Lisa Ellis, conservator at the Art Gallery of Ontario, joins us to share her international investigation into the Boxwood micro-sculptures. Crafted 500 years ago, little is known about who made the astonishingly detailed wooden items that often bear a religious theme, and Lisa is working with NASA, the MET, the Rijksmuseum, and other institutions to use X-rays, Micro-CT Scanners, and other technologies to unlock the mystery in time for an exhibition that will debut in Toronto Nov. 5th and then travel to New York and Amsterdam.

www.ago.net/idea-lab

We also look at the Nebula science fiction and fantasy literary awards and the women who swept all the major categories this year.

www.sfwa.org/2016/05/nebula-awa…nners-announced-3/

You can read Alyssa Wong’s winning short story online at
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/hun…ng-mothers/

And speaking of art and tech, I share my experience with virtual reality art software Tilt Brush
www.tiltbrush.com/