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Ai-Da robot standing in front of two of its paintings at the United Nations

A humanoid robot’s painting called ‘AI God’ may sell for over $120,000

Dataset relating to "Corpus: Omens and Portents"

Do AI-generated images have the capacity to further estrange, if not profoundly alienate, us from the world?

By Anthony Downey / MIT Press Reader

The latest emojis feature a mushroom, a phoenix, a lime, and more inclusive family options

The latest emojis feature a mushroom, a phoenix, a lime, and more inclusive family options

Man waiting for new Microsoft default font

Get ready for Aptos, Microsoft’s new default font

OpenAI argues it is ‘impossible’ to train ChatGPT without copyrighted work

The Beatles, English music group

Listen to ‘Now and Then’ by The Beatles, a ‘new’ song recorded using AI

Robotic origami microflier

Microflier robots use the science of origami to fall like leaves

MIT kirigami tentacle scultures

The latest kirigami-inspired engineering materials are also works of art

large dinosaur skull sits in storage area

Museums are filled with fake dinosaur fossils. See what it takes to make those replicas.

By Riley Black, Theo Stroomer

Arco del Tiempo (Arch of Time) mockup

This art installation will tell time and produce solar energy

By Sara Kiley Watson

A hand wearing a smart glove playing keyboard next to computer readings of movements

This AI-powered glove could help stroke patients play the piano again

A fresco painted on a wall in the ancient city of Pompeii that depicts a focaccia with fruit and possibly pesto sauce on it. It is served on a silver tray and has a wine chalice next to it.

A fresco discovered in Pompeii looks like ancient pizza—but it’s likely focaccia

By Laura Baisas

Two dancers wearing Jizai Arms wearable robotic appendagees

These wearable cyborg arms were modeled after Japanese horror fiction and puppets

A person sitting on a light green couch reading a book, viewed from above.

StoryGraph is a comprehensive book-tracking app for all sorts of readers

Off-putting AI generated hands

AI is trying to get a better handle on hands

Midjourney fake image of Pope Francis wearing white puffer jacket

Why an AI image of Pope Francis in a fly jacket stirred up the internet

Adobe built its Firefly AI art generator to avoid bias and copyright issues

Adobe built its Firefly AI art generator to avoid bias and copyright issues

By Harry Guinness

Beech mushrooms growing on a substrate against a gold background

How to use the power of mushrooms to improve your life

By Julia Craven

Robot painted portrait of Frida Kahlo

This robot can create finger paintings based on human inputs

Screenshot from Netflix anime 'Dog and Boy'

Netflix used AI-generated images in anime short. Artists are not having it.

a collage of six plates of agar growing colorful bacteria that has been intentionally grown in artistic shapes. some of the plates include representations of jellyfish and neurons. there's also abstract art like two plates representing a connection between mother and child

These intricate ‘living’ paintings are teeming with microscopic organisms

deviant art's dreamup AI generator tool

DeviantArt’s AI image generator aims to give more power to artists

By Helen Bradshaw

Multiple sets of footprints on desert sand dunes as sun sets on horizon

Moderators ban AI-generated artwork from ‘Dune’ subreddit

AI generated comic book artwork of alien planet's blue forest

Graphic novel with AI-generated art gets unprecedented copyright

A person on a laptop playing with Craiyon, one of many free AI tools.

The best free AI tools you can try right now

The Craiyon interface, showing a courtroom sketch of a sperm whale vs. a giant squid

5 ways to get Craiyon, formerly Dall-E mini, to bend to your will

By John Kennedy

The best monitors for graphic design

The best monitors for graphic design

By Gabriel Morgan

Wooden lacquer-painted tray by Mexican artist José Manuel de la Cerda depicting a war scene at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Classic Mexican art stood the test of time with the help of this secret ingredient

By Maggie Galloway

Rembrandt's oil painting "The Night Watch" restored and broken down into six high-res squares

AI turned a Rembrandt masterpiece into 5.6 terabytes of data

By Purbita Saha

a human's hands hold a metal rod as they manipulate a rounded piece of orange glass

How glassblowers turn silica, soda ash, and lime into stunning works of art

By Rachel Feltman

A person using a stylus on a tablet to draw an image.

