In 1963, science fiction author Hugo Gernsback posed for Life Magazine wearing a fake mock-up of a tool featured in one of his stories. He called the contraption “TV glasses”. Considering them now, ...

Learn about Violet Dandridge, Aime Motter Awl, Carolyn Bartlett Gast, and Marilyn Schotte: four women from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Department of Invertebrate Zoology who ...

CLEVELAND — The melding of science and art is proving to be an unlikely, but needed partnership as medical renderings become needed more often in the health field. "I can actually go into a scientific ...

Many view the scientific process as a tool to preclude human emotions from influencing the search for truth. But those emotions are essential when it comes time to help people connect to the science, ...

The leading professional organization for natural science illustrators is conducting a survey on how their authoritative Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration is used by professionals and ...

Illustrating Nature, the 18th annual exhibit of artwork by students in the UCSC Extension Science Illustration Program, is on display at the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History May 5 through June 10.

Researchers have always used graphics and illustrations to help make sense of their work. This coffee-table book gathers seven centuries’ worth. By Randall Munroe When you purchase an independently ...

KEARNEY, Neb. (KOLN) - Scientists who want to publish years-worth of research often need images or diagrams to help readers understand their findings. That’s when they call on scientific illustrators ...

Forget partridges in a pear tree or lords a-leaping. The British Royal Society, the world's oldest scientific society, is celebrating the 12 days of Christmas with gorgeous science illustrations from ...

Mae Jemison, “The first black woman in space.” The astronaut is also an engineer and physician who conducted experiments about motion sickness and weightlessness onboard the space shuttle in 1992.

SANTA CRUZ >> In biology, the old axiom “form follows function” means that an organism’s structure is formed in direct correlation to its purpose. Think Darwin’s finches. When it comes to art, utility ...

The leading professional organization for natural science illustrators is conducting a survey on how their authoritative Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration is used by professionals and ...