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Cimabue’s Christ Mocked, 1280. (Photo:Wikimedia Commons, Public domain) What’s hanging in your kitchen? Maybe a stylized picture of fruit or just pots and pans hung on the walls to save space. Cimabue’s “Christ Mocked,” 1280. (Photo:Wikimedia Commons, Public domain) The painting is entitledChrist Mockedand was completed in 1280. The whereabouts of the remainder of the panels is unknown. While only about 15 works by the artist survive, he is known for his tutelage ofGiotto....

An artist’s conception of Earth’s interior structure. (Photo: VAMPY1/Depositphotos) Earth has four (simplified)layers, like a giant celestial onion. Outside is the solid crust upon which we walk. An artist’s conception of Earth’s interior structure. (Photo: VAMPY1/Depositphotos) Under that shifts the caramel-consistency of the mantel, which is made of iron, magnesium, and silicon. Then, there is the center, which has an inner and outer core. The outer core is liquid metal, whereas the inner core has long been referred to as solid....

After all, it gives everyone a 50/50 chance to win, right? Well, scientists have determined that the numbers are not so evenly split. Moreover, the balance tends to skew toward one sidegiving one of the participants a slight advantage. Photo: NataliMis/Depositphotos While it doesn’t seem like a huge margin, over time it could lead to an advantage. The magnitude of the observed bias can be illustrated using a betting scenario, the team suggests....

This post may contain affiliate links. If you make a purchase, My Modern Met may earn an affiliate commission. c’mon readour disclosurefor more info. This post may contain affiliate links. If you make a purchase, My Modern Met may earn an affiliate commission. Please readour disclosurefor more info. Scroll down to see our entire selection of gifts for artists who love to draw. Shopping for someone who loves to draw? We’ve put together a collection of gift ideas they’re sure to love....

The latest breakthrough technology doesn’t prevent carbon emissions, but instead, pulls them straight from the air. The company is also looking into burying the capture carbon dioxide into underground storage wells. The plant, located in California’s Central Valley, is relatively small. Photo: zhuzhu/Depositphotos(Not actual plant) The team is also still tweaking up the variables that could speed up the process and lower the costs. Yet the company expects to grow exponentially by replicating their simple model....

All told, McGowan took over a thousand photos of the scenic landscape. The images show the unique conditions while also focusing on the remote nature of the location. More than a million people visit the park annually. Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes However, McGowan’s fresh take on the scenery allows us to focus on its beauty without distraction. Australian landscape photographer Craig McGowan recently ventured to California’s Death Valley National Park. Related Articles: Self-Portrait...

What do you do when you have a question? These days most people turn to the Google search bar. The questions are recorded on small cards like those that used to fill card catalogs. Typed on a typewriter or scrawled in loopy handwriting, the questions are sometimes notated alongside their answers. People asked a variety of things. One can only imagine the story behind the question. Other questions clearly were inspired by recent events....

Photo: National Park Service The longstanding theory is that humans arrived in the Americas about16,000 years ago. They migrated down the Pacific Coast aftercrossing the Bering Straiton a land bridge that once existed. This puts into question when humans arrived in the Americas. Photo: National Park Service As footprints are not organic material, the scientists used seeds from a lake plant calledRuppia cirrhosa. The seeds were found in the surrounding layers of sediment around the prints....

ClaudeMonet(18401926), Le bassin aux nympheas, c. 19171919. However, while many can be viewed in Paris’s Musee de l’Orangerie, others are less well known. This work wascreated in Giverny, depicting that iconic pond. ClaudeMonet(1840–1926), “Le bassin aux nymphéas,” c. 1917–1919. (Photo:Christie’s) Monet’s work came to define the genre as it played with light and color. The 20th Century Evening Sale on Thursday, November 9, 2023. The 20th Century Evening Sale on Thursday, November 9, 2023....

While it was certainly a novel invention, the quality of the sound was far from ideal. They add that over 900 music rolls were created for the Phonoliszt-Violina over the decades. If you’re enamored with this furniture-meets-instrument marvel, the one at M.S. Rau has a $885,000 price tag. Una publicacion compartida por M.S. Rau (@msrau) Hear this singular instrument in the video below: M.S.

The arrow has a quartzite arrowhead on a birch shaft. (Photo:Espen Finstad/Secrets of the Ice) Climate change is impacting temperatures around the world. Collapsing ice shelfs and melting glaciers regularly make the news as indicia of a warming planet and shifting ecosystems. The arrow has a quartzite arrowhead on a birch shaft. (Photo:Espen Finstad/Secrets of the Ice) The glaciers of Norway have yielded particularly interesting finds from past inhabitants of the region....

A guy in my flight apparently plays the bagpipes. He has a little electric bagpipe he plugs his headphones into and only he can hear. He has been silently (to everyone but himself) ripping his bagpipe for 5 straight hours. Photo: Blair Bagpipes But it turns out another instrument also has a modern counterpart. The user first spotted this gadget when his seatmate took it out on a flight. A guy in my flight apparently plays the bagpipes, they write....

This post may contain affiliate links. If you make a purchase, My Modern Met may earn an affiliate commission. just readour disclosurefor more info. This post may contain affiliate links. If you make a purchase, My Modern Met may earn an affiliate commission. Please readour disclosurefor more info. Cats can be curious and restless. That’s why indoor playgrounds like cat trees are so important for keeping kitties entertained. However, no two cats are the same....