What makes art art? Is it the method or the creator? Does it need a color palette and oil paints, or a canvas laid flat on ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is often portrayed in popular culture as an enigma. The rationale is clear: The tiny, remote island in the Pacific features nearly 1,000 ...

Researchers studied drip paintings in the style of Jackson Pollock, made by children and adults. They found that children moved more like Pollock did.

Science continually evolves, moving away from once-accepted theories that now seem outdated. This video explores five ...

That evening, computer scientist Howard Gayle responded with a facetious message titled “WARNING!” He claimed that an ...

In the paper, he also included an equation that would come to be one of the most iconic in history: E=mc². The equation not ...

Can a child paint like Jackson Pollock? Fractal analysis says no. Scientists found age-related balance differences create ...

Where Three Faiths Meet Stone and History The Ellora Caves, known locally as ‘Verul Leni’, aren’t just a collection of ancient monuments, they are ...

With “Crick: A Mind in Motion,” the British biologist Matthew Cobb aims for the tricky “middle path”: a life vivid enough to ...

Today, X-rays are the source of many experiments and medical tests, but it took a long time for humanity to develop proper protections against the powerful energy source. One of the earliest recorded ...

In June we featured an interview with the author Olivia Campbell about her recent book Sisters in Science: How Four Women ...