Blog Profile / CultureLab
| URL : | http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Academics / General Science | |
| Posts on Regator: | 672 | |
| Posts / Week: | 6.4 | |
| Archived Since: | June 20, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
CultureLab is moving - but not far
CultureLab is moving from a blog to a new section, all the better to bring you the best from that fabulous place where books, arts and science intersect
Time to get tough on the physiological causes of crime
In The Anatomy of Violence, Adrian Raine makes a strong case – often based on his own research – that distinct biological traits shape criminal behaviour
Alan Turing musical is a surprise success
A musical examination of computer pioneer Alan Turing's life is a subtle rendition of a complex and sensitive story
Kids befriend robots at Cambridge science fair
Children show how robot-human interaction will work at this year's Cambridge Science Festival in Boston
What outsiders can teach us about creativity
Two London exhibitions present extraordinary examples of "outsider" art and science
Environmental art of loss and wonder
A new exhibition by artist Janet Laurence captures our troubled relationship with ecosystems with powerful, unusual techniques
Get off my back! How to reduce your stress levels
Two opposing strategies for dealing with the stress of modern life have been put forward by Dana Becker and Marc Shoen, but which is best?
London's date with the fun side of brain science
You've got only two days left to explore the fun side of neurology at London's Barbican Centre
Real life with robots in 20 and 200 years
C-3PO and the Borg inspired Illah Reza Nourbakhsh to imagine the reality of living with robots. The plausible scenarios of Robot Futures are the result
Time for economics to shed its fanciful past
Make way for the physicists! Economics is finally becoming an enlightened science, say new books by Mark Buchanan and James Owen Weatherall
Pictures of life in Cray's supercomputer town
Commissioned to photograph the Cray supercomputer plant, Lee Friedlander captured more than just the technology with his unconventional photographs
Has technology forced us into a 'present shock'?
In Present Shock, Douglas Rushkoff says everyday technologies have destroyed our sense of perspective, but his insights need better backup
Our enduring love affair with 'flying jewels'
The Sensational Butterflies exhibition in London and a new book, Butterfly People, explore our fascination with these gorgeous insects
Can there be an algorithm for every human desire?
In The Golden Ticket: P, NP, and the search for the impossible, Lance Fortnow finds deep implications for our future in an esoteric mathematical problem
The promise and perils of a datafied world
Big Data: A revolution that will transform how we live by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Kenneth Cukier alternates enthusiasm and apocalyptic caution
Design Oscars: and the nominations are?
Visit London's Design Museum to check out the innovative nominations for its Designs of the Year awards
Architecture between fiction and reality
The visionary architecture of Lebbeus Woods is more potent than science fiction because it comes with blueprints and models
Women in engineering – a real global challenge
If the Global Grand Challenges Summit is anything to go by, we may need to spend billions getting more women into engineering
The radioactive legacy of the search for plutopia
Cold war dreams of producing nuclear bombs fuelled shocking radiation experiments by US and Soviet governments, reveals Kate Brown's Plutopia
The role of luck in a eureka moment
Science keeps quiet about luck, but discovery relies on it – and we can generate more by bringing creative ideas from all quarters into the mix