A study found that people who viewed climate data in the form of an artwork were less likely to lean on their preconceived notions.
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Scientists Create the First Full Brain Map of a Fly
The achievement is a giant step toward understanding human neural networks.
Melting Robots Are the Future, Accept It
A new study details the creation of a hyper-flexible material inspired by an unexpected source: the humble sea cucumber.
Fire of Love Captures a Literally Volcanic Romance
Married volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft took incredible footage of eruptions. Sara Dosa’s documentary uses it to tell their unusual love story.
How Artists Have Explored and Understood the Human Body Through Time
The Getty is exhibiting exquisite anatomical illustrations from the 16th century to the present.
A Sneak Peek of the Getty’s Next Pacific Standard Time, Focusing on Science and Art
The initiative comes at just the right time, when global environmental and health crises and an alarming distrust of science are both growing threats.
Inventor Nikola Tesla Gets a Suitably Unusual Biopic
Tesla is less “the story of Tesla” and more a dialogue with the audience about the infamously eccentric figure.
What Happened When Eight People Were Sealed Inside a Self-Contained Ecosystem
Director Matt Wolf talks to Hyperallergic about his new documentary Spaceship Earth, which reconsiders the infamous Biosphere 2 experiment.
How a ’70s Anthropological Experiment Turned into the “Sex Raft”
In Marcus Lindeen’s documentary The Raft, the subjects of the disastrous study reenact its strange events.
The Smallest Mollusk Museum Brings Science Education to Unexpected Places
The Smallest Mollusk Museum is the first project from MICRO, a New York-based nonprofit building six-foot-tall museums to share science education in public places.
Help Solve a Global Crisis Through an Online Puzzle
Since 2008, the Foldit game has engaged the public in solving puzzles for science. Now it’s tackling crop contamination.
18th-Century Nautical Charts Show Radical Coral Reef Loss in Florida
Researchers compared 18th-century nautical charts to contemporary ocean data, revealing a dramatic loss of Florida’s coral reefs.