Music
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The Wagnerian Method
January 04, 2010
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Czar Wars
September 11, 2009
As a TV pundit takes down one of President Obama’s green “czars,” the US figures out how to pay its way back to the Moon and beyond, plus a nerd-rock band declares “Science is Real.”
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Pluto, David Bowie, and the Flu
August 28, 2009
The president's science advisers tackle swine flu's resurgence while Pluto’s defenders mourn its "demotion," and a researcher writes the perfect Bowie song.
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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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Creation on Command
May 06, 2009
From Jackson Pollock to John Coltrane — how creativity springs from a choreographed set of mental events.
cognition, intelligence, music, neuroscience, research, theory
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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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Painting and the Pleistocene
January 14, 2009
The Art Instinct author Denis Dutton on the arts as evolutionary adaptations.
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Cold Truth
December 17, 2008
At a recent celebration of the International Polar Year in New York, artists and scientists share work inspired by the shifting landscape of Antarctica.
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The Shape of Music
July 09, 2008
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The Listener
October 29, 2007
As Oliver Sacks observes the mind through music, his belief in a science of empathy takes on new dimension.
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The Most Beautiful Painting You’ve Ever Heard
December 13, 2006
Synesthesia makes sense of art and art from sense.
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Blinis, Blix & Bling
December 08, 2005
Now on SEEDMAGAZINE.COM
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World
Press Gang
With New York City about to let bloggers qualify for press passes, a look at what breaking down the walls between old and new media means for science reporting.
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Culture
The Ancient, Distant, and Dead
Inspired by scientific research, Katie Paterson creates art based on data from faraway melting glaciers, long-dead stars, and the initial moments of the universe.
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Ideas
A Sober Assessment
Alcohol is an important part of life in many cultures throughout the world, but there are many misperceptions about this common social lubricant.
