Observation is fundamental to science. In fact, one could even argue that science is observation, nourished and channeled for the purpose of better understanding what our world is and how it works.

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American As someone who works at the intersection of ...

Science teachers may want to add doodling to their lesson plans, say researchers who found the freehand drawing may help students learn science. Scientists often rely on visual aids, using drawings, ...

Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia, T. 75, Fasc. 4, Modelos e Metáforas: Arte e Ciência / Models and Metaphors: Art and Science (2019), pp. 2229-2246 (18 pages) This is an attempt to answer the following ...

Scientists often struggle to explain their research to nonscientists, whether it’s at a cocktail party, on an airplane, or when speaking to a journalist. For Julie Rorrer, the struggle began with a ...

Imagine asking a classroom full of elementary school students to draw a scientist. Now try to guess how many of them would sketch a female or male scientist. In the decade that spanned 1966 to 1977, ...

Times readers were invited to share their drawings of the avian life around them. Here are more of our favorites. By The New York Times All through the summer, as part of our birding project, The ...

Join us on March 6-20 for the AI Art Biennale organized by SWPS University in Kraków. The program includes exhibitions, performances, artist talks, workshops, and a scientific conference.

A timely trend in Draw-A-Scientist studies shows children in the US are now depicting more female scientists than ever before. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a ...

The oldest known abstract drawing has been found in South Africa's Blombos Cave -- on the face of a flake of siliceous rock retrieved from archaeological strata dated to 73,000 years before the ...