The Art of Basic Science

To think of them not as fingers

Or, why drawing matters

Sep 3 • 

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August 2025

Stitching things together

Uplifting alternatives to manifesting anxious bunnies

Aug 6 • 

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July 2025

Nearly Forgotten Peter Putnam

More proof that science communication matters

Jul 2 • 

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June 2025

Are You an Artist?

Paintings are how I say I love you

Jun 4 • 

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May 2025

Basic Research is Anything But

Fundamental, yes; boring and mainstream, no

May 7 • 

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April 2025

Making Lemonade

A Random Walk, an 8-Year-Old Drawing, and a Bit of Hope

Apr 2 • 

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March 2025

Back to School

How do you get people to care about something?

Mar 5 • 

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February 2025

The Art of Basic Science enters its terrible twos

And it is cranky.

Feb 5 • 

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January 2025

Homage or Heist?

When is it okay to mimic another artist's style?

Jan 8 • 

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December 2024

What if Leonardo da Vinci had AI?

Dispatches from the Visualizing Science Symposium: The Impact of Art on Scientific Discovery

Dec 4, 2024 • 

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November 2024

Beware the octopus trap

Our hearts and the Electoral College

Nov 5, 2024 • 

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5

October 2024

"These marvelous artistic objects"

How a work of art kept a future Harvard chemistry professor from dropping out of college

Oct 1, 2024 • 

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