Bearing News

Laughter, light create comfortable environment

Turner DeArmond • October 1, 2019

I awoke to the sun breaking through my blinds, pressing against my eyelids and casting a red glow onto my retinas. I sighed and supposed that, with the timing and angle of the sun, something must want...

Illusions: light in the darkness

Nicole Schroeder • March 22, 2016

In the eleventh installment of part two of Illusions, Irene calls on an old friend to help the girls in finding the boys, who have vanished mysteriously after a series of strange messages from Elijah the day before.

All the pretty lights

Asa Lory • February 1, 2013

For today's photo blog, I decided to play around with long exposure: leaving a camera's sensor open for much longer than a typical photograph would. Instead of 1/60 to 1/125 of a second as usual, I left...

Powering off: Ease of access leads to excessive reliance on electricity

Afsah Khan • January 10, 2013

In the sweltering heat of a Pakistani summer, the only thing anyone wants is to find a way to keep cool. With the Indian Ocean hugging the shoreline of the country, the humidity and the unforgiving...

Light and architecture

Muhammad Al-Rawi • January 18, 2012

I've got a long story this week. During the weekend, my family and I drove west to a somewhat spread-out town just outside Missouri, Overland Park, KS. My brother got a job at an engineering firm there,...