Forever Young, Forever Unique Axolotls The axolotl is far from your average animal. From their major significance in Aztec culture to their involvement in popular media, they have had an outsized impact in culture. In particular, the axolotl took the face of the 50 peso bill in 2021, winning Bank Note of the Year the Read more…
I really adore this image, because almost everything was set to make a perfect image: the angles and symmetry, focal point, contrast of colors. In this image at the Half Dome, where Ansel Adams is standing perfectly straight to take a photo on top of his car, there are many places in this image where Read more…
The Long Game Molly Maguire, a 40-something researcher from Yale University’s staff of Zoological Studies, stepped off the portable staircase at Pemba Airport in northeastern Mozambique. It was the fourth airplane she’d disembarked from in the last 35 hours, having left New Haven what seemed like a week ago, and while she was extremely fatigued, Read more…
Skiing began thousands of years ago, first as a method of travel for people living in snowy areas. Early evidence suggests that skiing first appeared in parts of Russia and Scandinavia, where heavy snow made other forms of transport incredibly difficult. People there would find wooden planks and use them as early skis. Archeologists found Read more…
In “The Mildenhall Treasure”, Roald Dahl transformed a straightforward, factual, newspaper article about a historical finding into an exciting narrative using fictional techniques. Instead of presenting the facts and laying them on the table dispassionately, he goes through the events and characterizes, adds suspense, and gives vivid descriptions. He brings us along this emotional Read more…
