Arts
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The Visual Language of Crystals
Chemistry becomes art in Thomas Blanchard’s timelapse video -
Hilma af Klint Celebrates the Supernatural in Nature
The Swedish artist’s eccentric botanic illustrations, on view publicly for the first time, weave mysticism with painstaking accuracy -
Poetry Gives Us Power
How Marianne Moore’s poem The Fish helps us see the world more clearly -
Thar Be Monsters
The art of unseen creatures and the dawn of science -
A Sci-fi Artist Who Draws From Real Life
A conversation with artist Yiran Jia. -
This Plaintive Song Is From a Land Without Lullabies
A rare tribe lacks music for dancing or soothing their young ones -
Manta Rays at Play
Underwater, the mantas circled Evie, ready for a game. A work of fiction. -
The Art of the Atomic
James Stanford’s images depict an Earth and sky fractured by nuclear power -
Breathing New Life into Found Objects
A conversation with Nautilus cover artist Katherine Streeter. -
The Language of Tree Rings
Turning tree ring science into art
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Finding Strange Beauty in Food
A photographer and science teacher tells a new climate story about agriculture
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That Healing Sound
When music is medicine. -
Color Makes the Universe
How a flashy opal inspired artist Tyler Thrasher’s new book. -
The Rituals of Art, Science, and Superstition
A conversation with Issue 58 cover artist Ellen Weinstein. -
The Art of Time Travel
“It’s not about what’s out there, it’s about your perception of what’s out there.” -
Subverting Reality Through Art
A conversation with artist Tim O’Brien.