Hyper Realistic Paintings by Hilo Chen

Jul 16, 2010

Hilo Chen was born in 1942 in Taiwan and moved to New York in 1968 after living in Paris. This series of paintings depicts beautiful women s...

Buddhist Temple Built from Beer Bottles

Jul 16, 2010

Drinking is a sin in Buddhism but they certainly don’t have any issues with building temples from beer bottles. In the north-east of Thailan...

Suspended Sculptures by Damián Ortega

Jul 15, 2010

Damián Ortega creates mind-blowing sculptures suspended in mid-air. His breakout hit, called Cosmic Thing, was created in 2002 and featured ...

The Heat Wave

Jul 15, 2010

A number of countries in Europe and North America are suffering the hottest temperatures of the year, and the heat wave will most likely con...

Industrial Remains of the Manhattan Project

Jul 14, 2010

One cannot see the nuclear-explosives production facilities built during the Manhattan Project without experiencing a sense of awe at wha...

Oldest Woman in the World Turns 130!

Jul 13, 2010

If this is true than Antisa Khvichava is the oldest living woman in the world. Khvichava who claims to have turned 130 years old  was born o...

Hungry Planet: What the World Eats by Peter Menzel

Jul 13, 2010

In the book Hungry Planet , photographer Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio present a photographic study of families from around the world...

Salmon Spawning at Kuril Lake in Kamchatka

Jul 12, 2010

The Kamchatka Peninsula is a 1,250-kilometer long peninsula in the Russian Far East. It lies between the Pacific Ocean to the east and the S...

World War 2 WAVES – Women in the US Navy

Jul 12, 2010

As the US Navy ramped up for World War 2, its leadership began the unprecedented task of recruiting 27,000 female sailors called WAVES, an a...

Incredibly Realistic Fabric Sculptures by Lisa Lichtenfels

Jul 11, 2010

Artist Lisa Lichtenfels is acclaimed for pushing the boundaries of fabric sculpture. This soft sculpture artist creates the inner frame fro...