Alana Quinn Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/byline/alana-quinn/ The best minds on the most important topics. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 18:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://issues.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-issues-favicon-32x32.png Alana Quinn Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/byline/alana-quinn/ 32 32 The Art and Science of Indigo https://issues.org/art-science-indigo/ https://issues.org/art-science-indigo/#respond Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=46217 The indigo plant produces an exquisite dye that was so highly prized it was called “blue gold.” One of the few naturally occurring blue pigments, indigo has a variety of artistic and scientific applications.

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]]> https://issues.org/art-science-indigo/feed/ 0 A Museum of Discovery and Progress https://issues.org/museum-discovery-progress-archives/ https://issues.org/museum-discovery-progress-archives/#respond Wed, 01 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=45526 Exhibits maintained in the National Academy of Sciences building from 1924–1941 illustrated fundamental phenomena of nature and recent scientific discoveries.

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]]> https://issues.org/museum-discovery-progress-archives/feed/ 0 Episode 35: Blue Dreams: Connecting People With Ocean Research https://issues.org/episode-35-blue-dreams-ocean-research-rutstein-joye/ https://issues.org/episode-35-blue-dreams-ocean-research-rutstein-joye/#respond Wed, 06 Sep 2023 14:44:18 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=40028 There is more life in the ocean than anywhere else on Earth. Accounting for over 70% of the planet’s surface, the ocean provides habitat to millions of species, supplies freshwater and oxygen,… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/episode-35-blue-dreams-ocean-research-rutstein-joye/feed/ 0 Duyi Han: The Saints Wear White https://issues.org/duyi-han-digital-art/ https://issues.org/duyi-han-digital-art/#respond Thu, 25 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=28166 An outpouring of creative responses have given voice to suffering, loss, and trauma caused by the pandemic. For Duyi Han, the creative director of Doesn’t Come Out, a design studio in New York… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/duyi-han-digital-art/feed/ 0 Visions of the Space Frontier https://issues.org/visions-of-the-space-frontier-posters-from-china-soviet-union-united-states/ https://issues.org/visions-of-the-space-frontier-posters-from-china-soviet-union-united-states/#respond Fri, 18 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=26378 Chinese citizens cheer for a Soviet rocket in a poster from 1957, reflecting the friendly relationship that would come to an end only a few years later. A Prometheus-like figure reaches for… Read More

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Paintings inspired by COVID-19

Michele Banks is a Washington, DC-based artist who finds inspiration in how viruses and… Read More

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