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ASTROBLAST: Did LIGO Just See a Black Hole Swallowing a Neutron Star?
The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder. Albert Einstein We are not at the end but at the beginning of a new physics. But whatever we find, there will always be new horizons continually awaiting us. Michio Kaku, Astrophysicist ASTROBLAST: Science or Myth?Cosmic Ray Answers Your Questions About the…
Read MoreASTROBLAST: How Citizen Science is Increasing Our Understanding Of the Universe
You can now get news of the latest black hole merger sent to your phone!
Read MoreWe Were All Women in the Womb: Icelandic Drag Performers On Feminism and Free Expression
“Gender is a social construct and drag breaks it down and reconstructs it.”
Read MoreASTROBLAST: Astrophysicist Raymond Frey Remembers Stephen Hawking
Today’s column is dedicated to English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, researcher and author, Professor Stephen Hawking.
Read MoreUPDATE on Dr. Raymond Frey’s new column for Combustus: AstroBlast: Science or Myth? Cosmic Ray Answers Your Questions About the Universe
Ray has informed me that he plans on answering each and every one!.. Stay tuned!
Read MoreSifting Through Stardust: Conversations with Astrophysicist Raymond Frey
In his new column for Combustus, astrophysicist Raymond Frey, head of the University of Oregon physics department, takes questions sent in by readers on everything from, “Is time travel really possible?” to “What is dark energy, anyway?”
Read MoreOf Love, Loss and Rebirth: Motoi Yamamoto’s Saltscapes
The former dockyard worker from Hiroshima decided that instead of creating one enduring piece to serve as metaphor for a love never-ending, he would construct a series of temporary installations meticulously fashioned from the painstakingly slow arrangement of so many tiny grains of salt.
Read MoreCloser to Wildness: Interview with Oregon Artist Irene Hardwicke Olivieri
“I realize that many people might never read what I write in a painting, but I like knowing that if they do, they might find something interesting, like the text in one painting describes how to raise caterpillars, another describes aphrodisiac recipes from around the world. When I’m working on a painting about something deeply personal like family secrets, the text happens organically – I’m feeling, thinking, painting.”
Read MoreMarwa Alnajjar, Amman, Jordan: “We defend our artworks with our fists and our crazy courage”
Countries in the Middle East vary a lot. for instance, there is a great difference between Dubai and Afghanistan, but professional women are oppressed all over the world in many ways. I myself have faced a lot of obstacles being a woman artist, yet I knew that women can do everything men could do. The more men have told me, “you can’t do that,” the more I had to prove them wrong. I had to hold it up for all women who looked up to me to be brave and courageous. We defend our artworks with our fists and our crazy courage. When you have guys that disrespect you, you’re gonna have to teach them a lesson, otherwise they are going to keep walking all over you. I’m sorry, but that’s the way it is out there; it’s not easy. But this also reflects views of the art world in general.
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