I’m safely back from my honeymoon, and I was catching up on the Scientific American articles when I found one that quite disturbed me. I don’t usually use this blog as a forum for thoughts about things that aren’t bacteria, but this is something I found important, particularly as I’ve spent most of the holiday reading Mary Midgely books.

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Already announced by Karyn Traphagen on the ScienceOnline2012 blog, I’m taking another look at the winners of the first ScienceOnline Science-Art Show.

Artwork at a science communication conference in many ways should be a no-brainer: visuals are often left as frills and afterthoughts in blog posts, books and articles. But a strong image can