The Great London [01/25/17

  • Oceans: Debut of the global mix-master

    Trekking across the high Canadian Arctic almost 20 years ago, Howie Scher had an unexpected encounter that helped fix the course of his career.The Antarctic Circumpolar Current blocks the Southern Hemisphere equivalent of the Gulf Stream from delivering heat to Antarctica, Scher says [Credit: adapted from Nature]An undergraduate o…

  1. 17th century landmark cathedral recreated in virtual space
  2. 'Leaving a Mark on History: Treasures from Greek Museums' at the National Archaeological Museum, Sofia, Bulgaria
  3. "Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections" at the National Gallery of Art, Washington
  4. 'Royal Taste: The Art of Princely Courts in Fifteenth-Century China' at the Ringling Museum of Art, Florida
  5. Getty Museum presents "Gothic Grandeur": Manuscript illumination, 1200-1350