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Photo:Thomas J. O’Halloran, U.S. News & World Reports. Light restoration by Adam Cuerden, Public domain.This post may contain affiliate links. If you make a purchase, My Modern Met may earn an affiliate commission. Photo:Thomas J. O’Halloran, U.S. News & World Reports. Light restoration by Adam Cuerden, Public domain.This post may contain affiliate links. If you make a purchase, My Modern Met may earn an affiliate commission. Please readour disclosurefor more info....

This promising trend began in 2023 after deforestation peaked in 2022. A key talking point of President Lula’s campaign was the environment. In fact, he pledged to stop illegal logging and made a target of zero deforestation by 2030. Brazilian Amazon (Photo: gustavofrazao/Depositphotos) This leads many to believe that illegal loggers have simply taken their activities elsewhere. It is also a major center of agriculture, with an enormous amount of livestock and grain production....

The photos it provides, particularly of Jupiter’s cloud formations and swirling storm systems, are particularly impressive. It’s important to remember that the colors we see here are all added in post-production. The JunoCam itself has three color filtersred, blue, and green. Photo:Csabai-29 Of course, taking photos of Jupiter isn’t the only thing on Juno’s mind. In fact, the imagery is a secondary goal to help with public outreach. Here are some spectacular images of Jupiter taken by NASA’s JunoCam....

Art trends come and go, but no matter the era, portraits are a foundational subject for artists. As far back as 5,000 years ago, the ancient Egyptians were making portraits of their royalty and deities. Even the invention of photography couldn’t keep artists from depicting faces in their works. Some of the most iconic 20th-century artists such asPablo PicassoandAndy Warholplayed with portraits to redefine art itself. There are several reasons why making portraits endures today....

Photo:Stock Photosfrom Grezova Olga/ShutterstockThis post may contain affiliate links. If you make a purchase, My Modern Met may earn an affiliate commission. kindly readour disclosurefor more info. Photo:Stock Photosfrom Grezova Olga/ShutterstockThis post may contain affiliate links. If you make a purchase, My Modern Met may earn an affiliate commission. Please readour disclosurefor more info. Sketchbooks are a must-have creative tool for artists to create on the go. However, not just any sketchbook will do for watercolor adventures....

ArtistIra Volkovapaints large-scale flower portraits that serve as a love letter to every part of the blossoming plant. She routinely takes photos of beautiful blooms that she later uses as the basis for her paintings. Sometimes, she perfectly copies the flower that she captured with her camera. Other times, she uses the photo as inspiration, only to turn around and create something entirely new. Regardless of the scale of her work, many of Volkova’s paintings share the same key elements....

Photo: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/S. The explosion happens roughly every 80 years. So unless you’re a toddler or a vampire, this is probably your only chance to witness it. Photo: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/S. Wiessinger Anovais an event that happens between two stellar bodies that make up a binary star. They are so dense they contain the mass of our Sun within the volume of the Earth. Then an explosion akin to a thermonuclear bomb going off occurs....

However, these suggestions have sparked quite a bit of controversy online. Many people feel that the proposed options are way too high. Most individuals agree that the high figures would make homes way too hot, especially for sleeping. Photo: scukrov/Depositphotos Oneuserhas questioned, Who amongst us can sleep in 82 degrees? This I need to understand. you’re free to read more of these scandalized but entertaining responses below. The U.S. Government recently published recommendations on thermostat temperatures in people’s homes for the summer....

Melipona beecheii or Xunan-Kab. The discovery took place in the southeastern state of Quintana Roo during construction work for the Maya train. The absence of a sting is not the only thing that makes melipona bees special. Melipona beecheii or Xunan-Kab. (Photo: gailhampshire viaWikimedia Commons,CC BY 2.0) However, since there are smaller amounts of it, a lot more bees are needed for its production. Did you know the ancient Maya practiced beekeeping?...

Archeologists continue to discover new examples of statues in new places. Recently, archeological work in ancientLaodicea on the Lycus, now modern-day Turkey, unearthed two exciting finds. First, a statue ofAsclepius, the Greek god of medicine, was discovered close to an ancient theater. The city’s Greek culture is reflected in its architecture, including an agora and temples. In the second century BCE, the city became Roman territory. It was affected by wars and earthquakes and was eventually destroyed and abandoned during themedieval Byzantine period....

Excerpt from Tabulae primi mobilis by Giovanni Bianchini. Since then, it has radically changed the course of mathematics. In the episode, Brummelen said, I was working on the manuscript of this astronomer, Giovanni Bianchini. Excerpt from “Tabulae primi mobilis” by Giovanni Bianchini. (Photo: Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence viaHistoria Mathematica) I saw the dots inside of a tablein a numerical table. And I’m afraid I got rather excited at that point....

In addition to the exhibition, the museum will also be screening a new 40-minute documentaryT. REX, that captures the remarkable story. Illustration of what bones were found (highlighted in blue) during the excavation of Teen Rex. Dr. Tyler Lyson and the fossil finders Liam Fisher, Kaiden Madsen, and Jessin Fisher sit on top of the helicopter net ahead of the Black Hawk helicopter extraction. (Photo: Rick Wicker) Museum scientists are hopeful more of the skeleton is preserved....

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. June is Pride Month. Some sell what they produce onEtsy. Scroll down to support LGBTQIA+ makers producing creative products to celebrate during Pride Month and beyond....