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  • Futures |

    A helping hand.

    • Julian Tang

  • Books & Arts |

    A growing underground art movement combines mathematics, technology, stalks and whimsy. Richard Taylor looks forward to a bumper batch of intricate crop patterns this summer.

    • Richard Taylor

  • Futures |

    Welcome to the twilight zone.

    • Gregory Benford

  • Futures |

    Memories are made of this.

    • Richard A. Lovett

  • Regions |

    Denmark aims to attract international talent through new initiatives and university reforms. Marta Paterlini outlines the strategy.

    • Marta Paterlini

  • Futures |

    Early learning.

    • Julian Tang

  • Futures |

    Virtual success.

    • Giulio Zambon

  • Books & Arts |

    While pursuing his doctorate in dynamical systems, John Sims was drawn to explore the connections between mathematics and art. Now curating a year-long series of maths–art shows at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City, the conceptual artist explains the cultural significance of maths.

    • Jascha Hoffman

  • Books & Arts |

    Daniel J. Levitin enjoys a book that explains how rhythm, pitch and timbre are combined, and why the most delightful compositions balance predictability and surprise.

    • Daniel J. Levitin

  • News & Views |

    Without the trillions of microbes that inhabit our gut, we can't fully benefit from the components of our diet. But cultural differences in diet may, in part, dictate what food our gut microbiota can digest.

    • Justin L. Sonnenburg

  • Futures |

    Different business models for difficult times.

    • Dan Erlanson

  • Futures |

    A fine romance.

    • Julian Tang

  • News & Views |

    A mathematical method has been developed that distinguishes between the paintings of Pieter Bruegel the Elder and those of his imitators. But can the approach be used to spot imitations of works by any artist?

    • Bruno A. Olshausen
    •  & Michael R. DeWeese

  • Futures |

    It's all sewn up.

    • Stephen Gaskell

  • Muse |

    The finding that religion scarcely influences moral intuition undermines the idea that a godless society will be immoral, says Philip Ball. Whether it 'explains' religion is another matter.

    • Philip Ball

  • Books & Arts |

    A restored imperial theatre in China reveals how Western techniques of visual perspective brought by the Jesuits were adopted by an eighteenth-century Chinese emperor, explains Martin Kemp.

    • Martin Kemp

  • Opinion |

    People's grasp of scientific debates can improve if communicators build on the fact that cultural values influence what and whom we believe, says Dan Kahan.

    • Dan Kahan

  • Futures |

    It's no joke.

    • Marko Jankovic

  • Futures |

    A song from the stars.

    • Val Nolan

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