All Arts articles – Page 20
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Review
A tale of seven scientists and a new philosophy of science
Eric Scerri proposes that science has evolved like a biological organism rather than in small steps or giant leaps
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Feature
Raiders of the lost pigments
The old sculptures in museums have lost their original colour, but chemistry can help us discover how they used to look
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Review
Bring back the king: the new science of de-extinction
How and why could scientists resurrect long-dead species?
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Review
DNA: the great book of life from Mendel to genomics
This year, Rome’s exhibition palace pays tribute to all things genetics
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Research
X-ray fluorescence reveals van Eyck’s original colours
Elemental imaging shows alterations to famous Ghent Altarpiece by the van Eyck brothers
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Review
Outbreak! 50 tales of epidemics that terrorized the world
A tour of history’s most devastating diseases
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Opinion
Thinking of ink
Tattoos can be virtually any colour nowadays, but they are still tricky to remove
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Review
Wisdom of the Martians of science: in their own words with commentaries
The stories of John von Neumann, Theodor von Kármán, Leo Szilárd, Eugene Wigner and Edward Teller
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Review
Stalin and the scientists: a history of triumph and tragedy 1905–1953
Scientific life in the Soviet Union
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Research
Theory of crack networks helps understand paint ageing
New model could benefit art conservators and geologists
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