Arts
Poem: ‘Confluence’
Science in meter and verse
Arts39 articles archived since 1845
Arts
How This AI Image Won a Major Photography Competition
Boris Eldagsen submitted an artificial-intelligence-generated image to a photography contest as a “cheeky monkey” and sparked a debate about AI’s place in the art world...
Arts
AI Can’t Solve this Famous Murder Mystery Puzzle
The 1934 puzzle book Cain’s Jawbone stumped all but a handful of humans. Then AI took the case
Arts
A Sightseeing Tour of the Universe, Mutated Underground Creatures, Boy Raised by Forest Androids, Gigantic Fish, Perfume's Vitality
Reviews from the editors of Scientific American
Arts
Poem: ‘Extravehicular Activity’
Science in meter and verse
Artificial Intelligence
Mystery Portrait May Be a Raphael, Artificial Intelligence Suggests
A mysterious portrait of the Virgin Mary and Jesus may have been painted by the master Raphael, facial recognition finds. But many art historians reject the claim
Arts
Death, Sex and Aliens: A Surprising History of Slime
Sublime slime, sprawling light pollution, harnessing the bioelectricity in our body, and more books out this month
Artificial Intelligence
What an Endless Conversation with Werner Herzog Can Teach Us about AI
An AI-generated conversation between Werner Herzog and Slavoj Žižek is definitely entertaining, but it also illustrates the crisis of misinformation beginning to befall us
Arts
If Future Humans Terraformed a New Earth, Could They Get It Right?
A novel that redefines personhood, greed and despair in biotech, arguing for a singular reality, and more books
Arts
Poem: ‘Weight’
Science in meter and verse
Arts
How Beavers Shaped America, from Capitalism to Climate Change
The sweeping influence of one weird rodent, an ecological thriller, tender essays on deep-sea creatures, and more books out this month
Arts
Poem: ‘Mosses’
Science in meter and verse
Arts
Parasites Revealed to Be ‘Unseen Influencers’ of All Ecosystems
A social history of measurements, an anthology of new speculative fiction, and more books
Culture
How Indigenous Groups Are Using 3-D Technology to Preserve Ancient Practices
To safeguard fragile cultural objects, some groups are replicating them with digital models
Arts
Inside an Arctic Expedition, Natural History of Fragrance, Essays on Places in Peril, and More
Recommendations from the editors of Scientific American
Arts
This New Album Makes Beautiful Music out of Gravity, the Elements and Photosynthesis
The British band the Sound of Science elevates edutainment on its debut
Arts
Poem: ‘The Algorithm’
Science in meter and verse
Arts
Grayscale Lives in a Future Pandemic, Surveilling Memory, Saving Coral Reefs, and More
Recommendations from the editors of Scientific American
Arts
Earth’s Sonic Diversity, Secret Bird Scents, Pandemic-Inspired Sci-Fi, and More
Recommendations from the editors of Scientific American
Animals
New Augmented Reality Models Bring Ice Age Animals to Virtual Life
Researchers want their models to inspire more accurate reconstructions of extinct animals such as mammoths and saber-toothed cats
