From Cave Walls to Canvas: Why Do We Make Art?
A man dressed in renaissance clothing admiring a renaissance style painting on the right and a woman dressed in modern clothings admiring an abstract painting on the left.
A man dressed in renaissance clothing admiring a renaissance style painting on the right and a woman dressed in modern clothings admiring an abstract painting on the left.
Three thick arrows are arranged in a recycling sign on a grainy black background. In the middle, surrounded by the arrows, “BIOCHAR” is written. Within each arrow is an illustration. For the arrow on the top, a cow is illustrated with multiple methane molecules as well as some piles of garbage with banana peels. The bottom right arrow shows a thermometer. In the background, orange flames are drawn with a title reading, “Pyrolysis”. The final arrow on the bottom left depicts a young girl sitting on a grass field with a yellow straw hat. Beside her is a straw basket with some carrots. The field is decorated with many pink flowers.
A seagull stands on a pile of trash floating in water, with more islands of garbage in the background. Several birds fly in the blue sky above
A man stares through a magnifying glass labelled “Cancer Screening” at a smaller version of himself
A blue and white glacier crumbles in a glacier bay. Several birds fly in the distance.
Spot alt text: A long grey pipe in a snowy field releases white gas into the air. Several white birds with black tipped wings fly overhead.
A blue and white glacier crumbles in a glacier bay. Several birds fly in the distance.
Spot alt text: A long grey pipe in a snowy field releases white gas into the air. Several white birds with black tipped wings fly overhead.
A blue and white glacier crumbles in a glacier bay. Several birds fly in the distance.
Spot alt text: A long grey pipe in a snowy field releases white gas into the air. Several white birds with black tipped wings fly overhead.
In a world where the Internet and websites like Google Maps make it possible for nearly anyone to see Earth’s surface in detail, is there anything left for us to find? Are the days of explorers setting off in search of the unknown behind us?
Exploration in the 21st century is alive and kicking! Humans are constantly exploring and discovering new things that range from new species to new sub-atomic particles. Throughout our time as explorers into the unknown, we have relied on our innovation and technological prowess to aid us in the journey. From ships to planes to rovers, technology, and science have played a fundamental part in discovering the unknown. In this article, we hope to shed some light on modern explorers’ technologies to explore the land, the sea, and beyond.
Hating billionaires has been a favourite pastime of us lowly mortals for a long time—and for good reason. “Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg agree to hold cage fight.”¹ There go the uber-wealthy doing ridiculous things once again. But where does this strong dislike come from? Are the one percenters truly different than the rest of us? Or is there something in the perception of the other 99% that fuels the dislike? It might be a bit of both.
You are sitting at your childhood dining table, eating pink-and-yellow striped Goldfish crackers. Your little brother is sitting next to you, and he presents you with seven new Goldfish cracker flavours. “They’re all named after Pokemon,” he says. Right—Pokemon are real now. They’ve been in the news all day and you’re trying to adopt one. You wanted Bulbasoar but you keep getting MagiKarp. There are three MagiKarp across from you. They’re different colours. Why? One’s sick. It’s allergic to Goldfish crackers. It’s going to die. Oh God—you’re going to be arrested by PETA. This is bad. Their van is here already. You clutch your brothers in your arms and tell him you love him. He screams as the masked PETA officers break down the door.