Sci And Tech

Turning the Scottish Countryside into a Map of the Multiverse

A landscape artist transformed an old coal mine into a piece of cosmic art.

Turning the Scottish Countryside into a Map of the Multiverse

The Golden Record Remastered

The Golden Record Remastered

Two Artists Let The Animals Speak For Themselves

Two Artists Let The Animals Speak For Themselves

How Pop Music Helped Save the Whales

How Pop Music Helped Save the Whales

One of the Coolest Sci-Fi Movies of the Year Is Only 8 Minutes Long

One of the Coolest Sci-Fi Movies of the Year Is Only 8 Minutes Long

Eve Sussman's Algorithmic Noir

The movie “whiteonwhite” has human actors, director, and crew. But its editor is an algorithm that creates a different version of the film each time it plays. 

Eve Sussman's Algorithmic Noir

Smart Programs Read Shakespeare

Researchers at MIT think the secret to artificial intelligence might not be processing power, but storytelling.

Smart Programs Read Shakespeare

The Computer As Artist

Creative types tend to think computers will never take their jobs. They haven’t met Brutus.

The Computer As Artist

Designing a Computer with Great Taste

Researchers at Brigham Young University are training a computer program to evaluate a work of art. What happens when it judges artists in a juried show?

Designing a Computer with Great Taste

Lisa Randall: Knocking on Heaven's Door

Harvard physicist Lisa Randall is at the forefront of the search for dark matter. But she thinks good science should be beautiful, too.

Lisa Randall: Knocking on Heaven's Door

A Neuroscientist Throws Science Overboard for Art

One neuroscientist found that art gave him more fulfillment and excitement than scientific research. So he abandoned the lab for the art studio. 

A Neuroscientist Throws Science Overboard for Art

The Ethics of Synthetic Biology

When artists use synthetic biology, are they playing God, or just playing with cool new toys? Scientists Drew Endy and Christina Agapakis weigh in on the ethics.  

The Ethics of Synthetic Biology

Synthetic Biology in Pop Culture

Synthetic biology is a great plot device for science fiction, but screenwriters tend to rely on clichés more than the much weirder world of actual science. 

Synthetic Biology in Pop Culture

Bio Art

From "Pig Wings" to "Semi-Living Worry Dolls," artists Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr are using high tech tools to challenge our conception of what life is — and could be.

Bio Art

How Do You Draw Dark Matter?

An artist and an astrophysicist put their heads together to imagine how dark matter — the invisible stuff holding the universe together — would look if we could see it.

How Do You Draw Dark Matter?