MacArthur Fellows

James Turrell: Painting with Light

An installation by James Turrell is like a magic trick. He builds structures that seem to contain light the way a cup holds water. His work is sublime, and also difficult to access – often located in remote locales, in private homes, or, most famously, below an extinct volcano in Arizona. But Turrell’s fans are […]

Learning from the global poor

Arts, Culture & Media

Obama’s rock star science team

Environment

MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ Winner Maria Chudnovsky on Graph Theory

New Report Ranks America’s Best Hospitals

The Climate in 2010

Research throughout the past year showed some startling information on the rate and impact of climate change.

Science on Hold

The President continues to do without his choices for science advisors, John Holdren and Jane Lubchenco ?stuck in Senate limbo since anonymous holds were put on their confirmations.

The World

Erik Friedlander

Arts, Culture & Media

In the 1960s and 70s, Lee Friedlander took his family on long road trips across America. The pictures Lee took during these trips established him as one of America’s most celebrated photographers. His son Erik is now an innovative cellist and composer, and his solo record Block Ice and Propane recalls those family trips long […]

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Erik Friedlander