PaleontologyMarch 8, 2024
Meet the Real-Life Versions of Dune’s Epic Sandworms
A Dune-loving worm paleontologist makes the case that worms have been just as important on Earth as they are in the blockbuster film
Arts
Book ReviewsMarch 1, 2024
A Sexbot Gains Sentience in an Eerie New Novel
In a dark thriller, a sexbot questions her owner's demands for love
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Book ReviewsMarch 1, 2024
What Plant Migrations Tell Us about Ourselves
New insights into why animals play, how to hunt an asteroid, and more books out now
ArtsMarch 1, 2024
Poem: ‘Want’
Science in meter and verse
Artificial IntelligenceMarch 1, 2024
Artists Are Slipping Anti-AI ‘Poison’ into Their Art. Here’s How It Works
Digital cloaking tools such as Nightshade and Glaze help artists take back control from generative AI—but they’re no forever fix
ArtsFebruary 21, 2024
Sculptures about to Land on the Moon Join a Long History of Lunar Art
A lunar lander nicknamed Odie carries 125 small moon sculptures by artist Jeff Koons that could become the first authorized artwork on the moon
Book ReviewsFebruary 1, 2024
The Troubling Mysteries at the Heart of Nuclear Bombs
Plutonium-pit secrets, growing up in parallel universes, the strange aftermath of a fictional wildfire, and more books out now
Book ReviewsFebruary 1, 2024
Puns, Pranks and Puerile Humor: Silly Stories about Serious Science
Seventy-one essays of science trivia, from duck penises to hangover myths
ArtsFebruary 1, 2024
Poem: ‘Midlife Calculus’
Science in meter and verse
ArtsJanuary 8, 2024
How I Discovered a Likely Pen Name of Louisa May Alcott
An English scholar’s search uncovered several stories likely written by the author of Little Women
ArtsJanuary 1, 2024
Poem: ‘Baby Crocodile’
Science in meter and verse
Book ReviewsJanuary 1, 2024
How the Moon Shaped Human History, from Religion to Climate
Lunar influences, parallel universes, taking over a dead relative’s online identity, and more books out now