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awrigley7
- Nov 14, 2023
- 5 min
Starwoman
Vera Rubin died on the night of Christmas Day, 2016. Her lights went out at the ripe old age of 88 and she never won a Nobel Prize....
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awrigley7
- Nov 4, 2023
- 6 min
Vinegar, a truly magical cure
According to the BBC, there is some flimsy (and none too scientific) evidence on the health benefits of apple cider vinegar that include...
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awrigley7
- Oct 16, 2023
- 5 min
Can there be a Theory of Everything (ToE)?
NOTE: What follows is more of a ramble, exploring the question without actually answering it. No one else can answer it either, so I am...
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awrigley7
- Aug 19, 2022
- 2 min
A new string to the bow
Picasso had no qualms about extending what art is, and neither does David Hockney. So why do people still wonder if artwork done on the...
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awrigley7
- Jun 21, 2022
- 7 min
Art and the iPad
THE WASHED OUT HYPERREALIST Ever wondered why so many hyperrealist paintings have a sort of washed out look, with no vibrant soaring...
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awrigley7
- May 24, 2022
- 1 min
Getting grounded
You start an oil painting from the ground up, quite literally: The ground is the first layer, that will be hidden in the final painting,...
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