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6 days ago | 
mymodernmet.com | Regina Sienra
If you're a designer or creative who relies on the Adobe suite for work, we have some great news for you. More than 1,500 typefaces have been added to Adobe Fonts, including some of the most popular in the history of design. The best part? They are available at no extra cost to all paid Creative Cloud subscribers around the world, raising the total count of fonts on this platform to over 30,000.
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1 week ago | 
mymodernmet.com | Regina Sienra
A few days ago, substantial rainfall caused a severe flood in Tennessee, prompting mandatory evacuations and rescues for over 100 people that were stranded. But for one family in the western part of the state, the picture was completely different. Tucker and Justin Humphrey, as well as their mom, Amy, were spared from the worst thanks to the impressive levee system they built around their house.
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1 week ago | 
mymodernmet.com | Regina Sienra
The WHO estimates that there are around a billion cases of seasonal influenza annually, while 64% of the global population have herpes simplex virus infection. With low vaccination rates for the former and no vaccines available at all for the latter, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Dental Medicine have taken a different approach. The team of scientists have developed a chewing gum that can reduce transmission of the viruses that cause these diseases by up to 95%.
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1 week ago | 
mymodernmet.com | Regina Sienra
LEGO bricks are typically used for building miniature structures, but a new project in the LEGO Ideas platform sees a particular new use with some of the colorful blocks. Designer Milan Sekiz, an experienced LEGO builder, created the KaLEGOidoscope, a functioning kaleidoscope made entirely of LEGO bricks—from its rainbow body to the translucent pieces that create a myriad of patterns within.
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1 week ago | 
mymodernmet.com | Regina Sienra
The Lunar New Year inspires communities around the world to go all out with their celebrations. Dubai, a city known for its forward architecture and lavish resorts, is not one to be outdone. For the Year of the Dragon (in 2024), drones lit up the Dubai sky in an amazing display aptly titled Night of the Dragon.
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1 week ago | 
mymodernmet.com | Regina Sienra
Artist Sandra Yagi has always loved science, developing a unique interest in anatomy and the human skeleton. But rather than turning it into a dark source of inspiration, Yagi has found it a vehicle for whimsy and fantasy. Her show titled The Faerie Realm at San Francisco's Modern Eden Gallery compiles her playful paintings starring a skeleton who engages in nature with a wide array of colorful creatures. For Yagi, a human skeleton is a powerful symbol due to its association with mortality.
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1 week ago | 
mymodernmet.com | Regina Sienra
King Kong climbing to the top of the Empire State Building is one of the most iconic scenes in film history. Though it's unlikely for a giant ape to scale a 102-story skyscraper in real life, one artist decided to think outside of the box and recreate the surreal sight. Keenan Hock of Studio Hock fulfilled this fantasy, using drones to create the illusion of King Kong reaching for the top of the famous Manhattan landmark.
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2 weeks ago | 
mymodernmet.com | Regina Sienra
There’s great news coming from Philadelphia Zoo. The institution has announced the hatching of four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises. Given that prior to their birth, there were only 44 individual tortoises of their kind in all U.S. zoos combined, the arrival of these baby turtles is essentially a lifeline for the survival of this species. The hatching marks a first for both the zoo and the hatchlings’ mother.
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2 weeks ago | 
mymodernmet.com | Regina Sienra
A museum visit can do wonders for you, even if you don't consider yourself an art connoisseur. After some institutions around the world have launched programs in which doctors prescribe a trip to the museum, mounting evidence shows that the benefits are real. In turn, this has prompted the creation of even more programs of this kind to help people treat many conditions, from anxiety to high blood pressure.
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2 weeks ago | 
mymodernmet.com | Regina Sienra
The colorful works of Frida Kahlo continue to inspire many around the world to this day. Beyond her vibrant paintings, Kahlo was a complex woman who loved art from a young age and was committed to political activism and her community. Her circumstances—from her Indigenous roots to her disability—resulted in one of the most honest and enthralling oeuvre's in art history.
