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The Cormac McCarthy I Know

The president of the Santa Fe Institute shares his insights into the novelist, with whom he has discussed science, writers, and ideas for 20 years.

November 2, 2022

Fighting Climate Change with Feeling

The 2022 Redford Center Stories film challenge winners believe emotions are the key to get people excited about the environment.

October 31, 2022

Land of Extremes: Poetry of the Sonoran Desert

The language of one of the harshest and most diverse ecosystems on Earth.

July 1, 2022

Feeling Stressed? Read a Poem

The flow of a good poem can synchronize your heart and breath.

June 27, 2022

He Fast-Forwarded Evolution into the Future

Forty years ago, a paleontologist pictured Earth millions of years from now. His vision is a wake-up call for us today.

April 27, 2022

The Art of Ocean Science

On board a research vessel exploring the oceans, these artists found beauty in science.

March 15, 2022

For This Artist, the Sea Is a Never-Ending Story

At port with Kishan Munroe, an artist from The Bahamas.

March 11, 2022

Fantastic Beasts Brought to Life by the Wind

An artist’s moving tribute to nature’s powerful resource.

November 24, 2021

Who Said Science and Art Were Two Cultures?

Revisiting C.P. Snow’s infamous thesis.

November 17, 2021

Your Brain Is Like Beethoven

We survive noise by transforming it into patterns, like composers create music.

October 27, 2021

What Is Life?

An astrobiologist finds the heart of his work in a new novel by Richard Powers.

September 15, 2021

This NFT Painting Is a Work of Art

Machines are the new descendants of Picasso.

August 18, 2021