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Is it possible to build a Dyson sphere that isn't catastrophically unstable? New research says yes, but only in one type of star system.

The verbose programming language felt like a universal form of communication—until it didn't.

When I turned forty a couple of years ago, one of the things I did for that milestone was to go through all the journals I've kept from childhood through adulthood. It was a way to do a retrospective inventory at the midpoint of life. In one of my journals from high school, I had […]

New findings from NASA's renowned Galileo mission.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 isn't out until next month, but some would-be players are already mad about its apparent representation of history.

The opera "Primero Sueño" translates Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz's poem about the soul's journey into a musical promenade around the Cloisters.

Whether it's returning series like "The White Lotus, "Severance" and "The Last of Us," or new shows like "Watson" and "Long Story Short," there will be plenty of TV to watch in 2025.

Things I have been working on and thinking about.

NPR's A Martínez speaks with Dutch brothers Lucas and Arthur Jussen about their new EP, Rêve, featuring piano duets by lesser-known composers influenced by — or rejecting — French Impressionism.

Theatre Y's scrappy revival of Eugène Ionesco's absurdist classic feels almost painfully relevant right now.

Dave Malloy's musical, now onstage at Writers Theatre, takes a small section of Tolstoy's War and Peace and creates an emotional cosmos.

Wu-Tang Clan's RZA discusses how Debussy, Leonard Bernstein and Bill Evans inspired 'A Ballet Through Mud,' his first classical music album.

Like a highway system, the vagus nerve branches profusely from your brain through your organs to marshal bodily functions, including aspects of mind such as mood, pleasure and fear.

A course at the University of Chicago taught by Daniel Holz and James Evans considers threats posed by climate change, artificial intelligence, nuclear annihilation, and biological warfare, Rivka Galchen writes.

The artistic community has long debated where the renowned portrait's backdrop is set. Geologist and Renaissance specialist Ann Pizzorusso claims to have tied its location to a city in northern Italy.

India's elections are a glimpse of the AI-driven future of democracy. Politicians are using audio and video deepfakes of themselves to reach voters—who may have no idea they've been talking to a clone.

The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has canceled the company's license because of food safety concerns. Since late March 2024, SFA has received several

Divyendra Singh Jadoun has a catalog of videos, audio, and images on his computer that he promptly presents each time someone asks him about his…

New music from Maggie Rogers, Tyla, Brittany Howard, and SchoolBoy Q showcase distinct artistic evolutions.

By David C. Gross & Tom Semioli  BS: Billy SheehanDCG: David C. GrossTS: Tom Semioli  "When you find one door, open it up! It leads to another world…"  William Roland Sheehan needs no introduction to bassists, nor hard rock aficionados – however such perfunctory salutations are required for the uninitiated.  A virtuoso (tap, shred, effects […]