Science Art: Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon Boie), 1898
The word “halcyon,” meaning “calm, idyllic, happy times” came from the Greek name for these little guys, who were said to bring, well, halcyon days. […]
Science Art
Science Art: Andromeda Galaxy, by Isaac Roberts, 1888.
It was this photograph’s anniversary today, or so said Robert McNees, posting on Bluesky’s science-communication feed. On the 29th of December, 1888, a Welsh businessman, […]
Science Art: Cross Section of a Young Root, by Roman Vishniac, c. 1978.
This is an image from “the birth of photomicrography.” It’s also an image from the fondly remembered Omni magazine, an issue from 1978 which I […]
Science Art: 10,000 convex and nonconvex regular polygons, by Arthur Baelde.
This is from the “Posters about Mathematics” section of Wikimedia Commons. The description says: “For a young child, a shape can be called a square […]
Science Art: Lindblad Travel ad, 1969.
Today, the company that produced this add is known as Lindblad Expeditions, and is so closely associated with National Geographic that it’s often known as […]
Science Art: Mars – Jezero Crater – NASA’s Perseverance Landing, Feb 18,2021
This is a piece of art, or scientific illustration, I found on the Flickr account of Andrea Luck, though the full credit is NASA/JPL-Caltech/Simeon Schmauß/AndreaLuck. […]
Science Art: Ophiactis tricolor: a, arboral view; b, oral view of holotype.
These are brittle stars, photographed in the 1920s for the Records of the South Australia Museum. These specific ones are from “Dr. Verco’s collection in […]
Science Art: Cockpit view of the Macchi MC.200 Saetta, 2009
This image came from the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force with the less-easy-to-understand name (or “designation”) “210921-F-AU145-2009.” But it’s the cockpit of an […]
Science Art: Interacting Galaxies Arp 142 (MIRI Image), by NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI.
This is a photograph of a strangely-shaped galaxy, as taken by the Webb Space Telescope. Or rather, a set of “interacting” galaxies, known collectively as […]
Science Art: Illustrations of poor and good posture, 1943.
This is how the the US Navy tried to get recruits to stand tall during World War II, with anatomical studies of slouching. How do […]
Science Art: Hooks, Swivels, &c.
Need a lift? These are hooks designed for lifting … well, whatever you need picked up. I found them in (deep breath): The engineer’s sketch-book […]
Science Art: Kleiner Wasserbär, 1773
This is what German pastor Johann August Ephraim Goeze dubbed a “tiny water-bear” when he first spotted it among the animacules in the droplets of […]
Science Art: Parasites: a parasitical worm, shown much enlarged, with its hosts, by J. Svoboda after L.W. Sambon.
I’m not sure what to make of this, other than that it’s a worm that somehow feeds on or otherwise inconveniences tigers and monkeys. So […]
Science Art: Europa Clipper, Artist’s Concept, by NASA/JPL-Caltech
This is an artist’s concept of a space probe orbiting Europa, the icy moon of Jupiter that might just hide life in the oceans miles […]
Science Art: Apparatus Arranged for Taking a Radiograph, 1894.
This illustration is from an article in Science Gossip on how to set up your own “X-Ray Outfit.” As the author, James Quick, explains: “The […]