A new poem by Coleman Barks
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How Do Our Brains Process Music?
In an excerpt from his new book, David Byrne explains why sometimes, he prefers hearing nothing
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The Manhattan Bridge and Brooklyn Bridge of New York City
A submission from the 2010 photo contest
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Yayoi Kusama, High Priestess of Polka Dots
The avant-garde Japanese artist attains retrospective status—and embarks on a fashion collaboration with Louis Vuitton
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Jim des Rivières’ portraits of moths capture the insects’ exquisite patterns
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Making Objects: A Dispatch From the Future of Small-Batch Manufacturing
A pair of young design entrepreneurs are building a small-batch manufacturing company in Chicago
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Science Images that Border on Art
This year’s Wellcome Image Award winners pull at your “art” strings. The curious seek out the science behind them
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Five Banned Foods and One That Maybe Should Be
From maggoty cheese to My Little Ponies to roadkill, some illegal and one legal food items in the United States
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How the Football Field Was Designed, from Hash Marks to Goal Posts
The American football field as evolved over more than 100 years, and with it, the game
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Orlon! Dacron! Antron! The Great American Knits of Fall 1965
As this old newspaper ad supplement shows, in the heydey of synthetic knits, DuPont advanced its chemically made fibers as a key to “Better Living”
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Top 5 “Science Done Right” Moments in Movies
Directors take note: scientist and author David Kirby commends the accuracy in these popular films
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The Pee-Chee Folder: Illustrated by the Most Interesting Man in the World
Illustrator Francis Golden could barely remember the project that became an iconic school supply
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Top 5 “Science Done Wrong” Moments in Movies
From asteroids to cloning, author and scientist David Kirby weighs in
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Stockings Series, Part 3: Ads from the Archives, 1890-1939
For decades, Ivory sold itself as the suds that made legwear last longer
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LISTEN: The Freewheeling, Foot-Stomping Dust Busters
The Brooklyn string band brings it all back home
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In a Van Gogh Painting, the Flowers Are Changing Color
Scientists have figured out why some of the “Flowers in a blue vase” became discolored over time
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Only in New York: The Lady in Lime Green
As models flaunt designer wear during fashion week, a subway rider imparts her own bold style
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How Well Have You Kept Your 2012 Resolutions?
As 2012 comes to a close, our food writer takes stock of his progress on fulfilling his personal promises
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In a new book, botanical photographer Jonathan Singer focuses his lens on the potted plants
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Ten Famed Literary Figures Based on Real-Life People
Who were the sources for characters such as Robinson Crusoe or Dorian Gray?
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