{"id":8929,"date":"2024-07-04T23:14:10","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T23:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artoday.net\/?p=8929"},"modified":"2024-07-04T23:14:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T23:14:10","slug":"must-read-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artoday.net\/?p=8929","title":{"rendered":"Must Read"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>This week, in Lakshmi&#8217;s absence, I&#8217;m back to host Must Read and have collected some of my favorite videos and social media content for you to enjoy. &#8211; Hrag Vartanian<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2023 Chinese scientists have discovered a type of moss that could grow on Mars, which could help humans live on the red planet. <em>South China Morning Post<\/em> Report:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Li and her team found that dried moss plants fully recovered within 30 days after being exposed to the Martian environment for 1, 2, 3, and 7 days. Hydrated plants exposed to the simulator for one day also survived, but regenerated more slowly.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Li said the research team has grown mosses in a replica of Martian soil. &#8220;The moss grows very well and only needs water,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Next, Professor Li and his team will look for opportunities to send moss samples into space for exposure experiments, or even to the surface of the moon or Mars.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2023 A nice &#8220;dating a German&#8221; spoof story:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1    \">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p>\u2023 Then I woke up with the same German guy next to me \ud83d\ude42 :<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p>\u2023 A satire about Generation Z fighting a war (also, <em>End all wars!<\/em>):<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p>\u2023 Europeans in the Hamptons (for those of you not from here, the Hamptons is a resort area on Long Island east of New York City):<\/p>\n<aside>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p>\u2023 Drag in front of music?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p>\u2023 My favorite gay hair salons continue to gain popularity online:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p>\u2023 Do you know the origin of the word &#8220;podcast&#8221;? In addition, you should also check out <em>Allergic<\/em>Podcasts:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p>\u2023 I\u2019m not even sure most New Yorkers would notice:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-2    \">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p>\u2023 How homophobia in the US led to a surge in the number of Filipino nurses in the country:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"\/>\n<p>\u2023 What strange things are happening in Amsterdam?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"\/>\n<p>\u2023 Freedom House, an organization that rates freedom around the world, made a joke by rating the fictional kingdom of Westeros. <em>Dragon House<\/em> Franchise (for comparison, Russia received 13\/100, Azerbaijan received 7\/100, Syria received 1\/100, Cuba received 12\/100, and Rwanda received 23\/100):<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>\u2023 It\u2019s the 50th anniversary of the Rubik\u2019s Cube. Guess what: robots are even better at solving Rubik\u2019s Cube problems: <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"perfmatters-lazy-youtube\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/59qgzzSD1tk\" data-id=\"59qgzzSD1tk\" data-query=\"version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en-US&amp;autohide=2&amp;start=48&amp;wmode=transparent\" onclick=\"perfmattersLazyLoadYouTube(this);\">\n<div><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/59qgzzSD1tk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Youtube Video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><iframe title=\"Mitsubishi Electric Recognized by GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS for fastest robot to solve a puzzle cube\" width=\"729\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/59qgzzSD1tk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>Published every Thursday afternoon, Must Read contains links to art-related longform articles, videos, blog posts, or photo essays that are worth checking out.<\/em><\/p>\n<aside>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<section id=\"block-27\" class=\"below-content widget widget_block\">\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/931015\/required-reading-688\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, in Lakshmi&#8217;s absence, I&#8217;m back to host Must Read and have collected some of my favorite videos and social media content for you to enjoy. &#8211; Hrag Vartanian \u2023 Chinese scientists have discovered a type of moss that could grow on Mars, which could help humans live on the red planet. 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