Arts

Science in meter and verse

New insights into why animals play, how to hunt an asteroid, and more books out now

Digital cloaking tools such as Nightshade and Glaze help artists take back control from generative AI—but they’re no forever fix

A lunar lander nicknamed Odie carries 125 small moon sculptures by artist Jeff Koons that could become the first authorized artwork on the moon

Science in meter and verse

Seventy-one essays of science trivia, from duck penises to hangover myths

Plutonium-pit secrets, growing up in parallel universes, the strange aftermath of a fictional wildfire, and more books out now

An English scholar’s search uncovered several stories likely written by the author of Little Women

Science in meter and verse

A tender novel about savoring quantum memory

Lunar influences, parallel universes, taking over a dead relative’s online identity, and more books out now

Some of our favorite stories this year are best told visually