Science

July 4, 2025

Musical Composer’s Brain Matter Is Still Making Music Three Years After His Death

What if death weren’t the end for human creativity, but instead the catalyst for a new kind of art? Revivification is a haunting and immersive installation created in collaboration with the late American composer Alvin Lucier that probes the liminal space between life and the afterlife. Speculative science fuses raw emotion to create a piece that invites us to question not just how far creativity can go, but whether it even should go that far.

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June 25, 2025

Sir David Attenborough Narrates Immersive ‘Our Story’ Experience at London’s Natural History Museum

London’s Natural History Museum has recently opened an immersive experience featuring the legendary Sir David Attenborough. Titled Our Story with David Attenborough, the 50-minute-long presentation brings the walls and floor of the Jerwood Gallery to life. It’s teeming with 360 degrees of animations, projections, and real-world footage, all narrated by Attenborough and accompanied by a score from Tony Award and Olivier Award-nominated composer Nick Powell. This incredible exhibition takes visitors down a narrative path.

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June 19, 2025

Astronomers Reveal Stunning Thousand-Color Photo of Nearby Galaxy

Thanks to the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers have created a thousand-color image of a nearby galaxy. The Sculptor Galaxy, also called NGC 253, is located 11 billion light-years away from us and can easily be viewed in the Southern Hemisphere with binoculars. But you've never seen it quite like this before. In a stunning high-definition photograph, astronomers have revealed previously hidden parts of the galaxy.

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June 13, 2025

The Science of Frisson: Why Music and Other Art Forms Can Give You Goosebumps

There are certain experiences that, no matter the language, country, or culture, prove to be profoundly universal. One such experience is the pleasure derived from visual art, films, and music—a pleasure that, for some, manifests itself not only emotionally, but within the body as well. Meaning “to shiver” in French, “frisson” refers to the chills that may occur when encountering a particularly compelling and evocative piece of art.

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