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Findings: the skinny on UV

Artist Thomas Leveritt filmed people’s faces with regular and ultraviolet light; the startling result reveals freckles and damage within layers of skin invisible to the naked eye. Leveritt tweeted, “We showed people what they looked like in ultraviolet, & wondered aloud if they wanted to put on some damn sunscreen already.”     I kind of think the different-species look is awesome pic.twitter.com/uiZot0jI63 — Tom Leveritt (@thomasleveritt) August 14, 2014   Hat tip to Petapixel

China’s latest Cultural Revolution underway — Manthorpe

China’s constant sensitivity about its international image has intensified as Beijing flexes its muscles as a growing world power, writes International Affairs columnist Jonathan Manthorpe. An excerpt of his new column, China’s Xi launches his own Cultural Revolution: Xi Jinping is not content with being the most powerful leader of China since Mao Zedong. He also wants to play God. Xi’s ruling Communist Party announced last week it will write its own version of “Chinese Christian theology” to ensure adherents abide by the country’s party-imposed political culture. The attempt to take control of religion in China is part of a broad campaign by

R.I.P., Lauren Bacall

“You just put your lips together, and blow.” — Lauren Bacall. Lauren Bacall, iconic American screen legend, model, and famously half of the “Bogie and Bacall” team with her husband Humphrey Bogart,  died Tuesday, age 89.  Read Sean Cubitt’s obituary in F&O/Arts, Between glamour and intimacy: Lauren Bacall 1924-2014. Reading: SEAN CUBITT:  Lauren Bacall 1924-2014, in Facts and Opinions, Arts.In a Bygone Hollywood, She Purred Every Word: New York Times profile with photo slideshowLauren Bacall, screen legend, dead at 89: Associated Press profile on CBC

R.I.P., Robin Williams

Robin Williams, 63, died this morning of suspected suicide at his home  in Marin County, California, said police. “The Sheriff’s Office Coroner Division suspects the death to be a suicide due to asphyxia, but a comprehensive investigation must be completed before a final determination is made, said the county sheriff’s press release: On August 11, 2014, at approximately 11:55 am, Marin County Communications received a 9-1-1 telephone call reporting a male adult had been located unconscious and not breathing inside his residence in unincorporated Tiburon, CA. The Sheriff’s Office, as well as the Tiburon Fire Department and Southern Marin Fire Protection District

Brief Encounters – a new column

Facts and Opinions is pleased to announce a new column — our first in the Think/Arts section — by Brian Brennan. In Brief Encounters, Brennan recalls conversations he had with celebrities during his 15 years as a newspaper entertainment reporter, and incorporates fresh reporting. Brennan, an Irish journalist living in Canada, is a founding feature writer with Facts and Opinions, a contributor to Arts dispatches and the Loose Leaf salon. His profile of Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, the first original feature in the journal’s inaugural issue, won Runner-up, Best Feature Article, in the 2014 Professional Writers Association of Canada Awards.  His first Brief Encounters column, published today, is The Original Tonto: Jay

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