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 ...

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I realize that you can do all this in Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator (you can do probably everything imaginable in those), but I really find them a pain to use. I am the type of person who hates not ...

At the University of Wyoming, we are very fortunate to have a resident expert on using drawing to learn. Her name is Bethann Merkle and as you begin your consideration of drawing as a tool to ...

Visualize your Science offers courses in visual communications for scientists who are looking to communicate their research more effectively. AZoMaterials spoke to Andreas about the importance of ...

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.

Calyces (left) resemble the base of flower petals. These cells help the brain perceive sound and locate where it's coming from. On the right, the labyrinth of the inner ear, which contains the sensory ...

Scientific manuscripts are full of images. Since the birth of the life sciences, these images were in a form of hand drawings, with great examples from da Vinci, Hooke, van Leeuwenhoek, Remak, Buffon, ...

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 ...

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 ...