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Why Do Herbariums Still Fascinate Us? 

by Sarah Rose Sharp January 18, 2023January 18, 2023

Collecting Nature: The History of the Herbarium and Natural Specimens offers a collection of collections, a satisfying glimpse into the age-old practice.

Posted inNews

AI Can Help Reconstruct Ancient Texts — With Stunning Accuracy

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu March 24, 2022March 24, 2022

A new deep neural network developed by an AI research lab and university researchers could help epigraphers restore and date fragmentary inscriptions.

Posted inFilm

On Camouflage and Control in The Velvet Queen

by Eileen G’Sell January 5, 2022January 5, 2022

Rather than celebrate intrepid man capturing, and controlling, the magic of “nature,” the film focuses more on how nature watches us.

Posted inArt

Tamara Kostianovsky Envisions a Whimsical Slaughterhouse

Avatar photo by Louis Bury October 20, 2021October 26, 2021

The animal carcass sculptures are gruesome yet their materials — the artist’s own discarded clothing — lend them some gentleness.

Posted inFilm

The Loneliest Whale Tries to Find the Internet’s Favorite Whale

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel October 17, 2021April 18, 2022

“The 52-hertz Whale,” which sings a song at a frequency no other whale uses, is a social media phenomenon. But this film shows that the phenomenon says more about us than whales.

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Nathaniel Tarn’s Ode to Romanticism

Avatar photo by Joseph Donahue May 29, 2021May 28, 2021

Tarn’s meditation on the German Romantic poet Friedrich Hölderlin explores both human ecstasy and suffering.

Posted inComics

An Artist Develops a Daily Habit of Drawing Plants During COVID-19

by Susan Coyne January 29, 2021January 29, 2021

A comic artist speaks to artists across the world to see how they — and their practices — have been holding up.

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A Cinematic Montage of Natural Disasters Questions Humanity’s Chances of Survival

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel October 29, 2020November 5, 2020

La Nature is Armenian director Artavazd Pelechian’s first film in nearly three decades.

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A Grand Adventure on Nature’s Littlest Stage

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel October 2, 2020November 5, 2020

The Paul Rudd-narrated documentary series Tiny World takes an up-close look at Earth’s most diminutive denizens.

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The Heartwarming Tale of a Man Who Befriended an Octopus

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel September 18, 2020November 5, 2020

In My Octopus Teacher, filmmaker Craig Foster documents his unusual relationship with an octopus he met while freediving.

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How Disney Tricked the World Into Believing Lemmings Commit Mass Suicide

Avatar photo by Nadine Smith March 13, 2020March 12, 2020

The 1958 nature documentary White Wilderness is one of several films the House of Mouse is less than proud of.

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Nature Offers the Best Designs at the Cooper Hewitt Triennial

Avatar photo by Louis Bury January 11, 2020January 10, 2020

Objects on display designed to be green substitutes for those that are ecologically harmful or failing are among the most thought-provoking in this exhibition.

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