The sprawling California festival “PST Art” promises a dialogue between “two cultures.” But painting and physics may have more in common than their practitioners know. By Jason Farago One spring ...

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Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) is often recognized as the founder of modern physics, perhaps even the father of modern science itself. But this popular image neglects one important facet of his ...

PST Art, formerly known as Pacific Standard Time, is like the Olympics of art for Southern California. Dozens of institutions come together to celebrate culture in a dizzying series of exhibitions and ...

How does technical art history relate to the burgeoning field of heritage science? Has technical art history become part of heritage science? Can both disciplines be considered counterparts within the ...

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The University of Chicago has announced the winners of its 2026 “Science as Art” contest, which highlights images resulting from research from the UChicago community. From mathematics to meteorites, ...

Walk into any academic conference, and you will find a flock of bright minds, pacing beside large printed panels, rehearsing with their breath in tremor – the feared “two-minuter”. The taut eyes of ...

Posters are a staple of scientific communication, and most trainees will make at least one poster during their time in graduate school. However, despite posters being the second-most popular means of ...