This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American For today's SciArt Blitz, we're bringing you ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I’ve been a Scientific American subscriber since I was 12 years old, and it helped shape the way I look at the world. SciAm ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...