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A Japanese artist finds solace and global fans with intricate leaf-cutting

December 2, 2024107 Views

A frog holding a taro-leaf umbrella. A parade of frolicking animals. An Ukiyo-e style Mount Fuji. Giant waves. A Japanese artist who goes by the name Lito carves these delicate designs on fallen leaves, giving life back to them. The world of Lito’s delicate art, which he began in 2020 and posts on social media almost daily, has won fans from around the world. The leaf art has also given him solace after earlier struggles with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and a purpose in life — the joy of making people happy with his art. He enjoys working at night. From a pile of leaves treated with a wrinkle-free chemical, he picks one and places it on a cutting board. First, he outlines the design on the leaf with a pen in his right hand. Then he takes a design k...

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Scientists gather to decode puzzle of the world’s rarest whale

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December 2, 202491 Views

An ‘extraordinary’ study taking place at Dunedin in New Zealand It is the world’s rarest whale, with only seven of its kind ever spotted. Almost nothing is known about the enigmatic species. But on Monday a small group of scientists and cultural experts in New Zealand clustered around a near-perfectly preserved spade-toothed whale hoping to decode decades of mystery. “I can’t tell you how extraordinary it is,” said a joyful Anton van Helden, senior marine science adviser for New Zealand’s conservation agency, who gave the spade-toothed whale its name to distinguish it from other beaked species. “For me personally, it’s unbelievable.” Van Helden has studied beaked whales for 35 years, but Monday was the first time he has participated in a dissection of the spade-toothed variet...

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Chiang Rai’s famous white temple artist designs a luxury vessel

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December 2, 202495 Views

Anantara Chiang Mai Resort is launching one of northern Thailand’s most spectacular vessels, taking guests on an unforgettable culinary experience. Blending unique Thai design with the beauty of the historic Mae Ping River the ‘Dibba Yana Chitta’, or ‘Heavenly Boat’ is designed by acclaimed Thai National Artist, Ajarn Chalermchai Kositpipat, known worldwide for his famous ‘White Temple’ in Chiang Rai, which draws over a million visitors from around the globe each year. One of Thailand’s most popular contemporary artists, Ajarn Chalermchai was named Thailand’s National Artist of the Year in 2011 in lifelong recognition of his work. His latest design is inspired by series of paintings named ‘Dibba Yana Chitta’. The boat’s design depicts the journey from this world to the next and the...

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Heavy snow blankets parts of the US during busy holiday travel weekend

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December 1, 202488 Views

The first big snowfall of the season blanketed towns along Lake Erie on Saturday in the middle of the hectic holiday travel and shopping weekend, and numbing cold and heavy snow were forecast to persist into next week and cause hazards in the Great Lakes, Plains and Midwest regions. The heavy snow led to a state of emergency declaration in parts of New York and a disaster declaration in Pennsylvania, with officials warning of dangerous conditions for Thanksgiving travelers trying to return home. “Travel will be extremely difficult and hazardous this weekend, especially in areas where multiple feet of snow may accumulate very quickly,” the National Weather Service said. Part of I-90 in Pennsylvania was closed, as were westbound lanes of the New York Thruway heading toward Penn...

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Another bleak Christmas in Bethlehem as Christian families quit West Bank

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December 1, 2024169 Views

For a second year running, there is no Christmas cheer in Bethlehem, with tourists shunning the Palestinian city and many residents seeking a way out as the Gaza war grinds on. Bethlehem's Manger Square in front of the Church of the Nativity is largely deserted and souvenir shops are shuttered. Once again, there are no plans to put up the traditional light-festooned Christmas Tree in the ancient settlement that is venerated by Christians as the birthplace of Jesus and now sits in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Orthodox priest Issa Thaljieh walks in the Church of the Nativity as no tourists are seen, in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank November 25, 2024. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma "During these difficult times that our Palestinian cities are going through, especially in ...

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New Greek metro is archaeological window on the past

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December 1, 2024120 Views

A metro system in Greece's second city Thessaloniki officially opened on Saturday, its stations displaying the same ancient artifacts that nearly derailed the project's completion. During construction, which began in 2006, workers discovered a Byzantine-era market, a Roman cemetery and other treasures of the city's long and varied history. The finds stalled the metro's progress and raised questions about how the city would modernise while protecting its rich past. The answer was to blend the two by displaying the uncovered artefacts for modern-day commuters to enjoy. People view antiquities at Agias Sofias metro station A view of a subway station in Thessaloniki, Greece "This is not just a public works project, which is incredibly important for the city. It is also a mus...

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Santa’s annual train visit delivers hope and magic to one corner of coal country

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November 30, 2024130 Views

Since 1943, the people of Appalachian Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee have looked forward to Santa’s arrival. Not in a sleigh on their rooftops, but on a train. The Santa Train marks its 82nd running this year, bringing presents and joy to small towns along a 110-mile portion of the CSX rail line tucked into remote coal-country river valleys. Many of the children who line the tracks and wait for Santa on the Saturday before Thanksgiving are the third, fourth or fifth generation to do so. “I look for it every year. I count the days down,” said Sandra Owens, of Haysi, Virginia, who held a pink pillowcase with a message in black ink, “Thank you CSX and volunteers for the Santa Train. 82.” Owens moved to Kentucky from Delaware 55 years ago when she got married and experienced h...

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How do you eat a $6.2 million worth of art piece!

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November 30, 202482 Views

Cryptocurrency entrepreneur who bought banana art eats the fruit in Hong Kong A cryptocurrency entrepreneur who bought a piece of conceptual art consisting of a simple banana, duct-taped to a wall, for $6.2 million last week ate the fruit in Hong Kong on Friday. Chinese-born Justin Sun peeled off the duct tape and enjoyed the banana in a press conference held in The Peninsula Hong Kong, one of the city’s priciest hotels, in the popular shopping district of Tsim Sha Tsui. “It tastes much better than other bananas. Indeed, quite good,” he said. “Comedian,” by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, was a phenomenon when it debuted in 2019 at Art Basel Miami Beach, as festivalgoers tried to make out whether the single yellow piece of fruit affixed to a white wall with silver duct t...

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Fossil footprints in Kenya show two ancient human species coexisted

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November 30, 2024223 Views

About 1.5 million years ago, individuals of two different species in the human evolutionary lineage trudged on a muddy lakeshore in northern Kenya, leaving behind intersecting trackways alongside the footprints of antelopes, horses, warthogs, giant storks and other animals. These tracks turned into fossils that scientists have now discovered at a location called Koobi Fora, providing the first evidence that these two species - Paranthropus boisei and Homo erectus - shared the same landscape, literally crossing paths. The discovery raises intriguing questions about the relationship between the two species and any competition for resources. Paranthropus boisei, the more distantly related to modern humans of the two, lived from about 2.3 to 1.2 million years ago, standing up to about 4...

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Starbucks serves South Koreans coffee and glimpse into the North

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November 30, 202481 Views

The world's last Cold War frontier now has a Starbucks cafe in South Korea where customers can get a glimpse through the heavily militarised border into the North, all while sipping a latte. Hundreds showed up on Friday for the opening of the U.S. coffeehouse chain's newest store in an observatory near the city of Gimpo, around 50 km (31 miles) northwest of Seoul and close to the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas. Customers queue up in front of the new store of Starbucks at the top of the Aegibong Peak Observatory, south of the demilitarized zone (DMZ), separating the two Koreas, in Gimpo, South Korea, November 29, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Soo-hyeon The DMZ has become an unlikely draw for foreign and local tourists, despite a spike in tensions on the Korean peninsula in recen...