Katrina Vera Wong, Multimedia co-editor If you’ve heard of the terms “science art” or “sciart,” you’re probably familiar with the idea of using visual art to represent, explain, or bring attention to some aspect of science. The wonderful realm of art and science is capable of teaching science in creative ways and is a potent […]
Sarah Boon, Science Borealis Core Team member On Friday, September 22, Science Borealis partnered with the Science Writers and Communicators of Canada (SWCC), Vancouver’s Curiosity Collider, and the Royal BC Museum (RBCM) for an evening of science communication fun. The event was originally meant to be just an SWCC Book Award presentation, but former SWCC […]
‘Tis the season for gift-giving, and what better way to make your science-obsessed loved ones happy than with unique, Canadian-made geekery? This is the first annual Science Borealis gift guide for science art to feed your soul. For the chemist, a planter with a twist gives succulents a scientific home. The brainchild of Alexander […]
Katrina Vera Wong is a Korean-Chinese artist, writer, and editor. Learning from literature, botany, herbaria and ikebana, she makes hybrid flowers from dried or pressed plants and calls them Frankenflora. She currently writes about sciart at Science Borealis and Art the Science, proofreads SAD Mag, and blogs at Lifeology. She also created Seagery Zine, a […]
Once upon a time, before the Internet, Raymond studied the hydrodynamics of sand dollars. Now a lapsed scientist, he remains intrigued with the natural world but has become more interested in the different ways to communicate scientific ideas and positively affect attitudes about science. He has been part of Science Borealis since it was no […]
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