Film
Why a New Film on Particle Physics Is Essential Viewing
In terms of understanding the very nature of our world, it's hard to overestimate the significance of the Large Hadron Collider, and a new documentary makes a very convincing case.
Science
Art
Chemistry of the Canvas: Returning the Red to a Renoir
Art as we see it now isn't always as the artist intended. After the paint dries, there's still chemistry happening on the canvas.
News
Forensic Astronomer Pinpoints Monet Sunset
An astrophysicist at Texas State University has pinpointed the exact day and time when Monet observed the sunset that became the subject of his painting "The Cliff, Étretat, Sunset."
Art
Flowers Grown from the Topography of a Museum
These are flowers grown from a museum, where the colors, textures, and shapes of exhibitions guided each petal, stem, and branch. British designer Daniel Brown has spent a decade creating these generated plants through an algorithm where mathematics and nature overlap.
News
Neuroaesthetic Research Probes Link Between Art, Perception, and the Self
When you look at a painting and feel that somehow it was made just for a person like you, it might actually be true. New neuroscience research shows that deep feeling of personal resonance from some works of art is linked to your brain's sense of self.
News
Grotesque and Gorgeous: 100,000 Art and Medicine Images Released for Open Use
The Wellcome Library in London announced this week that they're releasing more than 100,000 high-resolution images online for Creative Commons use. While their digital resource joins those of other high-profile institutions like the Getty, the Wellcome's archive is especially exciting because it con
Art
New eBook Turns Space into a Tonal Universe for the Visually Impaired
A new eBook is aiming to make that starscape engaging for everyone, including the visually impaired.
Art
New Online Magazine Bridges the Divide Between Art and Science
It's no revelation that science and art have long been linked, the curiosity about the workings of the world aligned with artistic creativity. Recently, however, there seems to be more of a movement towards connecting the two worlds into a tighter community.
Art
A Lost Constellation: The Great Printing Press in the Sky
While searching for Orion or the Great Dipper, it's easy to forget that these constellations are just the arbitrary imaginations of astronomers drawing with stars. While Ptolemy referred to mythology for the classic constellations, later stargazers turned to their own visual culture. Up in the heave
Opinion
Walk Like an Octopus
"Octodad: Dadliest Catch" is a new video game coming out early this year that puts the player in the perspective of an octopus masquerading as a human.
News
Bad Book News: Libraries Burned in Lebanon, Dismantled in Canada
Arsonists torched a historic and beloved library in Tripoli, while the Canadian government has gutted its science libraries.
Art
Artist Records Sound of the Earth 5 Miles Deep
The sound of being more than five and a half miles under the surface of the earth is something like a yawning, rumbling roar. Or at least that's what Amsterdam artist Lotte Geeven captured in her "The Sound of the Earth" project, for which she descended into one of the deepest holes in the world.