Not everybody's into chemistry but you have to be a special kind of insane to not have a fondness for the Muppets. This periodic table of Muppetry is a wonderfully organised and colourful take on the history of the form than anyone (with a soul) can appreciate, chem-geek or not. Read More >>

Before computers became the sole progenitors of almost all our visual artefacts, printing was a labour-intensive task that involved applying incredible pressure to inked blocks using machines weighing thousands of kilos. At the Common Press, in the basement of the University of Pennsylvania's Fine Arts Building, artists are still using this outdated technology — right down to ink from the same company Ben Franklin used. Read More >>

You're never really alone on the Internet. Chances are if you're on a webpage, someone else is there too; you just don't see them. It doesn't have to be that way though. "We See in Every Direction" is a web browser you can share with dozens of other Internet denizens all at once. It is the best and the worst. Read More >>

Telekinesis isn't real, but you can fake it if you really put your mind to it. Conceptual artist Lisa Park did just that and surrounded herself with vibrating pools of her own brainwaves. But her final trick, total brain silence, turned out to be just a little too hard to fake. Read More >>

With the announcement that the Xbox One requires Kinect, there's been plenty of outcry that its ever-present robot eyes are creepy. Especially if you want your Xbox in the bedroom. Artist Alejandro Gomez-Arias probably wouldn't mind, though. Hell, he'd probably be into it; he's already starred in his own Kinect porn. Read More >>

It's sometimes easy to forget when you're watching an animated movie just how complex the underlying technology is. In this video, Steve Carell explains the 3D animation processes involved in taking an idea from the storyboard to the movie theatre. Read More >>

You know a meme when you see one. Silly image. Impact font. Chortling punchline. You know when something goes viral on the Internet too. It's all over Facebook. Every site you go to has a post about it. You keep seeing it for three weeks. But you've never seen memes and Internet viral hits like this. This is art. Read More >>

There's a strong probability you'd go crazy living inside of an egg, despite the fact that you actually came from one. But artist Stephen Turner is up to the challenge. Starting this month, he'll be taking up residence in the Exbury Egg, a self-sustaining studio/home/boat/monument to fertility, for the next 365 days. Read More >>

Inside Mansudae Art Studio, a 30-acre warehouse in Pyongyang, thousands of North Koreans work to sculpt, paint, and sew the often bombastic monuments that have become synonymous with the isolated country. But increasingly, Mansudae’s artists aren’t just making art for North Korea—they’re making it for foreign countries, which pay millions for their meticulously detailed monuments and sculptures. Read More >>

There's an ludicrous amount of video being pirated around the world, all the time—even as you read this very post. It travels from peer to peer, bit by bit, in little garbled jumps. This installation, called "Pirate Cinema," shows exactly what's being pirated, and where. All in real time. Read More >>

Next time someone offers you a glass of wine, refuse unless its presented from a carafe as incredibly attractive as this. Read More >>

The term "landscape photography" usually conjures up visions of green vistas and sublime natural landscapes. But photographer Toshio Shibita takes a different approach in his series, Constructed Landscapes. Rather than focusing on what's natural about the landscape, he focuses on how humans have changed it. Read More >>

We've seen scads of hyperrealistic paintings that trick our minds — but what about brain-befuddling sculptures? Meet Australian hyperrealist sculptor, Ronald "Ron" Mueck, who uses silicone and mixed media to create shockingly lifelike figures. Read More >>

Beta-Carotene, as far as I’ve known since I slogged through 8th grade biology, is a pigment that gives sweet potatoes and carrots their colour. But since it's used as a food dye and plenty of doctors recommend it as a supplement, it’s also the basis for a booming synthetic farming business—one we rarely see, since it’s based in rural Australia. But these photos, by Australian photog Steve Back, give us an unusual glimpse inside the world's largest β-Carotene farm. Read More >>

Did you know that the District line used to run all the way from Windsor to Southend in Essex? Or that the Metropolitan line ran miles outside of Zone 9? Taking the work of Dylan Maryk, a tube enthusiast, Us Versus Them put all the dead or moved stations onto the iconic tube schematic. The result is this eye-opening "ghost" station map. Read More >>