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The Nautilus Winter Reading List 2025
Ten books we loved to start your new year off right. -
The Math Shows Jackson Pollock Painted Like a Child Would
And that might be what made the artist so famous -
In Awe of Tiny Things
Artist and filmmaker Michael Benson on dung beetles, diatoms, and the human drive to explore -
Can Embracing the Unknown Save Us From Dystopia?
An interview with Daniel Wilson, author of shamanic techno-thriller Hole in the Sky -
Making Art with Pythons and Lionfish
One artist is raising awareness of invasive species by creating paintings with their discarded remains -
What Makes an Opera Star Stand Out?
A singular quality unifies favorites -
The Female Artist Who Showed How Plants and Insects Relate
Her illustrations had a lasting impact on future botanical artists -
The Pleasure of Patterns in Art
The interplay between repetition and variation is central to how we enjoy creative work -
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 -
How to Restore a Rembrandt
It takes more than good chemistry
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Lefties Aren’t as Creative as We Thought
In fact, righties may have the edge, contrary to popular belief
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“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
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What We Misunderstand About Robots
Sci-fi master Adrian Tchaikovsky on evolution, other minds, and the politics of science
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Making Art Out of Heartbeats
Allan Kaprow’s Time Pieces invites participants to feel time through shared awareness -
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