Berlin

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I Believe I Can Fly

Paul Nicklen, Emperor Penguins shot from the Mario Zuchelli Base, Ross Sea, Antarctica.

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Cats Being So Weird, You Have to Take a Picture

When you see a cat doing something really weird, you no longer have to run and get a camera only to find that the moment has passed; you just aim the phone that you are already holding.

 The strangest ones end up on the Twitter account cats being weird little guys. 

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What do reindeer on the tundra have to do with Máret Anne Sara’s art for the Venice Biennale?

Everything. For Máret Ánne Sara, reindeer are both the subject and the material of her work; indeed, they are central to life itself. For reindeer-herding families, the animals are not mere livestock. 

“There’s a different way of thinking and being between an Indigenous perspective and a typical western orientation,” she says. “For us, the reindeer is actually a very close relative. Humans, nature and animals are interdependent and equal. So destroying any part of this is like suicide from our perspective.

 What’s happening to the reindeer is our story as well.”

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Scientists say New Zealand’s glaciers are in retreat as a result of climate change .

Photograph: Jon Bower New Zealand/Alamy

New Zealand’s glaciers are becoming “smaller and more skeletal” due to the effects of climate change and scientists predict many could disappear within a decade.
An annual end-of-summer survey that records the snowline of more than 50 South Island glaciers has revealed continued loss of snow and ice.
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Last call, Toni Hamel

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Moon’s Movement

Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy gives us a look at how he created a gif of the Moon's libration. He also produced an incredible image with every frame captured during his month following the Moon.

 

The Exodus From Ukraine, Peter Turnley

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When the same awful thing happens often enough, it ceases to be newsworthy – and that is a big problem, Adrian Chiles

The less new a story is, the less it counts as news. The clue, after all, is in the word itself.

 If you are in a cellar in Mariupol, you can’t move on; you can probably never move on. But the media have to move on; the “new” in news demands it. This is a real problem.

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Puttering Around Is Good For You

When we feel anxious, a sense of helplessness can heighten the physiological stress response, increasing levels of hormones such as cortisol. Over the long term, the sense of helplessness can even harm the function of the immune system. Ideally, we would deal directly with the upsetting situation itself. 

But research suggests we can gain a perception of control from activities that may have little effect on the situation that’s bothering us. “It doesn’t necessarily have to align with actual control, as long as we believe, or feel, we have control,” says Stacey Bedwell, a psychologist at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London.

 Simply being able to change our environment can create a feeling of agency that is beneficial, she says – which may explain why cleaning and organising our homes can feel so therapeutic.

Seeing is believing, right? Well, actually…

Vancouver-based artist Mimi Choi transforms her face into amazing Surrealist paintings with makeup. As a result, her face becomes an optical illusion.

 

Leif Borges

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My Dog Sighs

My Dog Sighs have just worked on a new wall in Plymouth, England.

 

C215

French street artist C215 have recently worked on a series of murals that serve as reminders of the human cost of the war in Ukraine.

 

In the Frigid Morning Air, a Singing Red-Wing Blackbird Blows Impressive Rings

Photographer Kathrin Swoboda frequents Huntley Meadows Park in Alexandria in search of red-wing blackbirds as they sing. On a cold morning back in 2019, she captured the conspicuous avians mid-tune, an activity that produced what appears to be smoke rings emanating from their beaks. 

The frigid temperatures make the hazy formations of condensation visible, and the serendipitous shot won the top prize in that year’s Audubon Photography Awards.

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Hello World!

A newborn critically endangered Sumatran rhino at Way Kambas national park.

 Photograph: Handout/AFP/Getty Images 

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He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother

Japanese Twitter user Moi posted an adorable photo of two cute newts posing for the camera.

 

Siberian husky Sterling and Alaskan Malamute Walker are the best of dog friends.

Nearly four years ago, the Siberian husky was diagnosed with glaucoma—a condition that caused him to go blind. Now, Walker is acting as Sterling’s unofficial guide dog.

 

Mundi, Celso González

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