Creativity
“A public awareness of science and design is a necessary tool to empower the positive collective feedback that we trust will help set the right substrate for creativity and innovation.” — Paola Antonelli
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Music of the Spheres
August 17, 2010
The composers of One Ring Zero’s new astronomy-themed album, PLANETS, discuss the scientific inspiration behind their music.
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Symbols from the Sky
July 13, 2010
Heavenly messages from the depths of prehistory may be encoded on the walls of caves throughout Europe.
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Many Minds, One Story
February 02, 2010
Virginia Woolf’s mental illness may have ultimately defined her craft—one that rejected convention in a decades-long attempt to portray the very character of consciousness.
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Life Imitating Life
January 28, 2010
Life, as the expression goes, isn’t always pretty. But with a few tricks of the lab, life in its simplest, single-celled forms can be manipulated into a thing of preternatural beauty.
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Nonlinear Relationships
January 26, 2010
In mathematician Steven Strogatz’s recent book, friendship and integrals collide, yielding a math story of unusual poignancy.
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When Science Asks, “What If?”
January 18, 2010
The visions of tomorrow inspire the actions we take today. Science fiction is as much a reflection of society's deep fascination with science as it is an agent of change for its future course.
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The Wagnerian Method
January 04, 2010
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At the Edge of Perception
October 15, 2009
Artist Luke Jerram's work explores the limits of science and art, challenging the boundaries of both.
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Awkward Beauty
October 15, 2009
The Science Creative Quarterly editor on the complicated relationship between science and art.
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The Wagnerian Method
August 20, 2009
Physicists investigate the grand artistic vision of one of the most influential artists of the last two centuries.
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The Rorschach Paintings
August 18, 2009
In creating her new series, Pareidolia, artist and chemist Vesna Jovanovic detected biomorphic and medical forms in blots of ink.
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Building Without Walls
July 09, 2009
A new breed of architectural objects, inspired by theoretical science, is changing how we think about building and what counts as art.
cooperation, creativity, innovation, structure, visualization
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Serious Fun
June 23, 2009
Kodu doesn’t have realistic graphics, huge explosions, or even a way to win. But it just might change the way we think about the world.
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Art Exhibit Links Darwin to Degas
June 06, 2009
A new exhibition reveals the extent of Darwin’s impact on 19th-century artists, from Monet to Rheinhold, and how art, in turn, shaped Darwin.
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Are We Beyond the Two Cultures?
May 07, 2009
Seed celebrates the questions C.P. Snow raised 50 years ago by asking: Where are we now?
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Once Out of Nature
April 23, 2009
Isabella Kirkland’s life-size paintings of exotic, recently discovered species capture a world caught between the joys of discovery and the threat of imminent loss.
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The Synesthesia Census
April 16, 2009
Author and synesthesia expert David Eagleman on subjective realities, the genes behind mixed sensory experiences, and taking stock of the condition that everyone wants.
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After the Fall
April 02, 2009
Alexis Rockman’s latest exhibit portrays a psychedelic, posthuman natural world where our failings horrify but ultimately inspire us.
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Design and Being Just
March 23, 2009
At some point during the show, VL started growing too fast. It was time to stop it. But did that mean killing it?
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A New Picture of the Two Cultures
March 20, 2009
A recent visualization of scholarly research based on online user patterns offers a fresh perspective on C.P. Snow's landmark treatise on science and the arts.
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The Sleep of Reason
March 01, 2009
Bruce Sterling reflects on artist Alexis Rockman's psychedelic, posthuman exhibit Half-life.
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Seeing Antlers, Feeling Dendrites
February 27, 2009
Christopher Reiger’s Synesthesia #1, the fluidity of perception, and how art can express phenomena in a way data alone cannot.
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The Amazing Race
February 25, 2009
The Linguists depicts an around-the-world race to make audio recordings of dying languages, giving us a glimpse of how technology can promote language diversity.
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Neri Oxman: Materialecology
February 17, 2009
The artist looks to biology for inspiration when producing works that mimic forms found in nature.
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The Awe of Natural History Collections
February 12, 2009
Visiting the hidden side of natural history museums, where the vast collections of scientific specimens are kept.
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