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This Frida Kahlo self-portrait could shatter auction records

A 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo of her asleep in a bed could make history Thursday when it goes on sale by Sotheby’s in New York. With an estimated price of $40 million to $60 million, “El sueño (La cama)” – in English, “The Dream (The Bed)” — may surpass ...

19 hours ago

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This Frida Kahlo self-portrait could shatter auction records

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John Oliver’s PBS auction leverages his own brand power for good

Inspired by the ongoing auction of Bob Ross paintings to raise money for public television, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver is putting some of its own TV artifacts up for auction for a good cause. Host John Oliver dedicated the close of Sunday's season finale to local public television, which ...

2 days ago

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John Oliver’s PBS auction leverages his own brand power for good

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This paint-like coating lets buildings collect water from the air

With little more than a coat of paint, buildings could soon make the air around them cooler and harvest gallons of water directly from the atmosphere. Researchers at the University of Sydney in Australia have created a nanoengineered polymer coating that passively cools building surfaces while ...

45 minutes ago

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This paint-like coating lets buildings collect water from the air

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This ultrathin wearable lets you ‘feel’ textures on a screen

If you slip a tiny wearable device on your fingertip and slide it over a smooth surface like a touchscreen, you can feel digital textures like denim or mesh. The device, designed by researchers at Northwestern University, is the first of its kind to achieve “human resolution,” meaning that ...

24 hours ago

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This ultrathin wearable lets you ‘feel’ textures on a screen