Science, spiritualism mix in mesmerizing exhibit
22Artist Susan MacWilliam has clearly felt that spooky pull. The Belfast-based artist, whose work often delves into the heady paranormal movements of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, came to Winnipeg in 2008 to work with the Thomas Glendenning Hamilton archive at the University of Manitoba. This mesmerizingly strange collection, which includes hundreds of photographic images dating from 1918 to 1945, records the Elmwood doctor’s fascination with such psychic phenomena as table rapping, trance writing, levitation and clairvoyance. Read more
Nonprofit aims to engage children with science
For a kid who says he wants to build robots, 10-year-old Jabari Griffie came to the right place.
The fifth-grader was among hundreds of curious kids who turned out Saturday morning for the grand opening of Iridescent, a nonprofit science and discovery center near downtown Los Angeles.
The first exhibit Jabari saw featured something even cooler than a robot: An underwater robot. Read more
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