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scientific illustration of farming yields in russia, germany, poland, and the us

Science Art: Yearly Potato Production, from Natural History Magazine, March 1947.

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In 1947, Natural History Magazine took a deep dive into potatoes – where they came from and where they’re going … and growing. The story […]

Scientific Illustration of an Ojibwe music board, with colorful human and animal figures, as illustrated by by James Ackerman after a watercolor by Seth Eastman

Science Art: Meda Songs, 1851

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This is a chromolithograph by James Ackerman made of a watercolor by Seth Eastman who was copying an Ojibwe music board – a birchwood slab […]

Scientific illustration of the Hubble Space Telescope being loaded into the gleaming VPF.

Science Art: The Hubble Space Telescope is lifted into the workstands…, 1990

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There’s a new space telescope getting ready to do its thing now, but here’s a look back to when the last one was brand new. […]

Scientific Illustration of a 1960s computer monitor, a display transmission generator by United Aircraft

Science Art: United Aircraft Display Transmssion Generator ad, 1964.

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An ad from the first issue of the Journal of the Society for Informational Display. This machine could receive up to 26 teletype messages of […]

Scientific illustration of a European cherry fruit fly.

Science Art: La Mouche des cerises (Rhagoletis cerasi), d’après une ancienne encyclopédie suédoise, 1920

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This is a European cherry fruit fly, one of those creatures whose names say exactly what they are: a fruit fly that lives on cherries […]

Scientific illustration of water-voles, a British rodent like a river rat.

Science Art: Water-voles, 1911.

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This is a pair of water-voles looking ready for a Wind in the Willows-style adventure, only without any waistcoats or trousers. They’re featured in a […]

Scientific illustration in the form of a stamp honoring the National Academy of Sciences.

Science Art: 5c The Sciences single, U.S. Postal Service, 1963.

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An image of science in the abstract, the spirit of science as imagined at the dawn of the Space Age, from the National Postal Museum, […]

Scientific Illustration of an 1800s press, a machine used to bale cotton and other materials.

Science Art: Randel’s Improved Combination Press, 1860

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From Scientific American, December 1, 1860, an issue that also has a patent by Abraham Lincoln for lifting riverboats over obstacles, and a note on […]

Scientific illustration of the path of a comet showing the direction of a comet's tail

Science Art: Section of a Comet’s Path, 1933

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This illustration, from Natural History Magazine, shows the way the comet of 1843 (or Comet 1843, if you prefer) reached its closest point to the […]

Scientific illustration of a cave drawing.

Science Art: Magdalenian engraving of bison

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This is a drawing of a drawing, a likeness of a bison engraved on cave floor at Niaux. The likeness is part of the Wellcome […]

Scientific illustration of a communications satellite rocket lifting off.

Science Art: Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Lifts Off!, by NASA/Joel Kowsky, 7 Dec 2021

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This is another unusual perspective of a space vessel in flight, though slightly less rare than the top-down image posted here on 28 November. We’re […]