Art Meets Science
Photo Competition Highlights Splendor of Earth’s Ecosystems
The winning and commended images of BMC Ecology’s fifth annual photo contest are now available online
Reach Out and Touch This Virtual Reality Art Installation
"The Sands," currently on view at Essex Flowers, projects elaborate creations in a physically empty space
Fifty Years Later, Remembering Sci-Fi Pioneer Hugo Gernsback
Looking Back on a Man Who Was Always Looking Forward
The Lady Anatomist Who Brought Dead Bodies to Light
Anna Morandi was the brains and the skilled hand of an unusual husband-wife partnership
This Bridge Transforms Data on Weather, Traffic and Twitter Rants into a Beautiful Light Display
The Jacques Cartier Bridge in Montreal lights up the skyline with the mood of the city
Diverse Splendor of Birds on Display in Audubon Photo Competition
100 of the top submissions can now be viewed online
Is Jupiter the "Star" in Lord Byron's Famous Poem?
According to astronomer Donald Olson, the brilliant star described in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage is actually a planet
These Fanciful Microbes Need Your Coloring Skills
A vast microscopic world writhes around you. Now a coloring book lets you bring wee beasts and beauties to life
3-D Reconstruction Reveals Face of 500-Year-Old Irishman
The image offers a rare portrait of an ordinary Dubliner
Art Installation Recreates the Smell of Cities Around the World
The Pollution Pod project emphasizes the unequal air quality divide between rich and poor cities
What Happens to Fiction When Our Worst Climate Nightmares Start Coming True?
Movies, books and poetry have made predictions about a future that could be rapidly approaching
How Polar Bears Became the Dragons of the North
Renaissance maps depicting the “white bears” say more about our own fears and fantasies than about the predators themselves
How the First Female Photographer Changed the Way the World Sees Algae
The groundbreaking photo book by Anna Atkins, a 19th-century British botanist, is going on display in the Netherlands
Supercomputers Create Breathtaking Simulations of Spiral Galaxies
The simulations took months of modeling to complete—and the results can help scientists learn about the formation of galaxies
Researchers Create Color Images With Bacteria
The art is done by inserting 18 genes into E. coli
New App Makes It Easier to Colorize Old Photos
The software combines human input and a sophisticated neural network to make historical images pop
Distraction May Make Us Less Able to Appreciate Beauty
Truly experiencing the beauty of an object could require conscious thought, vindicating the ideas of Immanuel Kant
These Haunting Photographs Call Attention to Plastic Trash Swirling in the Ocean
Award-winning photographer Mandy Barker explores the beauty and tragedy of marine plankton and plastic waste
Crayola to Debut Crayon Inspired by New Shade of Blue
The YInMn pigment was accidentally discovered by a chemist in 2009
In the Early 20th Century, the Department of Tropical Research Was Full of Glamorous Adventure
A new exhibition features 60 works by artists the New York Zoological Society department hired to help communicate field biology
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