在作品成型之前
Jiyong Lee 谈 Nancy Yu 作品《玻璃之冠》（Crowns of Glass）中的张力 见证一部作品从无到有的成长，会让人产生一种特殊的关注感。Jiyong Lee 是南伊利诺伊大学艺术与设计学院教授，他…
Before the Work Knew What It Was
There is a particular kind of attention that comes from having watched a work grow. Jiyong Lee, Professor of Art and Design at Southern Illinois University, served on Nancy Yu’s thesis committee — which means he encountered Crowns of Glass not as a stranger walking into a gallery, but as someone who had…
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丰饶之逻辑
雅各布·邦格斯博士，悉尼大学。摄影：Stefanie Zingsheim / University of Sydney. 前印加时期的沿海文明如何将海鸟、土壤与玉米转化为持久的权力体系 编者按 最精彩的对话，往往从思考的…
The Logic of Abundance
Dr. Jacob Bongers, University of Sydney. Photo: Stefanie Zingsheim / University of Sydney. How a coastal civilization before the Inca transformed seabirds, soil, and maize into a system of enduring power Editor’s Note The best conversations often begin mid thought. Dr. Jacob Bongers, digital archaeologist at the University of Sydney and Visiting Research Fellow at
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智能架构
Self portrait, Image credit: Ramsey Wilcox 为什么心智的统一性来自大脑整体结构，而不是某个单一脑区 编者按 在现代神经科学的长久历史中，对智能的探索始终被视为一场绘制大脑图谱的尝…
光落羽间
光落羽间 刘奋强的获奖摄影作品《抵达》背后的故事 《抵达》，2026年世界自然摄影奖，鸟类行为组金奖。 每 年一月底至二月初，许多大白鹭都会聚集在美国Kraft Azalea Garden，开启它们的繁殖季节。它们如期而…
Where Light Meets Wings
Each year, from late January to early February, Great Egrets gather at Kraft Azalea Garden in Central Florida, marking the beginning of their breeding season. Their timely return always fills me with excitement—it means I once again have the opportunity to capture fleeting, poetic moments in nature…
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永恒不变之分子
Holly Rucker，威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校细菌学系 Kaçar 实验室博士候选人。她的研究论文 “Resurrected nitrogenases recapitulate canonical N-isotope …
The Molecule That Did Not Change
Holly Rucker, doctoral candidate in the Kaçar Lab, Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her study “Resurrected nitrogenases recapitulate canonical N-isotope biosignatures over two billion years” was published in Nature Communications on January 22, 2026. Photo: Kaçar Lab, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Holly Rucker on resurrecting a 3.2-billion-year-old enzyme, reading life from rocks, and what it
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以光解读大脑
黄声希教授，莱斯大学电气与计算机工程及生物工程副教授，领导 SCOPE 实验室。在那里，光成为读取细胞分子生命的一种语言。 图片来源：Jeff Fitlow / Rice University 王子洋，莱斯大学电气与计算…