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Buoyed by a range of new technologies, science illustration is expanding its remit to offer careers beyond publishing in areas such as advertising and law. Virginia Gewin reports.

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Gewin, V. Picture this. Nature 435, 1132–1133 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7045-1132a

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