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.

A Chinese ink painting of a farmer leading an ox across a bridge, followed by a boy with a bamboo basket on his back made the cover of an October issue of Structure, a United States-based Cell Press ...

Doodle learning Learning science should involve drawing as well as writing, reading and talking, say experts. Science educator Professor Russell Tytler of Deakin University and colleagues lay out ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Science teachers may want to add doodling to their lesson plans, say researchers who found the ...

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 ...

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 ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. When testing a new pen, Leonardo da Vinci was in the habit of scrawling the phrase dimmi — tell me.

The 2017 Pantone Color of the Year is Greenery. Every year the Pantone Color Institute nominates a colour of the year. It is “A symbolic color selection; a color snapshot of what we see taking place ...

The March for Science returned on 14 April for its second year, with marches and rallies planned for 200 cities worldwide. Last year’s march was one of the largest public displays of support for ...