whose office says he learned about

A controversial plan to commercially farm octopus for meat has led to a U.S. bill that would ban the practice, along with any imports linked to it. Bipartisan legislation to ban octopus farming was introduced in Congress on Friday, after NPR reported on the issue. "Octopuses are among the most intelligent creatures in the oceans. And they belong at sea, not suffering on a factory farm," Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, a co-author of the bill, said in a statement to NPR.

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Tali Weinberg Entwines Human and Ecological Health with Climate Data Sculptures

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Stéphane Thidet Challenges Physics and Social Norms in His Site-Specific Installations

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In Noam Oxman’s ‘Sympawnies,’ Pet Personalities Come to Life in Distinctive Musical Portraits

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Lush Sod Blankets 16,000 Square Feet of a Historic Detroit Warehouse for Lisa Waud’s ‘Petrichor’

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JR’s ‘TEHACHAPI’ Goes Behind-the-Scenes of His Monumental Collective Portrait of Incarcerated Men in California

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Women Warriors Confront History and Contemporary Issues in Tim Okamura’s Striking Portraits

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Fractured Ice Drifts Atop a Frosty Baltic Sea in Bernhard Lang’s Stunning New Photos

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Delicate Flowers and Wings Flutter Across Gold Skeletons in Casey Curran’s Kinetic Sculptures