Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia, T. 75, Fasc. 4, Modelos e Metáforas: Arte e Ciência / Models and Metaphors: Art and Science (2019), pp. 2229-2246 (18 pages) This is an attempt to answer the following ...

Observation is fundamental to science. In fact, one could even argue that science is observation, nourished and channeled for the purpose of better understanding what our world is and how it works.

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A timely trend in Draw-A-Scientist studies shows children in the US are now depicting more female scientists than ever before. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a ...

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This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American As someone who works at the intersection of ...

Imagine asking a classroom full of elementary school students to draw a scientist. Now try to guess how many of them would sketch a female or male scientist. In the decade that spanned 1966 to 1977, ...