Art
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.
Science
News
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.
Film
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.
Film
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.
Film
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.
Film
The Fraudulent Health Startup that Got an Acclaimed Documentarian to Make Its Ads
How can we reconcile Errol Morris's stated mission of pursuing the truth with him helping to promote Theranos?
Art
With a Microscope and Sketchbook, a Pioneering Neuroscientist Magnified the Brain’s Mysteries
NYU's Grey Art Gallery is exhibiting 80 drawings by Santiago Ramón y Cajal, the "father of modern neuroscience" who used art to reveal the anatomy of the brain.
Art
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.
Art
Explore the Color Code of a 19th-Century Artist Who Painted Nature
Decode the color system of 19th-century nature artist Ferdinand Bauer, who documented the Australian coast, through an online interactive.
Books
A 19th-Century Guide to Seeing Ghosts Everywhere
The 1864 Spectropia used optical illusions to manifest ghosts in Victorian homes, and was designed to attack the quackery of Spiritualism.
Art
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.
Books
The Rise of Paleoart, and the Artist's Role in Our Visions of Dinosaurs
Paleoart: Visions of the Prehistoric Past, 1830-1980 argues for the art history importance of dinosaur illustrations, as they shape our understanding of this extinct world through the visual culture of the present.