Quote for Today: Erwin Schrödinger
The man who has never at any time felt consciously struck by the extreme strangeness and oddity of the situation in which we are involved, we know not how, …
Modern Creation Myth: Thoughts on Abiogenesis by Richard Mans
In our time, the tantalizing mystery of Creation is usually explored through science or religion. Can art provide vision also? This short film, Abiogenesis, by Richard Mans, produced by Fuzzy Realms, …
Creatures of the Wind: Theo Jansen’s Strandbeesten
We are born with the urge to build and make things. What does this creativity tell us about our origins? Since 1990, Dutch artist Theo Jansen has been designing animals from PVC …
Art and Agriculture: Sam van Aken and the Tree of Forty Fruit
Art often grants insight, but can it provide solutions? Creativity meets agriculture in the work of artist Sam van Aken. Sam van Aken is head of the Sculpture Program at Syracuse University, and …
Quote for Today: Dejan Stojanovic
Entering a cell, penetrating deep as a flying saucer to find a new galaxy would be an honorable task for a new scientist interested more in the inner state of …
Quote for Today: Stephen Hawking
There could be shadow galaxies, shadow stars, and even shadow people. —Stephen Hawking
Quote for Today: Tavia Rahki Smith
There are hundreds of billions of galaxies making up the universe. Earth is only one planet of billions orbiting inside just one of these 500,000 billion or more galaxies. And …
Technology in the Home: The Future in Home Appliances from GE
From machines that check vital signs and dispense medicine to laundry stored in compressed pellets, things are changing. Ready? In 2013, GE asked its designers to dream up what appliances …
Bringing Nature to the City: Urban Fog Art by Fujiko Nakaya
Have you enjoyed the magic of a bank of fog, letting it slip around you as surroundings vanish and reappear? Many who experience fog simply find it inconvenient and dangerous. …
Prussian Blue and Early Photography: Following Synchronicity From Diesbach to Anna Atkins
Scientific discovery and artistic innovation often occur together in unpredictable ways. How is this relationship shaped by accident and synchronicity? During the early 1700s, the color maker Diesbach was attempting …