In this paper, we summarize the analysis of 185 tree of life graphics collected from museum exhibits at 52 institutions and highlight some potential implications of how trees are presented that may support or hinder visitors' understanding about evolution.
By attending both to traditional factors that influence museum exhibit design and to psychological research on how people understand diagrams in general and Tree of Life graphics in particular, museums can play a key role in fostering 21st century scientific literacy.
In this issue, MacDonald et al. present their robust analysis of 185 tree of life graphics from 52 museum sites in an analysis of how those evolutionary trees depicted in informal science settings actually communicate the science of phylogenetics to the public.
Cartoonists Roz Chast, Bruce Eric Kaplan and Mimi Pond discussed their illustrated memoirs in Saturday's L.A. Times Festival of Books panel called "Drawing on Life: Graphic Memoirs and Novels," moderated by comedy writer Ben Schwartz.
And so it serves as a timely reminder that to judge games consoles on processing power, or true-to-life graphics capability, would be like reviewing a film based solely on the quality of its CGI.
"It's really pre-comic book". Doing the project in their spare time, Lockwood reached out to the writers he worked with over the years and Rietveld attempted larger-than-life graphics.
As part of its Napa mobile platform, Intel is also promising longer battery life, better graphics and Wi-Fi improvements.
I longed for an easy to use, innovative gaming system that put more of an emphasis on playing with other people (in real life) than graphics.
I picked up the VGN-SZ650N/C model, which features a 13.3" screen, carbon fiber casing, long battery life, dual graphics cards, and a hybrid hard drive with 256mb of built-in flash memory.
If I were a betting man, which I'm not (or am I?) I'd guess that this platform would be similar to Qualcomm's Snapdragon effort: super long battery life, strong graphics, HD video, gaming, etc.
Today Apple unveiled its hotly anticipated iPad 2, which is 33% thinner, lighter, boast a longer battery life, better graphics, a faster cpu, front and rear facing (720p recording), cameras as well as a HDMI output.
