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Telling Science Stories with Poetry, Comedy and Wonder Overview In this episode of The Quantum Spin by HKA, host Veronica Combs takes a deep dive into how to make difficult topics interesting and engaging with Rachel Rayner, Science Explainer. A communicator, writer, and performer, Rachel shares her unique journey of combining science with the arts, [...] The post Podcast with Rachel Rayner, Sci…

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By Leah Metcalf, Doctoral Candidate, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill AbstractScience museum exhibits spark emotions through art. The link between emotional evocation and learning has historically been […] The post Emanating Auras: Art and Science in Museums via a Benjaminian Framework of Science Museum Art appeared first on Civic Science Media Lab .

If you’re a film fan, you might be wondering how realistic the scientific concepts explored in space operas like Star Wars really are. Is Star Wars based on science? Could it really exist? Is the Death Star scientifically possible?  While Original post: The Science Behind Star Wars . No Republication or Redistribution allowed without written consent. Contact ReAgent Chemicals for more informatio…

“I have long envisioned working at the intersection of my two biggest passions: science and music,” says CIERA Post-Baccalaureate Research Fellow Darsan Swaroop Bellie. “I created the Star Eyes Initiative with the hope of giving back to the arts and science communities by further developing music as a means of increasing public interest in science,

“For me, this project is about making science visible in society,” says Herlinde Koelbl, a renowned German photo artist whose portrait series, “Fascination of Science,” is now on display at MIT. Koelbl set herself the goal to photograph scientists and to show their motivation, influences, and ways of thinking — through the eyes of an […] The post Portraiture at the intersection of art, science, a…

Many scientists embrace the artistic medium to infuse new ideas into their scientific works. With science-art collaborations, both artists and scientists challenge their ways of thinking as well as the process of artistic and scientific inquiry. Can art hold a mirror to science? Can it help frame and answer uncomfortable questions about science: its practice and its impact on society? Do artistic…