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The Power of Simple Drawings

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Perhaps not so simple at all: Long dismissed as a waste of time, doodling is getting new respect. Recent research in neuroscience, psychology and design shows that doodling can help people stay focused, grasp new concepts and retain information. A blank page also can serve as an extended playing field for the brain, allowing people…

Animals, Art, History, Nature

The Imagination at Work

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Long before they saw animals from faraway places, European artists imagined what they might look like, from tales they heard from others. Vincze Miklós writes about the art of the unfamiliar — See, How Europeans Imagined Exotic Animals Centuries Ago, Based on Hearsay.

Art, Poll

Friday Poll: Life in a Giant Hamster Wheel

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Today’s poll question: would you live in a giant hamster wheel for ten days? Living in a Giant Hamster Wheel As performance art, two men are living in a giant hamster wheel for ten days: Think it’s tough living with a roommate? These two fellows are sharing a house that spins like a hamster wheel—one…