Why paint with watercolours when you can paint with antibiotics? Postdoctoral researcher Dr. Vineetha Zacharia found a unique way to blend her science with her love of art. She paints with an antibiotic called actinorhodin, which is one of the colourful byproducts of the bacterium she studies.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) first-year student Anjali Chadha still remembers her early classroom days; that boys were taught to explore activities and be adventurous, while she and other girls were not.

Growing up collecting scarab beetles, reading about butterflies and learning taxonomy, it’s no surprise that AAAS Member Emir Memišević ended up with a bug-related career—beekeeping.

At least once a week, Carnegie Institution mineralogist and AAAS Fellow Robert Hazen finds himself surrounded by eagles and ospreys in the Western Shore of the Chesapeake Bay.

When tasked with planning an activity about how fossils influence pop culture at the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology, AAAS Member Gabriel-Philip Santos had an idea to make his talk stand out.

Living on ships to film what lurks in the depths of the ocean is normal for AAAS Member Caitlin Bailey. In fact, it’s her job.