Arts
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The Enemy Made Visible
An artwork, sculpted with science, defines our times.
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Encouraging Conservation Through Communication
Two Jackson Wild fellows on what we can learn from the birds.
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The Human Story at the Heart of Science
How Tangled Bank Studios learned to make science documentaries that feel like feature films.
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Is AI Art Really Art?
What it will mean to be moved by an AI’s mindless creativity.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Land of Extremes: Poetry of the Sonoran Desert
The language of one of the harshest and most diverse ecosystems on Earth.
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Feeling Stressed? Read a Poem
The flow of a good poem can synchronize your heart and breath.
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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.
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The Art of Ocean Science
On board a research vessel exploring the oceans, these artists found beauty in science.
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For This Artist, the Sea Is a Never-Ending Story
At port with Kishan Munroe, an artist from The Bahamas.
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Fantastic Beasts Brought to Life by the Wind
An artist’s moving tribute to nature’s powerful resource.
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Your Brain Is Like Beethoven
We survive noise by transforming it into patterns, like composers create music.
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My Personal Quest to Study Supernovae on Mars
Overcoming sexist naysayers and self-doubt in astrophysics.
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This NFT Painting Is a Work of Art
Machines are the new descendants of Picasso.
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The Natural Harmony of Faces
How the golden ratio might contribute to cinema’s hold on us.
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We’re More of Ourselves When We’re in Tune with Others
Music reminds us why going solo goes against our better nature.
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Film Contest Gives Young Environmental Activists a Voice
Middle schoolers Annabelle VanderMarck and Piper Lasater won the Nautilus Science Prize in the Redford Center Stories film contest.