The Watercolor Artist Whose Paintings Help Save Rainforests
Earlier this year, Peru established Yaguas National Park, a 2 million acre Amazonian preserve that’s both a…
This Musician Is Turning Fast-Melting Glaciers Into Slow Jams
Even if you’re aware that glaciers are melting and sea levels are climbing, these facts can be difficult to connect…
Rare Manuscript Exhibit Explores How Climate Disasters Create Monsters
In April 1815, a volcano in the East Indies erupted with cataclysmic force, releasing a plume of ash that circled the…
An Art Installation in the Massachusetts Woods Sheds Light on the Hemlock's Dying Days
Walking among the muted browns and greens and soft contours of shrubs and trees of Harvard Forest’s eastern hemlocks,…
Is This Art Gross?
Screw Rembrandt, Picasso and all that boring old guy paint-on-a-canvas stuff. The future of art is bacteria, ants, and…
NASA's Mars Recruitment Posters Will Convince You to Go Die in Space
Okay, poster. You make a compelling argument—sign us up!
This Google Dream Bot-Inspired Artwork Is Mind Blowing
Last summer, the internet was overrun with six-eyed dog faces, human legs that are actually slugs, and other images…
These Images of Sound Waves in Water Are Hypnotic
It’s natural to think of sound as an exclusively auditory experience. But if you were to see a sound wave, what would…
There Are Some Seriously Psychedelic Bacteria Living on Your Teeth
Like every other surface of your body, your mouth is teeming with a panoply of bacteria. It’s a thought most of us try…
There's Some Complex Physics In These Photos of Ink Falling Through Water
Spherical Rayleigh-Taylor Instabilities, to be exact. That’s what happens when two fluids of different densities…
This Physicist Makes Dazzling Snowflakes in his Laboratory
You might say Ken Libbrecht is into snowflakes. In fact, he’s made a career of studying them in his lab at Caltech.…
This Timelapse Video of Radio Observatories is Just Breathtaking
With gold-plated space telescopes promising to discover distant worlds and unravel the deepest mysteries of the…
Get me to the church on the Moon on time. Mural at Luna 9 in León, Spain. Photo by amateur photography by michel/Flickr.
Welcome to the Future Zoo, Home to a Menagerie of Creepy Mutants
We love to imagine how biotechnology might one day enhance our fleshy bodies, but too often, Earth’s wildlife are left…
These Slow-Motion Videos of Fluids Vibrating on Speakers Are Wonderful
These videos aren't just colorful and fascinating — they're also educational. They're made using just some speakers…
These Amazing Temporary Artworks Are Made Of Sand
When an artist creates a beautiful work of art, she or he usually wants it to last forever — or at least, to outlive…
These Colorful Liquid Droplets Chase Each Other Like Living Organisms
When water hits a glass surface, it usually just spreads itself out. But when water containing the organic molecule prop…
Stunning Timelapses Show The World's Largest Cities From The Air
The greatest cities on Earth are always in motion. Their bustling activity forms a great collective organism, whose…
Lose Yourself In The Captivating Kinetic Sculptures of Jennifer Townley
Netherlands-based artist Jennifer Townley combines wood, metal, and electrical motors to build spellbinding…
Kenzō Tange's Buildings Will Make You Believe In A Better Future
These buildings by Kenzō Tange (1913-2005) look like matte paintings from futuristic movies — but they're actually…