Jeremy Miranda (American, B. 1980, Newport, RI, Based Dover, NH, USA) - 1: Nectar, 2014, Oil On Panel

According to legend, Pythagoras invented a cup to prevent his students from drinking too greedily. If they overfilled the cup, it would immediately drain out all the fluid. The trick works thanks to a U-shaped tube in the center of the cup. As long as the liquid level is below the highest point in the U-tube, only the entrance side of the tube will be filled. As soon as the liquid level in the cup is higher, the weight of all that fluid forces liquid up and around the bend. This kicks off a siphoning effect that pulls all the fluid out. Coincidentally, this is the same way that toilet flushing works! Pulling the handle releases extra water into the bowl that raises the fluid level higher than the highest point in a U-bend. That establishes a siphon, which (provided nothing has clogged the pipe), empties the toilet bowl. (Video credit: Periodic Videos)

Earlier this year, The Lutetium Project explored how microfluidic circuits are made, and now they are back with the conclusion of their microfluidic adventures. This video explores how microfluidic chips are used and how microscale fluid dynamics relates to other topics in the field. Because these techniques allow researchers very fine control over droplets, there are many chemical and biological possibilities for microfluidic experiments, some of which are shown in the video. Microfluidics in medicine are also already more common than you may think. For example, test strips used by diabetic patients to measure their blood glucose levels are microfluidic circuits! (Video and image credit: The Lutetium Project; submitted by Guillaume D.)

“Conceited, spoiled, and arrogant- all of those things, of course, are true to the character. But she had courage and determination, and that, I think, is why women must secretly admire her.” -Vivien Leigh

On this day in 1996, then-World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov makes his first move in the sixth game against Deep Blue, IBM’s supercomputer. Kasparov emerged the victor, winning three games, drawing in two, and losing one.

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Amélie doesn’t have a boyfriend. She tried once or twice, but the results were a let-down. Instead, she cultivates a taste for small pleasures.

There is a time when it is necessary to abandon the used clothes, which already have the shape of our body and to forget our paths, which takes us always to the same places. This is the time to cross the river: and if we don’t dare to do it, we will have stayed, forever beneath ourselves

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Theatre time. All dancer have their own ways of getting ready for a show. I believe that a consistent routine is important to preparing for what’s ahead in a few hours. Because Forsythe’s “Artifact” is so hard on the body and I’m in every show, I tend to get to the theatre pretty early to make sure everything is ready, to put on some “normatec” boots (a compression boot for athletes that helps greatly with fatigue) and do hair and makeup. - Lia Cirio

Lia Cirio - Boston Opera House

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Tuz Gölü - Cereal  / WORDS & PHOTOS: Peter Edel

FOR THE AMERICAN COLOUR FIELD PAINTER BARNETT NEWMAN, THE EMPTY, BOUNDLESS LANDSCAPE ENHANCED AN INDIVIDUAL’S SENSE OF PRESENCE WITHIN THEM. THE TUZ GÖLÜ, THE SALT LAKE LOCATED IN THE CORE OF TURKEY’S ANATOLIAN PENINSULA, IS ONE OF THE PLACES IN THE WORLD WHERE THIS UNDERSTANDING IS EXPERIENCED MOST PROFOUNDLY.