Shakespeare created characters who feel powerful and contradictory emotions, much like we do in real life. Hamlet constantly hesitates, plagued by doubt and anger. Lady...
The Colosseum was built on an ancient marshy area, where there once was a small artificial lake belonging to Nero. Roman engineers cleverly took advantage...
The bodies of octopuses are shaped for natural backward propulsion. They draw water into their pallial cavity (a sort of muscular pocket around the body), then expel...
Hedy Lamarr is best known as a highly popular Hollywood actress from the 1930s to 1950s. Originally from Austria, she arrived in the United States, quickly landing...
Mushrooms grow quickly after rain because they are primarily composed of water. What we see emerging from the ground is the sporophore, the reproductive part, whose ultra-fast...
Among the champions of regeneration is the axolotl, an astonishing salamander capable of easily regrowing a limb or even parts of its brain after an...
Frida Kahlo was never afraid to confront the representations of the female body head-on. She openly paints her own physical sufferings after her terrible accident: multiple fractures,...
During Shakespeare's time, Elizabethan England highly valued male friendship and idealized the beauty of youthful masculinity, seen as pure, noble, and virtuous. This cultural context...
Mozart never had robust health; even as a child, he suffered from numerous illnesses: repeated anginas, flus, and rheumatism. These recurring issues indicate that he...
Mozart was already impressing everyone at 5 years old. At that age, he composed his first pieces and played the harpsichord perfectly. At 6 years...
