Science And Creativity

DJ Spooky Remixes Antarctica

Arts, Culture & Media

DJ Spooky (Paul D. Miller) has just released The Book of Ice, a new interactive graphic design project that weaves together the history and future of the human relationship to the wi…

Aha Moment: “The Golden Compass”

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Lisa Randall: Knocking on Heaven’s Door

Arts, Culture & Media

Designing a Computer with Great Taste

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The Computer As Artist

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Robopainter

Arts, Culture & Media

A painter with no training as a programmer designed the world’s first art-making computer. Forty years later, he’s still tweaking it — and it’s making the best art of its career.

Smart Programs Read Shakespeare

Arts, Culture & Media

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

Eve Sussman’s Algorithmic Noir

Arts, Culture & Media

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. 

Going to Laughter Yoga, Part One

Arts, Culture & Media

Kurt and Mary Harris, the host of Only Human, check out something called laughter yoga.

Darwin’s Life in Verse

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Charles Darwin’s great-great-granddaughter Ruth Padel writes poetry inspired by the life and contradictions of her famous ancestor.

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