Teaser trailer for season four of Star Trek: Strange New...
Teaser trailer for season four of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds . “Space is limitless in its beauty. And in its terror.” (Reminder: they are doing an episode with puppets this season.)
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Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair Returns May 7–10
Connect with 250 international artists, publishers, and booksellers and celebrate the art publishing community at ArtCenter South Campus in Pasadena, California.
Sombrero Galaxy: The Universe’s Dusty Brimmed Hat
An amazing capture of galaxy Messier 104 , aka the Sombrero Galaxy, by the 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera mounted on a Chilean observatory. The Sombrero galaxy (Messier 104) is a galactic masterpiece that captivates scientists and astronomy enthusiasts alike. Its intricate
The Difficult Balance of Intimacy and Independence: Beloved Philosopher and Poet Kahlil Gibran on the Secret to a Loving and Lasting Relationship
"Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls."
Gunfire of the Vanities: Trump Dinner Shooting Defines a...
Gunfire of the Vanities: Trump Dinner Shooting Defines a Violent, Unserious America , “a land where guns are everywhere and a callous elite media dons formalwear to toast its own humiliation by our narcissist king”.
Rachel Mentzer Transforms Discarded Cartons into Dusky Collagraphs
Nature's resilience is at the center of a practice also focused on sustainability and environmental renewal. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Rachel
Daredevil Michelle Khare ran 7 marathons on 7 different...
Daredevil Michelle Khare ran 7 marathons on 7 different continents in 7 days. The first one was on Antarctica .
Moderna developed an mRNA Covid-flu combo vaccine and...
Moderna developed an mRNA Covid-flu combo vaccine and it’s been approved for use in the EU , “but it continues to be shelved in the US, where it was developed”.
Africa’s cultural landmarks: Ọṣun-Òṣogbo Sacred Grove, Nigeria
Deep inside a luscious grove in Nigeria, a community of artists preserves otherworldly monuments to Yorùbá spirituality - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
Giant Buddha Lands in New York
A nude performance, a photography fair turns to craft, and a review of Alice Tippit's erotics
The Black executioner
Medieval artists depicted bodies as vehicles for politics and hierarchy. Repeated enough, these roles began to appear natural - by Denva Gallant Read on Aeon
Warm pistachios
In terms of cost, serving a small ramekin of toasted pistachio nuts is a tiny portion of what an airline spends in transporting someone first class. In fact, it’s such a relatively small expense that it’s easy to simply avoid it. Send the money to the bottom line and focus on
Discover the Copiale Cipher: The Mysterious 18th-Century Book That Took 260 Years to Decode
In the world of cryptography, substitution ciphers are child’s play. Indeed, we may remember literally playing with them as children, writing secret messages to our friends by replacing all the letters with numbers, say, or shifting them one or two places over in alphabetical
When Brazil Built Its Capital on Modernist Principles: The Controversial Design of Brasília
When we think of modern architecture, we often think first of what’s called the International Style, whose minimalist, rectilinear, decoration-free forms were championed by the likes of Walter Gropius, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Le Corbusier. Though they did build projects
The Force and the Flower: Poet and Potter M.C. Richards on Creativity
In a recent conversation with my poetic physicist friend Alan Lightman, sparring over whether the creative spirit can be usefully divided into complementary arts and science (Alan’s view) or whether these are simply different side doors to our ongoing yearning to bridge matter
Grace Against Gravity and the Physics of Vulnerability: How Birds Fly and Why They Flock in a V Formation
“What we see from the air is so simple and beautiful,” Georgia O’Keeffe wrote after her first airplane flight, “I cannot help feeling that it would do something wonderful for the human race — rid it of much smallness and pettiness if more people flew.” I am writing this aboard