May 22 This designer creates jagged sculptures from software errors By Corinne Segal Software errors are front and center in "Constructs & Glitches," a new sculpture series by Christopher Stuart that draws several of its forms from technological mistakes. Continue reading
May 22 Why finding Nazi-looted art is 'a question of justice' By Phil Hirschkorn Holocaust survivors and their descendants have been embroiled for decades in complex legal battles for the art that once belonged to their families. Continue reading
May 20 Watch 6:00 NPR's "All Songs Considered" host Bob Boilen on the songs that change our lives By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 19 Watch 8:39 Our long and winding road to understanding 'The Gene' By PBS News Hour The field of genetics has seen exponential growth in recent years, and today may be on the verge of further breakthroughs that will radically change the way we function as a species. But to understand genetics now, one must first… Continue watching
May 19 Watch 2:57 Pell tells his story through trial, some error — and lots of 'experimental soul' By PBS NewsHour How 'experimental soul' has become artist's guiding force… Continue watching
May 18 Watch 7:13 Step aside Seinfeld — meet Mark Twain, the stand-up comic By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 17 Watch 1:03 Divers find ancient Roman shipwreck — and its treasure — off Israel's coast By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 17 Empowering young girls of color with art that looks like them By Jackie Shafer, WOSU When she couldn't find paper dolls that looked like her, she made her own. Today, Katurah Ariel creates art to inspire and empower girls and women of color. Continue reading
May 16 'Hamilton' creator says 'immigrants get the job done' in UPenn graduation speech By Associated Press Lin-Manuel Miranda says even as politics traffics in "anti-immigrant rhetoric," there is a musical "reminding us that a broke orphan immigrant from the West Indies built our financial system."… Continue reading
May 16 The poetry of simmering Chicago summers By Mary Jo Brooks Parneshia Jones is a child of the North and grandchild of the South, and her poetry reflects that duality. The smells, tastes and sounds of Mississippi and Louisiana mingle with the rhythms and realities of the northern industrial city she… Continue reading