Arts
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Portrait of a Fractured Arctic
What the melting permafrost looks and sounds like to a scientist. -
Fishing Gear on the Fashion Runway
Ghost nets that ensnarl and kill ocean wildlife get an artistic makeover. -
What Should We Do With an Old Sea Shanty?
Grappling with the complicated legacy of an unexpectedly popular musical genre. -
Our National Parks in the Quiet of the Pandemic
While everybody else seemed to be making sourdough bread, 70-year-old photographer Andy Katz hit the road to capture “America’s greatest idea” in a new light. -
When Fire Feeds Fire
This winning image of a match catching fire brings to mind the wildfires engulfing our increasingly flammable world. -
Think You Know What Somebody Is Thinking?
“Theory of Mind,” meet Henry James. -
The Creeping Techno-Horror of “The MANIAC”
Benjamín Labatut’s latest novel excavates science history to hint at the madness of AI advancement at any cost. -
The “Tortured Artist” Inside All Of Us
A conversation with issue 51 cover artist Jennifer Bruce. -
What Will Justice for Climate Change Culprits Look Like?
A new novel grapples with vengeance toward global warming’s worst offenders. -
What an Artist Sees in the Deep Sea
Carlos Hiller paints the astonishing life of seamounts.
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Talk About the Passion
Scientists on the art that has inspired them. Artists on the science that has inspired them.
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Why Novels Are a Richer Experience Than Movies
Only novels can plumb the depth of human consciousness.
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Why Scientists Should Embrace Their Inner Child
A conversation with issue 50 cover artist James Yang
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Cormac McCarthy Took Us Beneath the Surface
Inside the celebrated novelist’s first and only nonfiction essay.
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Encouraging Conservation Through Communication
Two Jackson Wild fellows on what we can learn from the birds. -
The Human Story at the Heart of Science
How Tangled Bank Studios learned to make science documentaries that feel like feature films. -
Is AI Art Really Art?
What it will mean to be moved by an AI’s mindless creativity. -
What Happens When Icebergs Collide With Art
From DJ Spooky to Herman Melville, artists illuminate the sublime, increasingly transient nature of our planet’s icebergs. -
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.
