The ‘Monstrous Beauty’ of Pretty Porcelains
A show at the Met offers a feminist revision of Chinoiserie, a decorative style that swept through Europe in the age of ...
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From Worlds That Look Like Cotton Candy to Others Covered in Volcanoes, These Are the Strangest and Most Captivating Exoplanets
Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...
Vacheron Constantin Just Unveiled the World’s Most Complicated Wristwatch
Vacheron Constantin's Les Cabinotiers Solaria Ultra Grand Complication-La Première is now the most complicated wristwatch in ...
Vacheron Constantin Puts a Record on the Wrist
The 41 functions of the Les Cabinotiers Solaria Grand Complication make it the world’s most complicated wristwatch.
Stone tool discovery in China shows people in East Asia were innovating during the Middle Paleolithic, like in Europe and Middle East
Discovery in China of tools called Quina scrapers suggests the people of East Asia were as inventive and flexible with ...
Bronze Age Secrets Revealed: Scientists Map the Lost “Frontiers” of Iberia
El Argar used regional pottery networks to enforce political and economic dominance over its neighbors, revealing early state ...
The most important part of the ocean you’ve never heard of
The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks. It faces incalculable risks that threaten the future of humanity.