In mining historical archives for Kennedy-era photographs, artist Deborah Aschheim bypassed images of the famous family, opting instead for the crowds caught up in the reverie and spirit of Kennedy fever.

In 2010 artist David Sanchez Burr launched a project based on the idea of a community broadcasting itself in real time, an art experience reliant on chance and audience participation. He provided the instruments and other sound devices, the audience interacted and the project evolved, moving from the foothills of Sequoia National Park to galleries and art spaces in Las Vegas and Tennessee.

A 2.8-million-year-old jawbone fossil with five intact teeth unearthed in an Ethiopian desert is pushing back the dawn of humankind by about half a million years.