10 things about the creative process that no one tells you
What do research, iteration, experimentation, and metrics have to do with the creative process? Probably more than you think.
Think outside the box using these 3 unusual tips
For most projects there’s a need to go beyond the obvious. This means we have to break free of common ideas and think outside the box.
3 surprising ways to battle creative block
We all go through a creative block sometimes. Win the creative battle with your block with these tips!
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Distal and Proximal – Today’s Science Word
Have you ever had difficulty describing where something is in relation to others? When scientists discuss where things are on a person or other animal, they also need words to compare. Two such words are DISTAL and PROXIMAL. Distal means that something is further from either the center of the body or a point of…
The Building Blocks – Today’s Science Word
The most common product of a genetic instruction is the protein. Proteins are workhorses of the cell, helping reactions to occur and transporting things from one place to another. The building blocks of proteins are AMINO ACIDS. Amino acids are molecules that can link together like a chain. On one end is an NH2 (also…
Your Genetic Code Book – Today’s Science Word
Your codebook of DNA holds all the instructions needed to make your cells function. Each unit of instruction comes in the form of a GENE, a sequence of DNA that encodes for a trait. A given location (also called a locus) on a chromosome is home to a particular gene, which encodes for a particular…
Chromosome – Today’s Science Word
With few exceptions, each of us has about 3 billion bases in our DNA on 46 chromosomes (and 2 sex chromosomes). If you stretched out that DNA, it would be 2m long! How can something so long it fit into cells which need a microscope to be seen? Your cells package the DNA, allowing it…
Atoms and Molecules – Today’s Science Word
Would you believe it if I told you that you and I, the ground we walk on, the sun, and everything else is made of the same things? We are all composed of atoms. Atoms are the smallest thing that exists that gives a substance its chemical properties. Atoms are made of two main parts….
Creativity is essential to scientific inquiry
When people hear about my art life, they always say “Wow, that’s a big jump. How did you move from art to science?”
My answer is usually simple, “They are the same thing, and I think the best scientists have amazing creativity.”
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