
Illustrations for Impact
Three scientific artists explain how to create impact with attractive visuals.

Three scientific artists explain how to create impact with attractive visuals.

COVID expedited the review and approval of the first RNA vaccine, something 30 years in the making. The era of RNA vaccines has arrived.

Understanding what happens in your brain and body in stressful situations can help you perform at your best when it matters most.

In the first discovery of its kind, an insect stole a plant gene to elude its host’s defences. That’s one way to create a new pest-control strategy!

Spectacular art on a nano scale (requires access to specialist chemicals, compounds and tools, but hey, why not?).

In 2018, NASA changed the way it evaluates requests for observing time on Hubble Telescope to reduce biases, and it’s working.

Cosmic gamma-rays are the highest-energy form of light. They fill the night sky but are invisible to our eyes, and this NASA animation helps us ‘see’ it.

Love them or hate them, hugs are part of Western culture. But hugging is not as straightforward as it may seem. Where do your arms go? How long is too long?
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