The Uncertain Future of Skywriting

One family has mastered the skill of skywriting, and now they’re revolutionizing it with “skytyping”—a more efficient method of writing in the sky that involves a fleet of planes and programmed puffs of smoke. Gregg Stinis, a 75-year-old who has spent his entire life dedicated to the craft will soon retire, leaving the business and the life of old-school skywriting in the hands of his …

Watch the Shadow of Mercury Cross the Sun in Real Time

The Transit of Mercury—an astrological event that takes place just 13 times per century—is currently underway. The event occurs when our solar system’s smallest planet, Mercury, appears to cross the sun from Earth; producing a tiny, dot-sized shadow moving across the massive face of the glowing sun. The phenomenon is only viewable by telescope and other special equipment, but if you’d like to catch the …

A Hidden Isamu Noguchi-Designed Ceiling Inside a U-Haul

U-Haul recently exposed a hidden Isamu Noguchi-designed ceiling at one if its branches in St Louis, Missouri. Created by the artist back in the 1940s, the sculptural ceiling was later hidden by partitions and other paneling about 20 years ago, with just a plaster mold of the design viewable at the St Louis Art Museum. “It’s something that needed to be shown,” stated Stephen Langford, …