Photographer Nick Brandt captures haunting images of calcified animals, preserved by the extreme waters of Tanzania's Lake Natron
What is it about that slice of cheesy goodness that makes it such an appealing subject for these artists?
Hart teams up with a Nobel Prize-winning cosmologist to translate light and electromagnetic waves into octaves humans can hear
A new biography of the artist reveals the complex inner life of our greatest and most controversial illustrator
Smithsonian Secretary G. Wayne Clough previews a new exhibit at the American Art Museum
Photographer Martin Klimas sets paint atop a speaker and cranks the volume, snapping shots as the boom of music pulses paint into the air
Biologist Sam Droege's sharply-focused photographs of bees, used for identifying different species, make for fine art
We are not talking origami here. The Colombian artist has created paper sculptures of more than 100 species, and they are startlingly realistic
Dan Corson's latest installation in Seattle—flower sculptures that light up at night—show that solar energy is viable even in the cloudy Pacific Northwest
Cornelia Kavanagh's sculptures magnify tiny sea butterflies—ocean acidification's unlikely mascots—hundreds of times
The photojournalist talks about his Bionic Man assignment and what his plans are for taking over our Instagram account
With the help of a little liquid nitrogen, German photographer Martin Klimas captures the fragile chaos of flowers as they explode
In a new book, documentary and exhibition, photographer Edward Burtynsky looks at humans' dramatic relationship with water
Where is the world's biggest pistachio?
The architectural masterpieces of numerous bird species are the subject of Sharon Beals' latest photo series—on display at the National Academy of Sciences
A first look at the 15,000-square-foot space being built outside of Nanjing, China
A new retrospective highlights the artist’s two, seemingly opposite passions
A Milan-based artistic duo uses color to reveal a series of dreamlike panoramas concealed in white light
The British photographer creates convincing landscapes—deserts and rocky scenes—by piecing together photos of nude models
Graduate student Jason Ahrns and colleagues hunt the skies for sprites—fleeting streaks and bursts of color that can appear above thunderstorms
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