If we talk about science, the word “future” usually comes along. We always think about new findings and their impact, so it makes sense to think about the next couple of years. What we usually don’t think when planning our…Read more
You rather receive relevant information from images than texts. How do I know this? Because of health communication. It might be one of those things you don’t realize until someone point it out, but health communication is all about visual…Read more
A classic is a classic. However, it is difficult to define what makes something a real classic, though. Some may say it is the expression of truth and beauty, with a certain universal appeal. Something that makes connections with other…Read more
Public sector funding of synthetic biology projects is rising each year, and the numbers from the “U.S. Trends in Synthetic Biology Research Funding” report show an explosion of resources coming from DARPA since 2010. No doubt this is a strategic area of…Read more
Bias and cognitive fallacies. These are the most dangerous traps that a scientist should avoid. The journal Nature published a must-read article entitled “How Scientists Fool Themselves – and How They Can Stop“, and it brings a nice infographic that should be printed…Read more
This TED talk was the beggining of everything for me. David McCandless, this genious of data visualization was my first contact with data visualization and I really recommend it to everyone interest in the topic. Just a necessary warning: YOU…Read more
Abandon all productive time, ye who enter here. A little adaptation from Dante´s Inferno as a warning if you want to enter, not in hell, but in a paradise of huge scientific illustrations collections. If you click in one of…Read more
When the idea is too big to write down, you must draw. Even Darwin did it. Darwin had one of the most important ideas of all time. He and Wallace, of course. Let’s not forget the poor guy. What a…Read more
According to Elsevier, these are 16 examples of good graphical abstract in published articles. We respectfully disagree. While Mind the Graph team reckon the effort of the authors to create these figures, they can be much better. A simple way…Read more
Infographics are a powerful way of communicating information since they combine data and visual images, thereby making it easier to digest, remember and share information. The term infographic has quite popular in the last few years, as you may see…Read more
