Fractal MysteriesScientists Discover the Function of Heart Fibers First Illustrated by Leonardo Da Vinci Researchers utilized 25,000 MRIs of the heart to understand myocardial trabeculae's role in blood flow and heart health. By Aditi Murti
Anything For ArtThe Buzz Cut: Grimes Is Selling Her Soul For Her Art, Literally Plus, how Amy Cooper and the phenomenon of white fragility took centerstage in the racism debate in the U.S. By The Swaddle Team
For Art's Sake100,000 Mongooses Are Killed in India Each Year so We Can Have Paintbrushes Mongoose-hair brushes continue to be in high demand because of how fine they are. By Pallavi Prasad
Laurels Not LabelsWill Making Acting Awards Gender Neutral Make Them More Equitable? Removing the binary of male-female awards will help queer artists -- but it also might mean men win all the awards. By Rajvi Desai
Chup Chup Aahein Bharna KyaIndia Has Often Appropriated, Seldom Appreciated, Its Courtesan Culture Courtesans have been instrumental in creating space to live and love outside of society's boundaries By Shreya Ila Anasuya
One-Eyed MonsterHow Indian Photographers Are Subverting the ‘Male Gaze’ in Their Art Artists are increasingly portraying the "female gaze" instead -- but even that doesn't go far enough. By Alina Gufran
Queen of Side-eyeScientists Prove the “Mona Lisa” Doesn’t Actually Follow You With Her Eyes What a buzzkill. By Liesl Goecker
Schooled14‑Year‑Olds Running Slam Poetry Workshops Prove Arts Education Shouldn’t Be an Afterthought The Arts build skills like leadership, mindfulness, and communication. By Nadia Nooreyezdan
Embracing ChaosTalking With Alok Vaid‑Menon About Art, Activism, and the Transfeminine Movement "We have been taught to fear the very things that have the potential to set us free." By Nadia Nooreyezdan
Rembrandt WannabeWorld’s First AI‑Generated Portrait Sells at Auction for US$432,500 It's of an old-fashioned white dude. By Liesl Goecker