culture Friday

At Hampshire College, students and faculty use the amoeba Physarum polycephalum—both a “visiting scholar” and a model organism—to examine human societal and political quandaries.  

An artist creates images on electrophoresis gels using exhibition visitors’ pooled genetic material.

An ongoing exhibition at Pace University in New York City features paintings and sculptures that relate to math, physics, and biology.

Seattle-based science writers and playwrights collaborated to produce theatrical works in a week.

Artists and scientists collaborate to highlight the importance of insects and arachnids.

Tribeca Film Festival organizers reverse their decision to screen a documentary by discredited researcher Andrew Wakefield.

With a card game, researchers make light of the “wacky aspects of scientific research.”

Artists reinterpret structures built by birds, insects, and corals in a new exhibit.

A new American Museum of Natural History exhibit introduces visitors to the microbes within their bodies. 

Cherished myths and merciless facts clash in a one-act play.

Meet botanical illustrator Mindy Lighthipe, who practices environmental activism through art.

Scientific illustrator Mindy Lighthipe’s interest in insects inspired her to begin drawing plants.

A new American Museum of Natural History exhibit highlights the incredible range of conditions under which life on Earth survives. 

Artist Anicka Yi explores the beauty of bacteria.

A conversation with biophysicist Christophe Lavelle

An artist takes advantage of muscle-mimicking polymers to manipulate sounds.

A film showcasing stunning images of brain structures is lighting up New York City billboards for three minutes each night.

Dean Cercone shares the cortical correlates of his creative process as part of a neuroscience-inspired exhibition.

Through her Street Anatomy blog, medical illustrator Vanessa Ruiz has connected with a diverse array of arists who draw inspiration from the human body.