During his Nobel Prize banquet, Richard Feynman credited his imagination for continuously dumping him into unknown universes where "nature's pattern of beauty and true majesty [were] revealed." He often found this "true majesty" in fractals -- self-similar patterns often studied by Feynman and his f ... More >>
Up in the Air director has a good sense of where he's from and where he's headed
W. Daniel Hillis
The Kirk Douglas Theater prepares to open its doors
Jirayr Zorthian, 1911–2004
Very, very small is beautiful — and controversial
Stephen Wolfram explains everything but the perfect cappuccino
QED offers gags, but not much wit; The Wooden Breeks is both fun and funereal
Rosanna Gamson's Grand Hope Flower; plus, Donald Byrd, Heidi Duckler
