For some chemists, the next research project may be a collaboration with scientists at the local art museum. Increasingly, staff scientists at museums across the U.S. have been reaching out to ...

In the wake of the recent recession, we have been consistently apprised of the pressing need to revitalize funding and education in STEM fields — science, technology, engineering, and math. Doing this ...

Combining science and the arts is a way to spur student innovation, says Cleary Vaughan-Lee, Education Director, Global Oneness Project. She shares why it is important to connect the two as well as ...

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 ...

Hands-on exposure to the arts may be an essential element in transforming average kids into the likes of Einstein and Sikorsky. That's the thinking at Bridgeport's Discovery Museum, where a new ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about physics, science, academia, and pop culture. The obvious gap in this collection of advice is why science students ...

Art and science are converging at 2024’s PST ART. The fourth iteration of the Getty’s initiative will see more than 70 exhibitions, opening across Southern California over the next five months, that ...

Collaborating on a finely tuned team can feel magical, and the results can be phenomenal. When it doesn’t work, the opposite holds true: Bad teams can suck the life out of the best of us and make us ...

What do ancient cave paintings, Renaissance frescoes and Cubist sculptures have to do with the discovery of the Higgs boson? Quite a lot, says theoretical physicist Savas Dimopoulos. "Why do we do ...

How does technical art history relate to the burgeoning field of heritage science? Has technical art history become part of heritage science? Can both disciplines be considered counterparts within the ...

For Fred Hutch researchers, art and science frequently intersect. Discover the striking images our scientists have captured. These images exceed their role as a medium for communicating information ...

Artist Mark Dion looks at Siena Art Institute student Serena Cestari’s typographic translation of Italo Calvino’s “Invisible Cities.” (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) SIENA, Italy — ...