A new monograph reveals Ernst Haeckel’s marvelous work in all its incredible detail. Not all contributions to science come in the form of numbers. For instance, the German biologist Ernst Haeckel’s ...

Black holes have long captured the imagination of both scientists and the general public. These exotic objects—once thought ...

Scientists have often invited the public to see what they see, using everything from engraved woodblocks to electron microscopes to explore the complexity of the scientific enterprise and the beauty ...

A recent news release from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) mentions a project it helped to fund, 'Picturing to Learn.' For this project, college students have to create pencil drawings to ...

Combining science and the arts is a way to spur student innovation, says Cleary Vaughan-Lee, Education Director, Global Oneness Project. She shares why it is important to connect the two as well as ...

For some chemists, the next research project may be a collaboration with scientists at the local art museum. Increasingly, staff scientists at museums across the U.S. have been reaching out to ...

When viewing paintings, people usually focus on what they can see. But often, the stories behind the painting — from how it was made to how it got to a museum — are just as interesting. “On the Same ...

Art and science can seem so different. Scientists work in teams, in the laboratory; their progress is piecemeal and, by-and-large, they know how to measure its occurrence. Art, so often at least, in ...

If a picture is worth a thousand words, creating one can have as much value to the illustrator as to the intended audience. This is the case with "Picturing to Learn," a project in which college ...

Many of the early exhibitions were more typical science-museum exhibitions—hands-on experiments, things you do with your hands, learning through interaction. There was an exhibition about food. There ...

Collaborating on a finely tuned team can feel magical, and the results can be phenomenal. When it doesn’t work, the opposite holds true: Bad teams can suck the life out of the best of us and make us ...