Category: Arts and Science

The Mirror Project is "a growing community of like-minded individuals who have photographed themselves in all manner of reflective surfaces."

The dead grandmother exam / syndrome is — or rather, should be — in the news. British students, teachers and parents are upset about the official policy concerning what happens when a student’s relative or pet has died just before the student takes an exam. The BBC produced a news story about this on May […]

There’s updated info from the Elephant Sanctuary, with lots of how-we-did-it photos, about the making of elephant shoes. The story includes a sad, yet hopeful twist: Sadly Tina passed away days before the shoes were completed. Even though Teva had created these custom-made shoes in record time, it was too late for Tina. In an […]

The naked streets initiative is coming to Exhibition Road, in London, maybe. A report in the January 16, 2005 issue of the Toronto Star describes it. Further background info, with images, is available from the good offices of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. (Thanks to Jim Howes from bringing this to our attention.)