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, ...

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 ...

Finding women’s contributions in scientific history can be challenging, and not just because there often weren’t many women working in science. In a post for the Google Blog “The Keyword” last month, ...

We may often encounter art as an interpretive device as we study science topics. From very young students to adult learners, we humans find illustrations to be a form of information that is easy to ...

Hopefully the reader can be more surprised by jokes that come out of the sober world of laboratories, charts, formulas, experiments, machines and diagrams.” ...

Q. How did you get interested in this field? A. When I was an undergrad, I was in architecture. I decided that wasn’t for me, but I wanted to still do something with art. A friend was going into ...

Have you ever wondered who is responsible for pictures in your biology textbook, the iconic teeth sculpture in your dentist's office, or the anatomy textbooks for medical students? Medical ...

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 ...