The deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) of living organisms contains regulatory elements that control when, where and to what extent specific genes are turned on or off. They can be co-opted to create "gene switches" that hold significant potential for understanding gene expression and for therapeutic applications, particularly for the noninvasive treatment or management of genetic disorders.
Mabona's sculptures highlight how the personal and cultural intersect alongside the distinctly South African sense of resilience. Known for his large origami-style works , Sipho Mabona turns his attention to a deeply personal object in a new series: the calabash .
Hyperrealistic Paintings of Ornate Curtains Mysteriously Draped To Pique Your Curiosity What if a curtain could hide nothing and still make you want to look behind it? Artist Leeah Joo explores that question in Parrhasius, a series of meticulously painted draperies that seem to hover in front of an endless black void. The folds appear tangible.
17th-Century Dutch Painting Restoration Reveals a Missing Soldier Playing a Drinking Game At first glance, Pieter de Hooch’s Figures in a Courtyard looks like a quiet scene of everyday life. Sunlight washes across the brick courtyard. A woman raises a glass while a man smokes a long clay pipe; nearby, a young girl approaches with glowing coals.
Wallace's glowing acrylic paintings feature crystals, enigmatic energy forces, starlight, and specters. From mysterious lights and malevolent mists to ghosts and spirits like the Diné’s skinwalkers, the desert has long spawned myths and tales of the supernatural.
"Clay, as a medium, has a way of connecting us to the past," Yousif says. Inspired by both the 20th-century funk art movement in the Bay Area and the visual language of the country of her birth, Iraqi-American artist Maryam Yousif merges ancient cultural heritage and contemporary playfulness in vibrant ceramics.
Utah Clean Energy wants to make sure new homes are powered by renewable energy. Spencer Cox, the governor of Utah, aims for 150,000 new homes to be built in his state in the next few years. And the nonprofit Utah Clean Energy wants to make sure these homes produce little or no planet-warming carbon pollution.
Happy Eco News Protecting the Sky Islands Ecosystem: 35 Years of Conservation Protecting the Sky Islands ecosystem has been the Sky Island Alliance's mission for 35 years, but continental-scale border wall construction through critical wildlife corridors now threatens decades of conservation work across 55 mountain ranges.
[By Christian Honce | UK College of Medicine] Picture this: You find a small fire isolated in your kitchen. If you had the right tool, you might be able to put it out. But before you can, the sprinklers turn on and soak your entire house. An automatic response to an issue has now damaged
Artist Paints Dreamlike Figures That Blur the Line Between Memory and Imagination Between reality and imagination exists a space where memories, emotions, and personal histories overlap. Ukraine-born American artist Alla Bartoshchuk explores this uncertain territory in her oil paintings, using symbolic figures and surreal environments to reflect on identity, transformation, and the human experience.
Black-And-White Photo Exhibition Explores 50 Years of a Changing American Landscape For five decades, photographer Mimi Plumb has turned her camera toward a changing American landscape. Now, her first museum exhibition, Blazing Light: Photographs by Mimi Plumb, brings together three major bodies of work at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
Largest Exhibition of Afro-Cuban Art Ever Staged Is Now on View in Miami Afro-Cuban culture has shaped Cuba’s music, religion, visual language, and artistic identity for centuries. Now, the Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami is celebrating that legacy with the largest survey of Afro-Cuban art ever staged.
Firefighters raced to save a 1,000-year-old monastery in northeastern Spain on Friday as a growing wildfire prompted the hasty removal of the bones of medieval monarchs buried there. This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies .
9 million acres) of protected tropical forest—an area double the size of Wales—have been lost to wildfires since 2001. This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Accelerating at an alarming rate, this destruction threatens sanctuaries once thought safe, according to a new University of Sheffield study.
teamLab Illuminates Osaka’s Botanical Garden With 20,000 Glowing Sunflowers After dark, approximately 20,000 white sunflowers begin to glow at Nagai Botanical Garden in Osaka, Japan. This new installation, Life is the Small Sun Flickering in the Dark, by international art collective teamLab transforms a seasonal field of sunflowers into a luminous, interactive artwork.
The street artist is known for her vivid geometric animal murals evocative of origami. Whether on walls or in boxes, the frisky foxes of Annatomix ’s murals and mixed-media sculptures bring vibrancy, playfulness, and just the right amount of cunning.
Banksy Artworks Have Cost UK Taxpayers Nearly £150,000 Sometimes, art can come with surprising costs. Three Banksy artworks in London have cost British taxpayers nearly £150,000 (about $200,000) in removal, security, and other expenses. The mounting costs have renewed a familiar debate surrounding the elusive street artist’s work: Is it vandalism or valuable public art?
The forthcoming title spans a multitude of photographic works from 68 countries and covers nearly 200 years of history. It’s the fourth volume in Phaidon’s series of books commemorating influential women in the artistic sphere, with previous installments focusing on distinct creative mediums such as painting and sculpting.
This composite image shows the progression of a total solar eclipse over San Millán de los Caballeros, Spain on, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. A total solar eclipse swept across parts of Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, the Atlantic Ocean, Spain, and a small corner of Portugal. ,
New Book Celebrates the Beloved Bodega Cats That Call New York City Home Anyone who lives in or has traveled to New York knows that bodega cats are a staple of the city. Upon entering a neighborhood store, a furry friend might materialize from behind the counter, wander between the aisles, or simply watch customers from a favorite perch.
For thousands of years, farmers in the Pacific have lived in harmony with their environment. But rising temperatures, unpredictable rainfall and tired soils are testing even the most experienced hands. by Dorin Gupta, Viliamu Iese, Sineka Munidasa, Leslie Ubaub, Soane Patolo, University of Melbourne.
Imagine you wake up one morning and look out your window. You see a red sky, hear a ferocious blast of wind and watch as tree branches creak and crack. No, the apocalypse has not descended on your local neighborhood. You've just been caught in the middle of a dust storm.
England’s Chester Zoo reported last week they successfully bred the stunning secretarybird for the first time in its 95-year history—producing five chicks. The endangered African birds are part of an international conservation breeding program—and the latest success was described by the Zoo as “a landmark breeding breakthrough that we hope will help secure the future
"The Antiquities of Athens" had likely been missing from an Australian library since the 1870s. Staffers say its recovery is "an unlikely story of survival (of the book) and redemption (of the borrower)" While renovating their home some 30 years ago, an Australian family found an old tea crate that had been sealed inside their fireplace.