In my happy place at Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, Netherlands 🇳🇱

For the very first time, biologists packed nonliving components into a cell-like membrane, piece by piece, and slowly witnessed the bag of molecules start to behave like life. @yaseminsaplakoglu.bsky.social reports: www.quantamagazine.org/for-the-firs...

For the First Time, a Cell Built From Scratch Grows and Divides | Quanta Magazine

Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliving materials to life, or something close to it, in the l...

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Will be speaking in a few weeks time at the GNSI Visual SciComm Conference ☀️🎨🔬

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Along with a wide variety of speakers and panel discussions at the GNSI Visual SciComm Conference, we are also hosting a series of five workshops through the end of August! For details and registration, visit www.gnsi.org/conference/2... #SciArt

We've been getting a little DIY in the office lately... 🧶

Jon Turney@jonturney.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The illustrations for this piece should get some kind of award - the intricacies of gene expression are as hard to picture as to conceptualise (the difficulty is related of course). A new take is refreshing!

Bird retinas today at Quanta 👁️🐦

If you've got a couple minutes, the Quanta team and I would appreciate a vote for our project "How We Came to Know Earth" for the Webby's this year! Voting ends tonight! vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...

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A playful graphic contrasting the cGAS–cGAMP pathway in multicellular versus bacterial systems. It shows how complex organisms have retained this ancient, primitive machinery, repurposing it to drive different immune outcomes. Full story: www.quantamagazine.org/the-ancient-...

A lot of fun making this graphic of mycorrhizal fungi for a story on the symbiosis between plants and fungi! Really pleased with how this turned out. Story here: www.quantamagazine.org/an-arctic-ro...

Quanta's special feature on climate science is nominated for a Webby for Best Individual Story Feature! A ton of blood, sweat, and tears went into making this. Would really appreciate a vote for us in this category! Thanks so much! vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...

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A fun illustration I made for Quanta's story on deSitter space www.quantamagazine.org/in-expanding...

Are the Malofiej Awards ever coming back? 😢

Did you know that infinity comes in different "sizes"? "Bigger" and "smaller" descriptions of infinity exist! Seems paradoxical, right? How can an endless concept ever have a defined size? I helped visualize a story describing this. Check it out here! www.quantamagazine.org/how-can-infi...

How Can Infinity Come in Many Sizes? | Quanta Magazine

Intuition breaks down once we’re dealing with the endless. To begin with: Some infinities are bigger than others.

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Kinda love that journals will paywall their papers but not their figures. What's the logic of that? (tho I'm not angry)

A new graphic illustrating a 'hydraulic jump' in flowing electrons, from today's story at Quanta: www.quantamagazine.org/physicists-m... #physics #particlephysics #electrons #science #electronflow #condensedmatterphysics

I made this bat flap around for today's story on neurons that help guide our day-to-day navigations. Working in web animation is a new exploration since joining Quanta, and this is a nice example of how motion can tell a simple science story. Read more: www.quantamagazine.org/how-animals-...

Today in Quanta we report on a unique puzzle in topology. I had a lot fun making a full graphics suite for this story, choosing the palette, mood, and even graphical representation of some of these tricky mathematical concepts. Check it out here! www.quantamagazine.org/two-twisty-s...

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THE MANY SHAPES OF BACTERIA #science #infographic #art #sciart #bacteria #microbiology #bacterium #scientificart #biology

VISUALIZING THE BIOMASS OF LIFE 🐛🦉🐟🐸🐐🐌🍄🦚🐙🐍🦑🐢🦂🦧🌴 #biomass #science #infographic #art #sciart #dataviz #datavisualization #biology

In Sept, Quanta Magazine published a special issue on the science of climate change. We spent a lot of time curating 9 climate stories that span technology, microbiology, math, and more. I made these 9 planetary models that reflect each story. Check it here: www.quantamagazine.org/how-we-came-...

A thing I keep noticing in science papers/talks lately is that graphics are being used to show data, not story. Silently wishing more visual resources were spent showing *how* systems and processes actually operate, rather than merely offering graphs and charts that confirm they occur.

Algonquin vibes 🇨🇦

ahh, the joys of reuniting with my studio PC after 8 months 🥲 #makersmagic

a picture of a man holding a razor with the words " theroseinthedarkness.tumblr " below it

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some fun graphics in today's story about smell 👃 read it here: www.quantamagazine.org/how-smell-gu...

can anyone in #cartography or #mapping help me find a plate-carree/equirectangular projection of Pannotia? (ie: this planet?) Would greatly appreciate it!

God, I genuinely hate it every time I need to open and use illustrator.

I’m into the liquid glass, I dunno why everyone’s so upset about it 🤷🏼‍♂️

wow, 'that' place is really dead for sci comm/sci folks isn't it.... nothing hits there anymore!

Check out this new story at Quanta about quantum geometry - new research about the hidden shapes that underlie the quantum behaviors of a crystal. I had so much fun producing graphics for this cool story with @shalmawegs.bsky.social + @nattyover.bsky.social. www.quantamagazine.org/first-map-ma...

First Map Made of a Solid’s Secret Quantum Geometry | Quanta Magazine

Physicists recently mapped the hidden shape that underlies the quantum behaviors of a crystal, using a new method that’s expected to become ubiquitous.

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For my latest story at @quantamagazine.bsky.social I dug into cutting edge research that’s using geometry to understand the bizarre quantum behaviors of materials. Huge shoutout to @markabelan.bsky.social for bringing the abstract ideas to life with 3D graphics!

Quanta Magazine@quantamagazine.org · last yr.

Physicists recently mapped the hidden geometry that underlies the quantum behaviors of a crystal, using a new method that’s expected to become ubiquitous. @shalmawegs.bsky.social reports: www.quantamagazine.org/first-map-ma...