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Why Doesn’t Ancient Fiction Talk About Feelings?

Literature’s evolution has reflected and spurred the growing complexity of society.

April 20, 2017

Drawing Physics

How visualizations deepen our understanding.

February 27, 2017

Video Games Do Guilt Better Than Any Other Art

Game designers can make players reflect on their moral decisions in a way other art forms can’t.

February 6, 2017

Why an Expert on Black Holes Reads the Bhagavad Gita

These ancient Indian traditions have something to teach modern cosmology.

January 10, 2017

How Art Can Make the Data Pop

A new generation of artists breathes life into cosmological data.

December 30, 2016

Will Lovelace and Babbage Save the Economy?

A fictional tale starring the inventors of the first computer.

December 15, 2016

Five Scientists on the Heroes Who Changed Their Lives

Meet the inspiring people—none named Einstein—who helped these scientists find their calling.

The Stars Are a Comforting Constant

A poet blends the personal with the cosmic.

November 28, 2016

What Hollywood Doesn’t Get About Aliens

Movies get alien bodies right, but not alien ecosystems.

November 18, 2016