Pinch of Pigment: Ontario Ochre?
Naples yellow. Antwerp blue. Some paint pigments are named for a sense of place. Perhaps we need an Ontario ochre?
Symbiartic
The art of science and the science of art.
SciArt Scumble--November 2016
There's so much #SciArt out there to see, sometimes you just have to share a link list! This edition featuring sciart by Moiety Mouse
The Beauty of Skulls
The skull paintings of Christine Mercer-Vernon transcend our modern seasonal macabre and reveal the beauty of death as part of life.
Do I Enjoy Assassin's Creed of My Own Free Will?
The Assassin's Creed video game series embed players in a secret history. Glendon Mellow relates his own experience meeting Charles Darwin and Leonardo da Vinci and wonders if he can't help loving these games...
Evolution Doesn't Stop for Page Breaks, Why Should We?
What if we could see history as one continuous tableau? One artist endeavors to find out
Switching Gears
What to expect from future posts by Glendon Mellow on Symbiartic, the SciArt blog on Scientific American. A bit of blogging housekeeping
Here, Now, Mortality Screaming in Carmine Red
Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip gave a primal cry that spiked the fear response in artists everywhere during the concert that will go down in Canadian history
In Case You Missed It: Lichens Edition
Did you hear the latest news about lichens? Symbiartic is here to help
The Women and the Science
Rachel Ignotofsky tells the stories of 50 women in science in her fantastic new science art book
The Best Online Bird Watching Since #BirdieSanders
In January the Cornell Lab of Ornithology unveiled a mural of unprecedented size and scope. Now, they've put it online in exquisite detail for all to see
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