Pour all your creativity into digital art with these drawing tools and apps

Grime-loving bacteria could save priceless art

By Erin Fennessy

bulge-dots-illustion

Want art you can’t look away from? These 5 visual illusions will entrance your mind

By Maridel Reyes

A human stands at the mouth of a cave looking outside.

A discovery found in Germany’s ‘Unicorn Cave’ hints at Neanderthal art

view of yosemite valley from the valley floor

Why is watching Bob Ross paint so dang soothing? We decided to investigate.

an old photo of a man running barefoot on a green illustrated background

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

How Abebe Bikila won the Olympic marathon without shoes

By Popular Science Team

a portrait photo of a woman

6 common photography mistakes to avoid

By Harry Guinness

an old drawing of a kitchen with a large open fire and a small dog running on a mill-like wheel to turn the spit

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

This dog was genetically engineered to be a kitchen appliance

By Popular Science Team

How to declutter your kids’ artwork while keeping what matters

How to declutter your kids’ artwork while keeping what matters

By Jean Levasseur

A person putting an Apple Pencil on a blank iPad Mini screen.

NFTs are blowing up the digital art and collectibles worlds. Here’s how they work.

By Stan Horaczek

a bowl of tofu and a glass of soy milk on a white marble counter, with dried soybeans scattered around the surface

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Eating soy does not make men grow boobs

By Popular Science Team

Best Drawing Tablets

The best drawing tablets

By Terri Williams

Naked woman statue in garden.

What archaeologists got wrong about female statues, goddesses, and fertility

By Annalee Newitz

A Hirox digital microscope capturing images of a famous painting.

Check out this 10-billion-pixel, 3D panorama of an iconic painting

By Stan Horaczek

Lucy Engleman illustration

The famous Nazca lines aren’t mysterious—but they are ingenious

By Sara Kiley Watson

Parents and two kids on New Year's in party hats and sparklers

Make your own New Year’s ball, and 4 other family party ideas

By Purbita Saha

Make magical scratch-and-sniff holiday cards with the kids

Make magical scratch-and-sniff holiday cards with the kids

By Sophie Bushwick

An illustration of a male wild turkey with two hens

Three love stories about birds that will delight your heart

By Laura Erickson

Pamela Smith in her lab

This scientist studies alchemy to turn historical handicrafts into modern innovations

By Kate Baggaley

How do we know what dinosaurs looked like?

By Sara Chodosh

A panel from a comic strip about CO2 emissions and global heating

Are we irreversibly screwed on climate change? This comic gives perspective.

By Matteo Farinella and Jeremy Deaton/Nexus Media News

Mammoth Bison carved illusion

This ancient optical illusion is a 14,000-year-old puzzle

By Tom McNamara

Flower arrangement

The tricks to keeping flower arrangements gorgeous for as long as possible

By Christin Geall

Hands aligning frame on the wall

How to print and frame a photo that deserves more than Instagram

By Harry Guinness

The artist responsible for those gold-leafed Nobel portraits would like to paint something other than old white men, please

The artist responsible for those gold-leafed Nobel portraits would like to paint something other than old white men, please

How humans created color for thousands of years

How humans created color for thousands of years

By Eleanor Cummins

Make cufflinks from upcycled materials and look like a boss

Make cufflinks from upcycled materials and look like a boss

The weirdest things we learned this week: Feminist butter sculptures and America’s first favorite pastime

The weirdest things we learned this week: Feminist butter sculptures and America’s first favorite pastime

By Popular Science Team

The weirdest things we learned this week: Victorian sex drugs and deadly milk injections

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: Victorian sex drugs and deadly milk injections

By Popular Science Team

How to make pottery from scratch

How to make pottery from scratch

By Ilana E. Strauss

Google Docs anonymous animals ranking auroch axolotl kiwi quagga quokka blobfish

The 7 best Google Docs anonymous animals, ranked

By Eleanor Cummins

a painting of people dancing

The weirdest things we learned this week: starting fires with astronaut farts and dancing yourself to death

By Rachel Feltman

Georgia O'Keeffe Pedernal art painting material science

Art gets ‘caldera-like’ acne, too. This tool could help clear it up.

By Eleanor Cummins

Mona Lisa cracking paint close-up eyes

Museum air can make you feel better. Here’s how to get it at home.

By Eleanor Cummins