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November 30, 2018

Stone Age people may have ritually cut off their own fingers

Two French caves contain dozens of prehistoric images of hands that are missing fingers, suggesting people voluntarily had their fingers amputated

June 29, 2017July 4, 2017

Artificially intelligent painters invent new styles of art

Big stylistic shifts in art usually come from genius painters like Picasso – but an AI is being trained to create unconventional pictures of its own

December 20, 2016

How Science Uncovered $80 Million of Fine Art Forgeries

Highly specialized tools sussed out a fake Jackson Pollock and nearly 40 other forgeries created by a Chinese artist in Queens, New York. The post How Science Uncovered $80 Million of Fine Art Forgeries appeared first on WIRED.

September 30, 2016

Using Math to Repair a 650-Year-Old Masterpiece

The author shows how new mathematical techniques can be used to revitalize a 650-year-old work of art. The post Using Math to Repair a 650-Year-Old Masterpiece appeared first on WIRED.

June 25, 2016

A Gold-Leaf Brain Lights Up With the Awesome Complexity of Neurons

"When you have this gigantic thing looming in front of you with the lights draping over it and it’s just exploding with activity, even a little kid can look at that and just be like, 'Holy shit! This is really complicated.'" The post A Gold-Leaf Brain Lights Up With the Awesome Complexity of Neurons appeared first on WIRED.