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Art for Dignity

Saving the "Sistine Chapel of New Deal Art,” on being a Somali American artist in Minnesota, and how get into the Whitney Biennial.

Hyperallergic •

A better mousetrap

That’s easy advice and a fine goal. Except… if you look at the last hundred years, we haven’t seen many useful advances in mousetraps, despite the number of people who have tried. It feels like an infinite market, so it attracts a lot of entrants. You probably won’t come up

Seth's Blog •

Astronomers found a black hole growing way too fast

Astronomers have spotted a rare, rule-breaking quasar in the early Universe that appears to be growing its central black hole at an astonishing pace. Observations show the black hole is devouring matter far faster than theory says it should—about 13 times the usual “speed

ScienceDaily •

Vietnam now a party of one under To Lam

As the curtain fell on the Vietnamese Communist Party’s five-yearly 14th National Congress, international observers focused on the headlines: General To Lam’s unanimous re-election as general secretary and his ambitious 10% GDP growth target. The surface narrative was of

Asia Times •