Michael Keller
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A Glimpse Of How We’ll Use Our Land In 2051
It’s the year 2051. Welcome to a view of the American landscape. Urban areas have swollen with people. Range and pasturelands have shrunk. There’s a bit more forest than there was back in 2014, a result of economic incentives driving more timber production. These are a few of the predictions of a new study on…
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How Optical Illusions Help Restore Art
New York City’s streets were drained of colour on a recent cold and overcast March day. Their pallor — and that of the cars, trucks and people occupying them — mimicked that depicted by Childe Hassam in his Winter in Union Square, an oil painting on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Tapping Into Wave Power With A Gigantic, Artificial ‘Seafloor Carpet’
Scientists have known for decades that muddy coastal sediments absorb the power of waves as they roll toward beaches. The result is a free service courtesy of soft ocean bottoms that diminishes the sea’s energy before it reaches the communities living beyond them.
