Dr. Mark Lindsay was 5 years old when he first learned that tree trunks were brown. "Up until that point, I believed leaves and trunks were all green. Just lighter and darker shades," Mark said. Mark ...

The field of colour science encompasses the rigorous measurement, reproduction, and perception of colour, integrating principles from physics, psychology, and engineering. Central to this discipline ...

Kodakman George Eastman had some guests—Thomas Alva Edison, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Michael I. Pupin, General John J. Pershing, Owen D. Young and many another bigwig—at his home in Rochester, N. Y., ...

Nov. 8, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Nathan Kilah has received funding from Inspiring Australia to run 'Chemistry of Fireworks' lectures and pyrotechnic displays, funding from the Festival of Bright Ideas for fire and chemical reaction ...

Olafur Eliasson, creator of the acclaimed Turbine Hall commission The weather project 2003, has made a new series of paintings responding to the work of J.M.W. Turner (1775–1851). Turner colour ...

Over the past few years, the term “diversity, equity, and inclusion” has taken on an almost mythological resonance. Although it describes a set of recruitment tactics and employee resources aimed at ...

Is your green my green? Probably not. What appears as pure green to me is likely to look a bit yellowish or bluish to you. This is because visual systems vary from person to person. Moreover, an ...

Last year, in July, Reine Protacio’s experiments suddenly stopped working. Every scientist encounters baffling results from time to time; you chalk it up to error, repeat the experiment, and hope for ...