Is seeing believing? The art of science
Scientists have always used images, models and other visual aids to show people the results of their observations and experiments. We are visual creatures. We understand images much more easily and quickly than words or mathematical symbols, and scientists have made the most of this. By helping us to see science, they have changed the way we see our world.
Extinction - a good thing?
Extinction: a good thing? was on show during the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition, 30 June - 3 July. Visitors voted on whether smallpox should be made extinct, or kept alive in labs for future research. The results were: Extinction: 169 (38.7%)Survival: 268 (61.3%)