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A Living Gown

Iris van Herpen’s new bioluminescent dress made of algae debuts in Paris

July 29, 2025

Art and Science in a Grain of Sand

Filmmaker Mark Levinson on the kinship between disciplines

July 7, 2025

Lefties Aren’t as Creative as We Thought

In fact, righties may have the edge, contrary to popular belief

July 3, 2025

The Nautilus Summer Reading List

10 of our favorite recent books

July 3, 2025

“There Were Periods When I Felt He Ruined My Life”

Amanda Gefter talks about the exhausting and thrilling decade she spent writing about lost genius Peter Putnam

June 27, 2025

What We Misunderstand About Robots

Sci-fi master Adrian Tchaikovsky on evolution, other minds, and the politics of science

June 20, 2025

Making Art Out of Heartbeats

Allan Kaprow’s <i>Time Pieces</i> invites participants to feel time through shared awareness

June 10, 2025

The Visual Language of Crystals

Chemistry becomes art in Thomas Blanchard’s timelapse video

May 22, 2025

Hilma af Klint Celebrates the Supernatural in Nature

The Swedish artist’s eccentric botanic illustrations, on view publicly for the first time, weave mysticism with painstaking accuracy

May 21, 2025

Poetry Gives Us Power

How Marianne Moore’s poem <I>The Fish</I> helps us see the world more clearly

May 14, 2025

Thar Be Monsters

The art of unseen creatures and the dawn of science

May 8, 2025

A Sci-fi Artist Who Draws From Real Life

A conversation with artist Yiran Jia.

May 2, 2025