For centuries, painters and poets have looked to the ocean for insight. Researchers, too, have found their muse in the Earth’s salty realm.

Treating the microbial community residing on a painting with probiotics may offer a way to stave off biodegradation, a study suggests.

The animal pictures and hand stencils were made in caves in Spain thousands of years before Homo sapiens arrived in Europe.

Physicians peer into the subjects of artistic masterpieces, and find new perspective on their own approach to diagnosing maladies.

Artists reinterpret structures built by birds, insects, and corals in a new exhibit.

What can neuroscientists learn from the masters and other artists?

Dean Cercone shares the cortical correlates of his creative process as part of a neuroscience-inspired exhibition.

As the science of chemistry developed, public perceptions of alchemists shifted from respect to ridicule.

Johns Hopkins University Chemist Larry Principe discusses his favorite alchemy painting, the topic of this month’s Foundations.