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Underwater writing technique lets you draw patterns in liquids

Now there is a way to use ink to write words or patterns in liquid, much as you might write on a solid surface, and the letters could conceivably last a very long time

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Patterns and letters written in water

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Famed abstract artists capture nature as you’ve never seen it before

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Hilma af Klint The Ten Largest, Group IV, No. 9, Old Age, 1907 Courtesy of The Hilma af Klint Foundation

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Famous Benin Bronzes from West Africa used metal sourced in Germany

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Credit: David Blandy, Atomic Light, installation view, John Hansard Gallery, 2023. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Reece Straw

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Atomic Light review: Solar astronomers rescue an uneven installation

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Images and caption info from the book Your Brain on Art Universe of Water Particles on a Rock where People Gather ? teamLab The interdisciplinary arts collective teamLab created an audience-driven experience in Tokyo called teamLab Borderless that brings the natural world to life. See image E in the color insert. The collective incorporates light, sound, and visual effects that feel as though you are part of the art, and that seem to transcend our normal perceptions of time and place. As you meander through the space, you are able to manipulate the surroundings through touch, and to watch as digital flowers bloom, and die, and bloom again. We often think of ourselves as individuals separate from our surroundings, from nature, but this stunning interactive museum dissolves the boundary between art and the viewer, allowing you to feel your surroundings in a visceral way. Composed of artists, programmers, engineers, CG animators, mathematicians, and architects, teamLab represents the exciting, transdisciplinary collaborations of the future.

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Your Brain on Art review: Fascinating guide needs a bit more science

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The newly discovered Moai statue found on Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island

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Moai statue discovered in a dried-up lake on Easter Island

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Plate, ca. 1885 from the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Open Access collection

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Can AI curate art better than a human?

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Science needs to work with the arts to reach all who could benefit

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Science needs to work with the arts to reach all who could benefit

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Mysterious symbols in cave paintings may be earliest form of writing

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Owl-like engravings from Copper Age may have been made by children

Slate plaques from about 5000 years ago engraved with images of what look like owls may have been children’s artwork rather than funeral offerings, but not everyone is convinced

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Slate plaques with owl-like images

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Filling the internet with AI-created images will harm future AIs

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Shutterstock will sell AI-generated art and 'compensate' human artists

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Don't Miss: In Plain Sight, an exhibition about visual perception

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Who should own the copyright on AI-generated artwork?

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