VIA “iflscience.com” by Janet Fang A 2.5-million-year-old toolmaking technique may have influenced the evolution of human language and how we teach. The heavy reliance on stone tools by some of our oldest ancestors may have generated evolutionary pressure to develop more advanced ways of transmitting knowledge—such as a primitive proto-language. The findings, published in Nature […]
VIA “pulptastic.com” author not specified In a short video that powerfully captures the fleeting nature of human life, Dutch filmmaker Frans Hofmeester chronicles his daughter’s growth from birth to age 14 — by recording her for 15 seconds, once every week. The short clips have now finally been spliced together and sped up to create […]
VIA “animals.diply.com” by momog30 from OMG Facts!!! Also VIA “Wallace The Pitbull” Wallace the Pit Bull is an adorable, playful and loving pup who had managed to celebrate his 11th birthday even after being diagnosed with hemangiosarcoma. He was only given two weeks to three months to live without chemotherapy treatment, yet Wallace managed to […]
VIA “pulptastic.com” author not specified If you thought these were regular paintings, think again. You could try to guess what makes these pictures so brilliant, but I’m pretty sure you’d be wrong. At first glance, one would think that Los Angeles-based Alexa Meade’s painting style — thick and heavy brush strokes, intense colors, exaggerated highlighting […]
VIA “pulptastic.com” author not specified Ask any adult what they would truly like to change about their body, and most would probably have a lot to say. But when the Jubilee Project set out to ask that same question to 50 people of different ages, the response given by the children was priceless. Watch the […]
VIA “thespiritscience.net” by Kirsten “Entrepreneur Elon Musk is a man with many plans. The founder of PayPal, Tesla Motors and SpaceX sits down with TED curator Chris Anderson to share details about his visionary projects, which include a mass-marketed electric car, a solar energy leasing company and a fully reusable rocket.”-Ted In the near future […]
VIA “faithreel.com”, by Tabitha Khaye In San Donaci Italy a German Shepherd named Tommy attends mass everyday. When Tommy was a stray, a kind hearted lady named Maria Lochi adopted him. Tommy would walk to church with Maria everyday and was allowed to sit at her feet during mass. When Maria died Tommy followed the mourners […]
VIA “ecthehub.com” by The Hub and Matteson Holtman. Matteson Holtman ’16 is a junior here at Emmanuel College in Boston, Massachusetts. He is currently working towards a BFA in Studio Art. This series of prints is made from copper plate etching and features notable men from pop culture and history.
VIA “nypost.com” by Reed Tucker Last week, landlord Gary Kasakian got some great news: Someone had defaced his building. Of course, the excitement hinged entirely on who had done the defacing. In the case of Kasakian’s building at 729 Sixth Ave., Banksy, (arguably) the world’s most famous street artist, illegally painted a whimsical stencil of […]
VIA “travelwithk8.wordpress.com” by Kate The honest truth – I never have the money I need to travel, but I buy the ticket anyway. I’ve realized that money comes and goes, but the more I make, the harder it is to part with it and weirdly, the less I have, the easier it becomes to budget. […]
