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Menacing Earthworks and Atomic Priesthoods: How to Store Radioactive Waste for 10,000 Years

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March 20, 2026

Radioactive waste can remain lethal for tens of thousands of years. When it’s buried deep in the ground, how do…

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A Skeleton in the Church Window: Wim Delvoye’s X‑Ray Stained Glass

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March 12, 2026

A Belgian artist turned medical X-rays into Gothic stained glass, replacing saints with skeletons and radiography with cathedral light. The…

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The Glass Temple Hidden Beneath Kyoto

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March 3, 2026

Almost invisible from the surface of a 17th-century imperial temple complex, Kyoto’s Glass Temple hides a stark white chamber beneath…

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Outsiders as Drawn by an Outsider: Jo Brocklehurst and London After Dark

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February 25, 2026

A reclusive artist hidden behind dark glasses, Jo Brocklehurst moved through London’s underground as both a witness and accomplice of…

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When Sci-Fi and Body Horror Found Advertising: Chris Cunningham’s Commercial Work

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February 12, 2026

Before retreating from the spotlight, Chris Cunningham, the elusive director behind the music videos for Aphex Twin and Björk injected…

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The Australian Afterlife of Elvis Presley

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February 10, 2026

Each year on August 16, Elvis fans gather at a Melbourne cemetery on the anniversary of his death, observing the…

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A City Dressing Itself: 90s London Fashion Through The Lens of Shoichi Aoki

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January 13, 2026

Beginning the 80s, Japanese photographer Shoichi Aoki has quietly built one of the most revealing visual records of London street…

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Documenting Euphoria: Peter J. Walsh’s RAVE ONE and the Rise of UK Rave Culture

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June 17, 2025

Peter J Walsh was an eyewitness to one of the most transformative moments in modern British youth culture: the birth…

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Remembering the LAN Parties of Yesteryear

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February 8, 2025

The internet is full of photos from the 90's and early 2000's when competitive multiplayer gaming was a niche hobby…

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Estonian Animation Is the Weird Trip You Didn’t Know You Needed

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February 8, 2025

Forget Japan—This small Baltic country is possibly the true master of surreal and weird animation, here are the films that…