Nature – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Mon, 30 Dec 2024 00:41:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Nature – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 How World War II Spawned America’s Shark Obsession https://brewminate.com/how-world-war-ii-spawned-americas-shark-obsession/ Tue, 28 Sep 2021 17:14:51 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=162062 As part of the nation’s massive wartime mobilization effort, millions of Americans, for the first time, traveled abroad.

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]]> Surfaces and Signs: On The Pond with Claire-Louise Bennett https://brewminate.com/surfaces-and-signs-on-the-pond-with-claire-louise-bennett/ Fri, 07 Feb 2020 19:04:29 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=116063 Moments of contact, when the properties of one rub off on the other. By Priyanka Anne Jacob In

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]]> The Medieval Garden of the Humble Administrator in Suzhou, China https://brewminate.com/the-medieval-garden-of-the-humble-administrator-in-suzhou-china/ Tue, 17 Sep 2019 18:31:10 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=106656 Designed at human scale, Chinese gardens are meant to be comfortable, intriguing, and pleasing at every turn. Introduction

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]]> Gardens as Pleasurable Microcosms: Comparisons and Connections https://brewminate.com/gardens-as-pleasurable-microcosms-comparisons-and-connections/ Thu, 12 Sep 2019 18:28:57 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=106669 Wealthy patrons, like kings and emperors, often commissioned prominent artists and architects to design their gardens. Introduction Art

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]]> Birds of the Pacific: American Museum of Natural History’s Hidden Masterpiece https://brewminate.com/birds-of-the-pacific-american-museum-of-natural-historys-hidden-masterpiece/ Mon, 09 Sep 2019 17:31:36 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=95883 The Whitney hall was once one of the crown jewels of the museum, alongside the halls of African

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]]> The Celebration of Nature in Victorian Poetry https://brewminate.com/the-celebration-of-nature-in-victorian-poetry/ Thu, 25 Jul 2019 17:35:02 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=100520 The pervading strength and influence of Christianity becomes apparent in the abundance of religious poetry created during the

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]]> The One-Armed Geologist Whose Daring Colorado River Descent Made the Grand Canyon Famous https://brewminate.com/the-one-armed-geologist-whose-daring-colorado-river-descent-made-the-grand-canyon-famous/ Wed, 12 Jun 2019 17:33:04 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=96918 John Wesley Powell’s expedition opened the West. He then devoted his life to protecting it. In May 1869,

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]]> Icescapes: A History of Exploring and Printing the Arctic https://brewminate.com/icescapes-a-history-of-exploring-and-printing-the-arctic/ Wed, 12 Jun 2019 17:32:42 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=99302 Arctic ice has long proved a stern adversary to explorers. Exploring the representation of this fearful foe by

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