Looking to photograph a solar eclipse with your smartphone? Try these features and think about creative angles

Your phone can’t take a perfectly clear picture of a solar eclipse like a professional camera can, but there are lots of other creative directions you can take to capture the rare moment.

Douglas Goodwin, Visiting Assistant Professor in Media Studies, Scripps College • conversation
April 1, 2024 • ~7 min

Wildlife selfies harm animals − even when scientists share images with warnings in the captions

The caption may say that only scientists and trained professionals should handle wild animals, but viewers remember the image, not the words.

Andrea l. DiGiorgio, Lecturer and Post Doctoral Researcher in Biological Anthropology, Princeton University • conversation
Feb. 14, 2024 • ~9 min

Health stock photos skew too young, light-skinned, rich

It's tough to find health stock photos, particularly free ones, showing darker-skinned people, research finds.

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
Feb. 2, 2023 • ~7 min

'Blue marble': how half a century of climate change has altered the face of the Earth

A new image has been taken of the whole Earth 50 years after the first - revealing noticeable changes to its surface.

Oliver Gruner, Senior Lecturer in Visual Culture, University of Portsmouth • conversation
Jan. 31, 2023 • ~7 min

Check out flowers up close with these 3D models

Researchers have created detailed, interactive 3D models of flowers to help shed light on their evolution. Take a look for yourself.

McGill University • futurity
Dec. 20, 2022 • ~6 min

Making room for wildlife: 4 essential reads

The recent goring of a tourist who approached within 10 feet of a bison in Yellowstone National Park is a reminder that wild animals can be dangerous and people should keep safe distances.

Jennifer Weeks, Senior Environment + Energy Editor, The Conversation • conversation
June 6, 2022 • ~8 min

These key qualities attract ‘likes’ on Instagram

Feature complexity and design complexity are two key characteristics that bring in likes on Instagram, research finds.

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
Jan. 19, 2022 • ~6 min

Art illuminates the beauty of science – and could inspire the next generation of scientists young and old

Scientists have been using art to illuminate and share their research with the public for centuries. And art could be one way to bolster K-12 science education and scientific literacy in the public.

Chris Curran, Professor and Director Neuroscience Program, Northern Kentucky University • conversation
Nov. 23, 2021 • ~10 min

BepiColombo's first close-up pictures of Mercury's surface hint at answers to the planet's secrets

What did Mercury look like as BepiColombo swung by?

David Rothery, Professor of Planetary Geosciences, The Open University • conversation
Oct. 4, 2021 • ~9 min

BepiColombo's first close-up pictures from 200km above Mercury hint at answers to the planet's secrets

What did Mercury look like as BepiColombo swung by?

David Rothery, Professor of Planetary Geosciences, The Open University • conversation
Oct. 4, 2021 • ~9 min

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