For thousands of years, artists have used a surprising ingredient in their paints: egg yolk. This type of paint, called egg tempera, has been found in ancient Egyptian mummy portraits, medieval ...

The fading of a once-vibrant yellow rose reveals how the ravages of time and chemical alteration can dampen the visual power of a painting. Paintings conservator Nouchka De Keyser of the Rijksmuseum ...

Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) is often recognized as the founder of modern physics, perhaps even the father of modern science itself. But this popular image neglects one important facet of his ...

MEREDITH: NOW ON SUNRISE, IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A FUN, ARTSY ACTIVITY TO DO WITH YOUR KIDDOS THE ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER MAY HAVE AN IDEA FOR YOU. JASON: AND THE BEST PART? IT’S NOT MESSY. ALEX ALECCI ...

A new book by UC Santa Cruz astrophysicist and visual artist Nia Imara debuts tomorrow that explains the universe and traces how art has blended with science throughout human history. Painting the ...

Well before his discovery of penicillin, Alexander Fleming was a member of the Chelsea Arts Club. Less well known is that he also painted with living organisms. Corbis Even to scientists, the question ...