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This post may contain affiliate links. If you make a purchase, My Modern Met may earn an affiliate commission. like 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. Did you tell yourself youd read more this year? Well, theres no time like the present to start tackling that goal! Scroll down for a list of 15 books to read this Black History Month and beyond!...

An artist named Alexa, akaCrypto Tea, used AI to generate different countries reimagined as women. Alexas intention was to put AI to the test and see what itd be able to pick up on. I used Mid Journey for this project and fed it simple phrases like Brazilian woman, Brazil landscape. United States With such little direction, Alexa was impressed with the results. I thought it did a great job of picking up unique traits (e....

Dance of the Eagles by Karthik Subramaniam. He earned this honor by winning the National Geographic Picture of the Year photo contest. Studying their behavior patterns helped me anticipate some of their actions, he confessed. “Dance of the Eagles” by Karthik Subramaniam. Grand Prize Winner.A bald eagle arrives to steal a perch on a tree log that offers a strategic view of the shoreline at the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve in Alaska....

And in some cases, our lookalike isn’t even a human being. With bright happy eyes and a brilliant smile, this charming pup has earned its nickname of Pawl Ruff. We have nicknamed him Pawl Ruff. Photos: (left)Petfinder; (right) Featureflash/Depositphotos They accompanied their plea with a collage of photos of Rudd and the dog to highlight their likeness. Paul doesn’t have a Twitter handle, but @AntMan does. And honestly, what is more heroic than adopting a shelter pet?...

Sometimes, it can be hard to find the right spot to settle in, though. Wouldnt it be nice to find a comfy seat no matter where you are? At first, the company gave it a thought, but feared the product would be a flop. The wearable bean bags recently made their debut. They are available in three sizessmall, medium, and large. The wearable bean bag came out this month, and over 500 pieces have been sold so far....

In early February 2023, Microsoft announced that it was revamping its Bing search engine by adding AI functionality. But, as users began testing the functionality, it was clear that something wasn’t right. It’s at that point that Bing clarifies that the current year is 2022. Photo: luckystep48/123RF When the user tries to correct the chatbot, things go off the rails. Given all the feedback, Microsoft is already making changes. While this is arguably untrue, these new encounters remind us of how real these chatbots can act....

Momo and her unnamed son, who was born in 2021. Now, thanks to DNA evidence, the mystery has been solved. The female white-handed gibbon certainly has neighbors, but they are separated by two barriers. Momo and her unnamed son, who was born in 2021. (Photo: Kujukushima Zoo & Botanical Garden) This made it difficult for zookeepers to understand what had happened. For several years they attempted to collect DNA samples from the male gibbon she gave birth to in 2021....

He is 30 years and 266 days old as of February 1, 2023. Photo: Guinness World Records Photo: Guinness World Records Photo: Guinness World Records Photo: Guinness World Records Photo: Guinness World Records Bobi in 1999. (Photo: Guinness World Records) Bobi in 1999. (Photo: Guinness World Records)

But for a Maryland man named Immanuel Patton, it was almost the other way around. It fulfilled a wish they both worked hard for and will improve their quality of life in the future. Patton was still in kindergarten when he assured his mom that one day they’d both be college graduates. Photo: Screenshot fromYouTube I said, Mom, you know what? I’m going to double-check you get this degree at the same time that I do....

They were only 17 and 11 at the time, respectively. Now, she was heading home to be with her family. I remember how kind she was to us, Zugayrecalled. She was almost treating us like we were family. There was a note written on the outside that began, To: The girls from Yugoslavia. A friend from the planeTRACY. The sisters were shocked. I couldn’t believe that somebody had so much empathy, Zugaysaid....

Using a piece of paper and a pen or pencil, the opportunities for self-expression are endless. There are innumerabledrawing stylesto be studied and explored, each one conveying a different final product. Naturally, different types of illustration call upon different skills from the artist. Photo:Stock Photosfrom thanasus/Shutterstock If you really want to exercise your drawing skills, try continuous line drawing. Great artists like Leonardo da Vinci are known for their doodles, which populate the margins of hisnotebooks....

For over a decade,Boston DynamicsYouTube channelhas been revealing science marvels in innocuous, playful ways. The video begins with a construction worker atop scaffolding, hammering away at a post. The worker stops to say that he has forgotten his tools. But rather than go down to get it, he grabs a tablet out of his bag. Atlas runs to grab the toolkit and then runs up the stairs and onto the scaffolding....

Everyone deserves to be represented in art. Furthermore, everyone deserves to be able to depict themselves in art. This inspired her to launchAll of Us Artto offer handmade beeswax crayons that celebrate diversity. The All of Us Art beeswax crayons come in sets of eight shades. These skin color crayons are also soy wax and paraffin-free with no chemical fillers. Both the blocks and the rounds are suitable for little hands....