Text: Seige of Osaka Castle, commissioned by Kuroda Nagamasa in the 17th century. The daimyo Kuroda Nagamasa had painters brought to the seige and their work is based on their first-hand experience. The group of artists had a much closer view of the incident than later historians. This close view, Read more…
Text: “GRAND SLAM FINALS.” https://www.getlit.org/classicslam Different poetry slams are conducted in different ways but they usually have some different method of measuring or comparing participants in order to judge winners and losers. It is clearly possible to come up with a set of criteria to use to judge a poetry Read more…
Text: “A pointed question: Can science study acupuncture?” https://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/acupuncture#:~:text=Over%204%2C000%20scientific%20studies%20have,underlying%20causes%20of%20these%20symptoms. The linked article looks into the challenges of trying to answer questions regarding the effectiveness of acupuncture.
Text: “DNA test jailed innocent man for murder.” BBC news. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-19412819 Extract from the article: “David Butler has every right to be cynical about the use of DNA evidence by the police. He spent eight months in prison, on remand, facing murder charges after his DNA was allegedly found on Read more…
Text: “What it’s like to attend a flat-Earth convention.” Quartz. https://qz.com/1268605/what-its-like-to-attend-a-flat-earth-convention/ The belief in the flat earth theory – despite a lack of evidence supporting it – is actually somewhat gaining in popularity. This degree of open-mindedness (i.e. believing in something without a solid basis for that belief) could easily Read more…