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Nonfacial Portrait review: art fights to save faces and paint over AI

14 November 2018

Artists play cat and mouse with face-recognition software at a South Korean exhibition in the battle to retain a division between humanity and machines

Dawns, Mine, Crystal review – art with a crafty message for science

24 October 2018

Science isn't just there to be useful, it's a kind of craft. That's the take-home message from a leading Korean artist whose new work is shaped by a spell at CERN

Art: Why Tomás Saraceno is floating on air

10 October 2018

Forget doomy "Anthropocene" ideas, if we're serious about saving Earth we need hope, says Tomás Saraceno, the artist whose tetrahedral balloons inspire researchers

Don't Miss: surreal objects, loving termites, and ethical dilemmas

15 August 2018

Visit surreal objects created from old teaching aids, discover why we've got termites all wrong, and watch an ethical dilemma on blood transfusion play out

Don’t miss: Latest Ant-Man film, exoplanets and a mind-blowing podcast

25 July 2018

Enjoy the latest film in the Ant-Man franchise, find out what exoplanets can teach us about Earth and listen to an array of scientific marvels

Don't miss: The story of Ötzi, Kew's summer frolics, and medical 3D

18 July 2018

Explore 3D printing in medical transplants, join some artistic frolics at Kew's Sussex home, and discover history's first unsolved murder case in the film story of Ötzi

Don't miss: immortality in New York, sulphur and science comedy

4 July 2018

Imagine a New York where people live to 300 but want more, enjoy the 100th episode of a hit radio show, and celebrate atomic number 16 at a show about sulphur