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An illustrated edition: The best stories of field scientists

Fabiola Soares Trends November 20, 2017

Sometimes, being a scientist means experience unusual or funny situations during work. The routine of field scientists, everyday life can present unforeseen situations, making great stories. Field scientists shared their most embarrassing #Fieldworkfails in social media, with stories sometimes gross and…Read more

Top 5 of the week: Science humor

Fabiola Soares Trends July 28, 2017

It’s friday and we deserve a little break. I know, many scientists work and write on weekends. But, before thinking about all the accumulated work for the weekend, let’s take 5 minutes. I really like scientific humor and comic books, so, I…Read more

Top 5 of the week: Shark awareness day

Fabiola Soares Trends July 14, 2017

In movies, sharks are usually fearless predators, flesh-hungry monsters. But, in real life they are really important to maintain the marine ecosystem. Without sharks, entire ecosystems can collapse, changing the structure of ocean food webs and threatening our food supply.…Read more

Vaccine controversy: An infographic with scientific facts

Fabiola Soares Trends June 6, 2017

Vaccines have been a controversial subject and much discussed recently. This was caused by the increase of anti-vaccination activists and outbreaks of contagious diseases, like measles, in United States and european countries, mainly Italy and Romenia. A study published in The Lancet in…Read more

Guess what!? Nobody understands your abstracts

Fabiola Soares Trends April 13, 2017

It seems like we are at a deadlock when it comes to writing abstracts for our scientific papers. Let me explain you why. One of our previously posts talks about what people read first once they have a new paper…Read more

Top 3: The best of science online!

Fabiola Soares Trends April 4, 2017

Science works together with many other fields – as it should always be! Today we collected for you the best of science online in three different fields: art, technology and communication. Why? Because we believe we need to think about…Read more

Happy Pi Day plus Einstein’s birthday, nerd fellas!

Fabiola Soares Trends March 14, 2017

So March 3rd is Pi Day plus Einstein’s birthday! Websites, blogs, social media channels in general are crazy about it and can’t stop making very creative contents. Thus, to celebrate this day, we at Mind the Graph decided to make…Read more

Let’s talk about stars having a family tree

Fabricio Pamplona Trends March 9, 2017

What is a family tree? In science, family trees have been widely usedd by biologists, geneticists, ecologists, etc, to present in a more visual way the parental link between individuals. A family tree can be based on pretty much any…Read more

The fuss about 7 planets discovered by NASA

Fabricio Pamplona Trends February 23, 2017

This week we had major science news: the 7 planets discovered by NASA. But what is so important about these planets and what impact it can have in our lives? This illustration shows the possible surface of TRAPPIST-1f, one of…Read more

Scientific data: What’s new and you missed!

Fabricio Pamplona Trends February 21, 2017

Every week new scientific data are coming up. Herein, we collected amazing updates from Science and Scientific American. And, of course, they all have a scientific illustration catch! Stay tuned! Every month we will bring more exciting news for you.…Read more

One step closer to the ancestral arthropod

Fabiola Soares Trends February 2, 2017

A newly discovered species may bring us one step closer to the ancestral arthropod. This little lobopodian species is approximately 500 million years old and looks like a worm – except for its 20 to 30 legs. Apart from the…Read more