Richard Vevers, a toilet paper salesman, decides that he’s had enough. He packs his bags and travels across the world to Australia, where he reinvents himself as an underwater photographer. All is well in the […]
Author: Eleni Smaragdi and Daniela Domingues
Espreitar para dentro da caixa negra da IA para descobrir como os comportamentos colectivos emergem
(Available in English) Durante décadas, os especialistas que procuram explicar a emergência de comportamentos de grupo complexos, tais como como a formação de cardumes de peixes, têm-se dividido em dois campos de investigação. Agora, graças a […]
LAB COMICS
INSPIRED BY: The Cell Fitness Lab Recent news stories & videos about the Cell Fitness lab: Outcompeting Cancer; Squeezing Out The Competition (the micro-version) ; Losing neurons can sometimes not be that bad More Lab Comics… […]
Humans of science: Liad Hollender
Who are today’s scientists? Inspired by the project “Humans of New York”, Ar Magazine turns the spotlight on individual humans of science every month. “I grew up in a small town on the northern seashore […]
Science (in)verse: Ben Zarov VI
Science and art inspire each other to create new forms of expression. Here, at Science (in)Verse, we bring an unusual outcome of this encounter: science-inspired poetry. If you are feeling poetic, we welcome contributions! In […]
Lab Comics
Inspired by: Using the brain to forecast decisions – Room for free will after all? About Lab Comics: Serious research can sometimes inspire some seriously silly thoughts… We are looking for more whimsical contributions, so […]
Untangling the where and when of walking in the brain
(Disponível em Português) How do our brains know when and where to place our feet in order to prevent us from tripping each time we find ourselves on a new terrain such as an icy path, […]
Desemaranhar o “onde” e o “quando” do andar no cérebro
(Available in English) Como é que o cérebro sabe onde e quando colocar os nossos pés no chão para nos impedir de tropeçar quando caminhamos num piso diferente, como uma estrada cheia de neve ou o […]
Um museu à medida
(Available in English) No século XIX, os museus eram um dos poucos lugares onde o trabalho daqueles que estudavam animais, plantas e minerais era pago e reconhecido. José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage (1823-1907), um […]
A Museum of One’s Own
(Disponível em Português) During the 19th century, natural history museums did more than display bits of nature. They were active sites of research and, as such, provided some of the few paid jobs for aspiring […]