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Can Art Change Attitudes Toward Climate Change?

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie June 12, 2023July 6, 2023

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

by Sarah Rose Sharp March 20, 2023March 20, 2023

The achievement is a giant step toward understanding human neural networks.

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Melting Robots Are the Future, Accept It

by Sarah Rose Sharp February 8, 2023February 8, 2023

A new study details the creation of a hyper-flexible material inspired by an unexpected source: the humble sea cucumber.

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Fire of Love Captures a Literally Volcanic Romance

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel April 4, 2022April 4, 2022

Married volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft took incredible footage of eruptions. Sara Dosa’s documentary uses it to tell their unusual love story.

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How Artists Have Explored and Understood the Human Body Through Time

Avatar photo by Anne Wallentine March 21, 2022March 21, 2022

The Getty is exhibiting exquisite anatomical illustrations from the 16th century to the present.

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A Sneak Peek of the Getty’s Next Pacific Standard Time, Focusing on Science and Art

by Matt Stromberg February 3, 2021February 3, 2021

The initiative comes at just the right time, when global environmental and health crises and an alarming distrust of science are both growing threats.

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Inventor Nikola Tesla Gets a Suitably Unusual Biopic

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel August 21, 2020November 5, 2020

Tesla is less “the story of Tesla” and more a dialogue with the audience about the infamously eccentric figure.

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What Happened When Eight People Were Sealed Inside a Self-Contained Ecosystem

by Sierra Pettengill May 7, 2020May 7, 2020

Director Matt Wolf talks to Hyperallergic about his new documentary Spaceship Earth, which reconsiders the infamous Biosphere 2 experiment.

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How a ’70s Anthropological Experiment Turned into the “Sex Raft”

by Charles Bramesco June 7, 2019November 4, 2019

In Marcus Lindeen’s documentary The Raft, the subjects of the disastrous study reenact its strange events.

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The Smallest Mollusk Museum Brings Science Education to Unexpected Places

Avatar photo by Allison Meier January 2, 2018January 4, 2018

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.

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Help Solve a Global Crisis Through an Online Puzzle

Avatar photo by Allison Meier October 20, 2017August 3, 2021

Since 2008, the Foldit game has engaged the public in solving puzzles for science. Now it’s tackling crop contamination.

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18th-Century Nautical Charts Show Radical Coral Reef Loss in Florida

Avatar photo by Allison Meier September 7, 2017

Researchers compared 18th-century nautical charts to contemporary ocean data, revealing a dramatic loss of Florida’s coral reefs.

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