ArtsJune 25, 2024
Poem: ‘An Ars Poetica’
Science in meter and verse
Arts
Artificial IntelligenceJune 19, 2024
How This Real Image Won an AI Photo Competition
Nature still outdoes the machine, says a photographer whose real image won an AI photography competition
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ArtsMay 14, 2024
Poem: ‘Chrysalis’
Science in meter and verse
Space ExplorationApril 17, 2024
How Jeff Koons’s Lunar Artwork Could Outlast All of Humanity
How long can humanity’s artifacts endure on the lunar surface? A new installation from artist Jeff Koons is inadvertently putting this question to the test
ArtsApril 16, 2024
Poem: ‘Lucy’
Science in meter and verse
ArtsApril 16, 2024
Contributors to Scientific American’s May 2024 Issue
Writers, artists, photographers and researchers share the stories behind the stories
ArtsMarch 19, 2024
Contributors to Scientific American’s April 2024 Issue
Writers, artists, photographers and researchers share the stories behind the stories
ArtsMarch 19, 2024
Poem: ‘SnapShot, 1968’
Science in meter and verse
Artificial IntelligenceMarch 11, 2024
This Computer Scientist Seeks a Future Where AI Development Values Copyright
The new nonprofit Fairly Trained certifies that artificial intelligence models license copyrighted data—which often isn’t the case
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
ArtsMarch 1, 2024
Poem: ‘Want’
Science in meter and verse
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