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Earthmoments 5Elements Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars Hosted by either the free player or the full version of NI’s Kontakt, 5Elements utilises almost 6GB of samples sourced from a selection of handmade Indian Instruments, but you won’t find any sitars, tamburas or tablas here. These unique instruments were designed and built by Aurelio C Hammer, musicologist and founder of Svaram, whose instruments incorporate different natural metals, woods and types of stone. The 5Elements name relates to the five elements of Earth, Water, Fire, Wind and Space. I’ll get on to the instruments themselves in a...

An Exclusive First Look Inside the American Museum of Natural History's New Halls of Gems and Minerals Stellene Volandes © Hearst Owned The New York City institution will debut its renovation in spring 2021. It can’t be easy to renovate a place beloved because it never changes. And it’s not just Holden Caulfield, though one can’t help hearing that quote from The Catcher in the Rye when entering the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. You remember the one: “The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. ...