Some people receive family heirlooms from their ancestors: historic jewelry, trinkets, vintage clothes, sentimental photographs, and other mementos which are passed down from generation to generation. But scientists are beginning to discover that we may be inheriting much more from our grandparents than the...
As a child, Japanese artist Tatsuya Tanaka became very resourceful at playtime. His imagination grew stronger and stronger and didn't stop in adulthood. His miniature installations use household items like toilet rolls and stalks of broccoli to create tiny, fantastical scenes in ways that make you see ordinary things in a whole new light. We caught up with Tatsuya to talk about his incredible...
It was August of 1993, and Amy Biehl, a bright young Stanford graduate, was working in South Africa as an activist. A 26-year-old Fulbright scholar,...
California-based artist Russell Powell combines traditional oil painting techniques with experimental body art to create detailed portraits using his own palm as a stamp. First...
In June this year, the Ayyam gallery in Dubai exhibited a series of controversial oil paintings that caught the attention of the world. The 'Vulnerability...
Steve Cutts is a London-based illustrator who uses his talents to comment on the dire state of today's world. Inspired by 'the insanity of humanity', his...
The idea of dogs with remote control transistors implanted in their brains sounds like something out of an Orwellian nightmare. Sadly, this scenario wasn't the plot of a dystopian sci-fi novel, but an actual government-funded project during the 1960s.
Newly released documents provided under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) include a letter written by a redacted individual that details a CIA program in which...
