The 17th-century poet Matsuo Basho, a Zen master of non-attachment, meandered along its steeply winding paths with one foot in this world and the other in the next.

Keene died in 2019 at the age of 96. At the venue, there is also an audio recording of a discussion between Keene and haiku poet Momoko Kuroda, who died in 2023, about the appeal of Matsuo Basho and ...

The Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology (MOST) in Syracuse, New York is hosting a five-day summer science camp that combines nano haiku and education about nanotechnology. From the ...

This paper is behind a paywall. For those unfamiliar with Matsuo Bashō, he’s considered Japan’s most famous poet from the Edo period and Japan’s greatest master of haiku according to his Wikipedia ...

Donald Keene's journey tracing the footsteps of haiku poet Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) in Basho's masterpiece ...

Federal judge releases Kseniia Petrova, a Russian-born cancer researcher accused of smuggling frog embryo samples, while limiting her travel and maintaining custody of her passport.

Harvard researcher Kseniia Petrova, a Russian citizen, had been detained since February after Customs and Border Protection inspected her bags at at Boston's Logan Airport.

Frogs are capable of multiple locomotion modes including jumping and swimming, which enables them to adapt to various environmental conditions. This paper demonstrates a frog-inspired robot, which can ...

A judge released a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos into the United States on bail Thursday.

There’s a long history of absurd costumes in the country world, from Gram Parsons ’ weed-covered Nudie suit to Robbie Basho ’s cowboy duds to Blaze Foley wrapping his clothes up in duct tape.