This post was originally published on this site.A beloved family pet, she is also the best employee ever, brilliant at her rescue work. If everyone could be more like Poppy, the world would be a better place When we picked up a nine-week-old black labrador from a couple just outside Callander, Scotland, I had no...
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Is it true that … houseplants freshen the air in our homes and offices?
This post was originally published on this site.If you want to seriously oxygenate your rooms with greenery, you’re going to need a lot of space ‘Plants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen when they photosynthesise,” says John Tregoning, a professor at Imperial College London and author of Live Forever? A Curious Scientist’s Guide to...
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Texas university’s sudden cancellation of exhibition with works critical of Ice sparks censorship row
The removal of Victor Quiñonez’s immigration-themed exhibition at the University of North Texas without explanation has intensified concerns about artistic freedom at public universities in the state
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Tomás Saraceno and Indigenous communities build art complex in Argentine salt flats
The monumental outdoor environment, “El Santuario del Agua” (The Water Sanctuary), is located in one of the world’s largest lithium reserves
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‘A gilded edifice to one man’s ego’: critics pile on at public hearing on Trump’s White House ballroom plans
The National Capital Planning Commission, widely expected to approve the plans, will hold its final vote in April
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‘No one was really interested in finding those works’: major Brazilian art theft still unsolved as statute of limitations expires
Paintings by Monet, Matisse, Dalí and Picasso were snatched in a cinematic heist from Rio de Janeiro’s Museu da Chácara do Céu in 2006
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Smells like teen spirit: inside the world’s first scent-lending library
The Seattle-based artist Donna Lipowitz provides a popular service that no one nose they need
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Manumission digitisation project reveals grim story of slavery in Brazil
Records show how masters retained power over enslaved people even after emancipation