Milan’s Pinacoteca di Brera museum, conceived under Napoleon as a “little Louvre”, is finally getting a modern art addition first envisioned more than 50 years ago with the opening of Palazzo Citterio, home to one of the world’s most important collections of 20th century Italian art. Completing the project, long beset by shifting priorities, periods … Read more
The natural world is full of gender diversity: female hyenas have pseudo penises used for sex and urination, many species of fish and plants change their sex over their lifespan, and female lions have been known to grow manes and develop a masculine growl. Those are among many examples in a new episode of CBC’s The Nature … Read more
In a thorough examination of research on the heat-mitigating attributes of green spaces during heatwaves, botanical gardens have emerged as the most effective. The Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCCAR) team, responsible for this finding, envisions that it will serve as valuable insight for policymakers tasked with planning cities in the face of a … Read more
