Universe of Art

Apr 08 2025 52 ep. 16 mins 196

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Meet artists who use science to bring their creations to the next level.

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This Video Game Prioritizes Restoring An Ecosystem Over Profits

Apr 08 2025 13 mins

In Terra Nil, a “reverse city-builder,” your goal is to restore a barren wasteland into a thriving ecosystem.

Revisiting Lessons Learned From World Of Warcraft's Virtual Pandemic

Mar 18 2025 11 mins

In 2005, a software bug triggered a pandemic in the video game World Of Warcraft. It ended up foreshadowing many aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In ‘Common Side Effects,’ A Clash Over An All-Healing Mushroom

Feb 25 2025 11 mins

The show’s starring scientist finds a mushroom that can heal any ailment. But powerful people will do anything to stop him from cultivating it.

A Novel Imagines The Inner Lives Of Astronauts On The Space Station

Feb 04 2025 17 mins

The award-winning novel 'Orbital' explores the inner thoughts of astronauts during a single day aboard the International Space Station.

If ‘Interstellar’ Were Made Today, What Would Be Different?

Jan 21 2025 18 mins

The science advisor for “Interstellar” discusses the film’s impact, and how new information about gravitational waves could have changed it.

A Play About Pregnancy Inspired By Mushroom Research

Jan 07 2025 7 mins

Playwrights and scientists teamed up to create plays based on scientific research. One of them explores pregnancy through fungal computing.

Our favorite 2024 science books for kids

Dec 10 2024 18 mins

You asked for science book recommendations for the kids in your life. Two bookworm experts respond—and share their own favorites.

How metaphors help—and hurt—science

Nov 26 2024 12 mins

Metaphors can help us understand complicated scientific concepts. But they can also have a downside.

How insects changed the world—and human culture

Nov 12 2024 17 mins

In “The Insect Epiphany,” an entomologist explores the history of insects in art, food, engineering, and more.

Intertwining the lives of moths and humans through music

Oct 29 2024 13 mins

A pair of musicians wrote a concept album inspired by moths—and found that humans have more in common with the insects than they expected.