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2020 in Pictures
This year yielded stunning images of transparent human organs, apex predators, and the world’s response to the ongoing pandemic.
2020 in Pictures
2020 in Pictures

This year yielded stunning images of transparent human organs, apex predators, and the world’s response to the ongoing pandemic.

This year yielded stunning images of transparent human organs, apex predators, and the world’s response to the ongoing pandemic.

art

Image of the Day: Ancient Fiber Technology
Amy Schleunes | Apr 13, 2020 | 1 min read
Researchers discover a fragment of cord between 41,000 and 52,000 years old that points to Neanderthals’ complex cognitive abilities.
Oded Rechavi Studies the RNA Nematodes Pass to Their Offspring
Emily Makowski | Jan 13, 2020 | 3 min read
The Tel Aviv University researcher is interested in how the macromolecules affect the health and behavior of successive generations of worms.
Photos of the Year
Emily Makowski | Dec 26, 2019 | 2 min read
From bubbling plants to endangered whales, here are some amazing images from The Scientist in 2019.
Image of the Day: Sciency Sweater
Emily Makowski | Dec 20, 2019 | 1 min read
An evolutionary biologist knits a festive homage to her research.
a drawing of one of Ruysch's creations, featuring fetal skeletons
Deathly Displays, circa 1662–1731
Sukanya Charuchandra | Dec 1, 2019 | 3 min read
Frederik Ruysch’s collections blended specimens for scientific discovery with macabre art.
Image of the Day: Ochre Paint
Emily Makowski | Nov 26, 2019 | 2 min read
This ancient red pigment came from underwater.
Image of the Day: Painting with Microbes
Emily Makowski | Nov 22, 2019 | 2 min read
See this year’s winners of the American Society for Microbiology’s agar art competition.
Children of Extramarital Affairs Were and Are Rare: Study
Ashley Yeager | Nov 14, 2019 | 2 min read
Using DNA data, researchers track family dynamics in Europe over the last 500 years and find socioeconomic status is related to married women having a child with a man other than their husband.
The Sea and the Science She Inspires
Bob Grant | Nov 1, 2019 | 3 min read
For centuries, painters and poets have looked to the ocean for insight. Researchers, too, have found their muse in the Earth’s salty realm.
Image of the Day: Ghostly Tails
Emily Makowski | Oct 31, 2019 | 1 min read
Planarians are turned into art by a group of scientists and artists.
Image of the Day: Meteorite Under the Scope
Emily Makowski | Oct 1, 2019 | 1 min read
Artist Carol Roullard specializes in microcrystal photography.
Image of the Day: Root Pottery
Emily Makowski | Sep 16, 2019 | 1 min read
An agroecology grad student creates rhizosphere-inspired art.
Bacillus
Could Manipulating the Microbiome of Artworks Prevent Their Decay?
Ashley Yeager | Jun 1, 2019 | 4 min read
Treating the microbial community residing on a painting with probiotics may offer a way to stave off biodegradation, a study suggests.
contributors the scientist 2019
Contributors
The Scientist | May 1, 2019 | 3 min read
Meet some of the people featured in the May 2019 issue of The Scientist.
Contributors
The Scientist | Feb 1, 2019 | 3 min read
Meet some of the people featured in the February 2019 issue of The Scientist.
Image of the Day: Nature by Hand
Carolyn Wilke | Jan 4, 2019 | 1 min read
Scientist D. Allan Drummond’s study of life in sculpture aims to provoke curiosity and wonder about the world.
Painting Dinosaurs, early 20th century
Diana Kwon | Jan 1, 2019 | 3 min read
Charles R. Knight’s illustrations shaped the public’s view of prehistoric life.
Paleoart
The Scientist | Dec 31, 2018 | 1 min read
See an update from Chicago's Field Museum about the works of Charles R. Knight and other paleoartists who pioneered the depiction of ancient life.
Image of the Day: Tiny Vandals
Shawna Williams | Dec 6, 2018 | 1 min read
Researchers nab the microbial culprits eating away at a 17th century painting.
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