From their centuries-old origins to today, pop-up books stand the test of time
The possibilities of pop-ups far exceed peekaboo with paper.
The art and science of paper folding grew from ritual beginnings in Buddhist Japan to a globally used art form. The shift from two to three dimension provides unique advantages — not just added life in surreal scenes, but realistic sculptural effects, as in children’s books, and representations of changes in time and space.
Take a look through the gallery to see where examples pop up across Harvard’s libraries.
Altered states of consciousness through yoga, mindfulness more common than thought and mostly beneficial, study finds — though clinicians ill-equipped to help those who struggle