Apply your knowledge and skills to a number of intriguing and complex drawing conundrums. Among a range of projects, create a still life of boxes, translate a complex figure painting into a line drawing, and draw a carefully composed self-portrait. Also consider common pitfalls—and their solutions—in drawing naturalistically..

Follow two lines of research that have put ideas about music’s origins to the test. Start with studies of music perception in monkeys. Then turn to an ingenious experiment with young children, designed to evaluate the theory that musical behavior enhances social bonds between group members..

In this issue of Videofashion Collections, creative director Bill Gaytten looks to the work of Francisco Goya for the John Galliano Fall 2016 collection, and pairs sensual lingerie-inspired looks with tough military references. At Emanuel Ungaro, Fausto Puglisi channels the 1970s with touches of Art Nouveau and Klimt references that speak to his signature free-spirited woman. Get to know one of this season’s popular models, Katie Moore. Plus, designers...

In this issue of Videofashion Collections, check out the best of the Autumn/Winter 2016 New York Fashion Week! With a star-studded cast of models including Lady Gaga, Marc Jacobs shows a darkly lavish collection. Carolina Herrera evokes timeless elegance while still looking to the future for Fall 2016, embroidering her collection with three-dimensional jasmine cutouts that seem to float above the fabric. Holding his runway show in New York's St. Bartholomew's...

Each year, many tens of thousands of new robots are purchased to help us manufacture cars, medicines, and other everyday materials. And it all started with variations on the robotic arm. Here, examine early prototypes of pick-and-place robots; consider the trade-offs between range and control of motion; and ponder how far we’ve come with industrial robotics..

Find that everyday highway overpass bridges are more interesting than they appear. These ubiquitous structures deserve to be admired for their simplicity and practicality. Plunge into the principles of multi-girder spans, and learn that new construction techniques make highway bridges more efficient and elegant than ever..

Relativity was incomplete until Einstein formulated a general theory of relativity that incorporated gravity. See how this breakthrough demolished the age-old idea of gravity as a force, replacing it with the concept of warped spacetime, leading to strange predictions such as black holes..

Conclude with challenging projects that weave together observation and imagination, as well as abstraction and representation. Explore how to develop subject matter and source material for your drawings. Locate areas of personal interest, themes, and ideas to identify the kind of art you want to make and cultivate your own artistic vision..

Arguably the most important area of mathematics, algebra introduces the powerful idea of using an abstract variable to represent an unknown quantity. This lecture demonstrates algebra's golden rule: Do unto one side of an equation as you do unto the other.

Learn about the exciting mission of exoplanetary science—the study of planets orbiting stars beyond the Sun. Review the eight planets in our solar system, which provide a baseline for understanding the more than 1,000 worlds recently discovered in our region of the Milky Way galaxy..