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With “Toy Story,” computer animation began its rise to dominance With a “To infinity … and beyond!” Toy Story captured the hearts of kids and adults alike when it reached theaters in 1995. But when the movie began production on January 19, 1993, its makers didn’t know it would rake in and spawn a successful franchise. They did knowContinue reading “On This Day in 1993, Production Began on This Groundbreaking Movie That Transformed Hollywood Forever”

A decades-long forgery scheme ensnared Canada’s most famous Indigenous artist, a rock musician turned sleuth and several top museums. Here’s how investigators unraveled the incredible scam Artist and Shaman Between Two Worlds, Norval Morrisseau, 1980, shows the artist’s signature style: bold colors and a surreal sense of his subjects’ inner lives.National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa;Continue reading “Inside the Biggest Art Fraud in History”

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SMART NEWS Researchers in New Zealand captured the odd pairing on video, but they still don’t know how to explain the behavior Researchers spotted an orange blob near a shark’s head. It turned out to be an octopus along for a ride. Wednesday Davis / University of Auckland In December 2023, marine ecologist Rochelle Constantine spotted something strangeContinue reading “Watch an Octopus Hitch a Ride on a Shark—an Unusual Duo Dubbed the ‘Sharktopus’”