Did animals teach us one of the oldest forms of human technology? Did this technology teach us to count? These are just two of the themes being explored during a conference on basketry. Did animals ...

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CHARLESTON, S.C. - Just a few years ago, Nikia Wigfall needed only to drive to the nearby marshes to harvest the sweetgrass that she and other descendants of slaves weave into the beautiful baskets ...

The properties of high-temperature superconductors can be tailored by the introduction of artificial defects. An international research team around physicist Wolfgang Lang at the University of Vienna ...

A conversational hum fills the Goongerah community hall, in the East Gippsland mountains. Loading... For one of Victoria's most remote places, it is busy. About 20 women and children sit in a circle, ...

Profs Veselin Jungic and Cedric Chauve explain how culture and math were combined in the creation of an interactive online tool that uses basket weaving patterns from Tla’amin Nation to teach ...

(Nanowerk News) The properties of high-temperature superconductors can be tailored by the introduction of artificial defects. An international research team around physicist Wolfgang Lang at the ...

Sydney fibre artist Catriona Pollard in the bush surrounding her studio. She says weaving is “about letting the material speak”. Credit: Janie Barrett Iam sitting in a church hall with 15 women and ...