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 ...

Last week, we kicked off a first-anniversary celebration for Universe of Art, our science-meets-art spinoff podcast. A lot of listeners have written in since the start of the podcast, telling us about ...

The sprawling California festival “PST Art” promises a dialogue between “two cultures.” But painting and physics may have more in common than their practitioners know. By Jason Farago One spring ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As a neuroscience and bioscience researcher, I know that scientists are sometimes pigeonholed as white lab coats obsessed with ...

BRIGHTON, UK — Tucked behind an aging mews of terraced houses in the historic city of Cambridge is a hidden modernist science facility. Negotiating tight security and an immaculate grey gravel drive, ...

Pi Day was particularly sweet for Nancy Scherich and her team, whose video, “Math Dance 2,” took first place honors in the campus’s Art of Science competition. Pi Day — March 14 — invites scientists ...

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 ...

A wave of canine-centered stories is capturing audiences by merging personal anecdotes, photography, and scientific research. From heartwarming 'then and now' photo edits to studies on dogs learning ...

A dramatic video that shows the effect solar blasts on Earth’s climate, close up views of the neurons in your brain, and a soap bubbles as seen by a supercomputer are among the winners of the annual ...

INSTAAR's commitment to art + science partnerships helps shift the way people understand climate, ecosystems, and Earth systems; changes behavior; and deeply engages people with our science.

"Business is creative. It's like painting. You start with a blank canvas. You can paint anything, anything, and there, right there, is your first problem. For every good painting you might turn out, ...