Arts
What Is it About Music That Triggers All of These Emotions?
Real feel or social construction? Where does the mood of your music come from?
Ray Harryhausen, the Godfather of Stop Motion Animation, Dies
Producer and animator Ray Harryhausen, who invented a kind of stop motion model animation called 'dynamation,' died today
U.S. Gives Mongolia Its Tyrannosauras Skeleton Back
The U.S. government is returning a Tyrannosaurus skeleton to Mongolia and the Metropolitan Museum of Art is giving two statues back to Cambodia
IBM Engineers Pushed Individual Atoms Around to Make This Amazing Stop-Motion Movie
IBM was the first to draw with atoms, and now they're making them dance
Never Underestimate the Power of a Paint Tube
Without this simple invention, impressionists such as Claude Monet wouldn’t have been able to create their works of genius
How a Pizza Maker Revolutionized the Stunt-Kite-Flying World
First, let's establish the fact that there is something in the United States called the American Kitefliers Association
How Do You Say ‘Star Wars’ In Navajo?
The Navajo Nation teamed up with Lucasfilm to translate the classic space opera
Athletes and Movie Stars Really Do Live Harder, Die Younger
Famous athletes and other performers are more likely to die young than their famous business, political, or academic counterparts.
With New Ban, No More Lions and Tigers and Bears at Circuses
Any animal not normally domesticated in the UK will no longer appear on stage
The Earliest Stop Motion Animations Are Weirdly Wonderful
These animations remind us that you don't need Pixar's budget to make something wonderful
Are Animal Rules for TVs And Movies Strict Enough?
The rules are extensive, but after three horses died in the filming of the HBO show "Luck," some are wondering if they're strict enough
Chins Prove There’s No Such Thing As Universal Beauty
Dartmouth researchers studied chin shapes of 180 recently deceased male and female skeletons from Australia, Africa, Asia and Europe
How to Turn a Paper Image of a Record Into a Beautiful Music
You can't make sounds from books, except when you can
How That Annoying Drone From Inception Took Over Movie Trailers
There's this weird, droney sound that nearly every action movie seems to employ. But where did it come from?
An Artist’s Ode to Plankton, Set to Puccini’s ‘La Boheme’
Instead of singing to Mimi, the poet Rodolfo serenades a giant stalks of human-sized plankton wrapped in plastic pollution
Travel Photography: A Discussion With a Pro About Ethics and Techniques
The author discusses the ethics, joys and challenges of photography with Canadian travel photographer Matt Kadey
It’s Not Just You: Garfield Is Not Meant to Be Funny
Unlike New Yorker cartoons, in which, you are actually missing the joke, Garfield is in fact not even designed to be funny
After Twenty-Three Years, FBI Says It Finally Knows Who’s Responsible for the Largest Unsolved Art Heist Ever
Twenty three years ago today, thieves pulled off one of the greatest art heists in history - and the FBI might have just finally caught them
One Law Firm Really Wants the Met to Change Its Admission Policy
Law firm sues over recommended admission fee--twice
Luxury Home Developer Wants to Tear Down Part of the Berlin Wall’s Remains
Cultural preservation met urban development over the weekend with protests to save the Berlin Wall
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