Art

Stendhal syndrome
People who visit Florence seem strangely susceptible to Stendhal syndrome, which is blamed on an overwhelming sense of awe.
Bolero Ida Rubinstein
Undiagnosed brain disease or divine inspiration? The origins of the French composer’s most provocative composition remain up for debate. 
A man walks through the snow listening to music on his headphones.
Just as storylines make sense only when you have the context of the beginning and the end, listeners need to understand the impetus for why the album was even made.
all i want for christmas
The singer-songwriter distilled the essence of the holidays into a hit song, and for her efforts she was crowned the Queen of Christmas.
resurrecting the sublime
Using DNA from samples of extinct flowers, synthetic biologists managed to approximate long-lost floral scents.