ArtsJune 17, 2025
Poem: ‘Prayer to Fireflies’
Science in meter and verse
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ArtsMay 20, 2025
Poem: ‘An Electrolysis of Brine’
Science in meter and verse
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HistoryApril 28, 2025
This Cutting-Edge Encryption Originates in Renaissance Art and Math
The mathematics underpinning the modern method of elliptic curve cryptography originated with Renaissance architect Filippo Brunelleschi
ArtsApril 15, 2025
Poem: ‘Live and in Color’
Science in meter and verse
ArtsMarch 18, 2025
Poem: ‘Deep Time’
Science in meter and verse
ArtsFebruary 18, 2025
Poem: ‘(origins, positrons)’
Science in meter and verse
NeuroscienceJanuary 23, 2025
The Neuroscience of Severance: What’s Real? What’s Fake?
The hit show Severance can be refashioned as a teaching moment about certain brain disorders. But its famed “innie” versus “outie” conceit is totally bogus
ArtsJanuary 21, 2025
Poem: ‘Mendeleev’s Nightmare’
Science in meter and verse
ArtsDecember 17, 2024
Poem: ‘Cardiac Knotting’
Science in meter and verse
ArtsNovember 19, 2024
Poem: ‘The First Bite’
Science in meter and verse
ArtsOctober 31, 2024
Zoetrope Animation Is Back. Here’s How to Make One
Put your own spin on a zoetrope with homemade drawings—or carve one into a pumpkin
ArtsOctober 15, 2024
Poem: ‘Alfred Wegener to the World’
Science in meter and verse