Sci And Creativity

It’s Tommy Westphall’s Universe, We Just Live in It

Taken to its logical conclusion, the enigmatic final episode of the show “St. Elsewhere” suggests that nearly all TV shows exist within the mind of one very creative boy.

It’s Tommy Westphall’s Universe, We Just Live in It

It's All Relativity

It's All Relativity

How Time-Travel Stories Borrow from Einstein

How Time-Travel Stories Borrow from Einstein

Gary Marcus: Enhancing Creativity

Gary Marcus: Enhancing Creativity

How Creative Are You?

How Creative Are You?

Gary Marcus: Defining Creativity

Creativity is almost always associated with the arts, but Gary Marcus tells us how creativity takes on different forms in all aspects of life. 

Gary Marcus: Defining Creativity

Imaginary Friends Forever

Children with imaginary friends can be more empathetic and social, but does that mean they’re more creative than other kids?

Imaginary Friends Forever

Museum of God

An amateur paleontologist in Texas doesn’t see any conflict between the fossil record and his religious faith.

Museum of God

The Art Instinct

Is taste in the arts just a social construction, or is it determined by evolution?

The Art Instinct

Where Do We Come From?

Geneticist Spencer Wells is tracking the human race back to its origin, and coming up with some surprises in our backstory.

Where Do We Come From?

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Darwin

Indie band The Low Anthem finds something deeply moving about Charles Darwin’s lonesome quest.

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Darwin

"Alpha"

A science-fiction radio play by the author Lydia Millet imagines a future in which humans have wiped out the world’s plants.

"Alpha"

Homo-Thespian

A play about chimpanzees can make actors go bananas. 

Homo-Thespian

Marianne Moore's Odes to Animals

Marianne Moore loved learning about animals, and she crammed scientific detail into her poems.

Marianne Moore's Odes to Animals

Billboard Top Five, But For Whales

Marine biologists have found evidence of the fastest cultural transformation in nature: whale songs that spread across oceans in a matter of months.

Billboard Top Five, But For Whales