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Can Embracing the Unknown Save Us From Dystopia?

An interview with Daniel Wilson, author of shamanic techno-thriller Hole in the Sky

October 16, 2025

Making Art with Pythons and Lionfish

One artist is raising awareness of invasive species by creating paintings with their discarded remains

October 10, 2025

What Makes an Opera Star Stand Out?

A singular quality unifies favorites

September 17, 2025

The Female Artist Who Showed How Plants and Insects Relate

Her illustrations had a lasting impact on future botanical artists

August 29, 2025

The Pleasure of Patterns in Art

The interplay between repetition and variation is central to how we enjoy creative work

August 25, 2025

Origami Fit for the Cosmos

The traditional art of paper folding has long been used in space, but new flower-like patterns could be game-changers

August 22, 2025

How to Restore a Rembrandt

It takes more than good chemistry

August 12, 2025

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