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Published online 1 July 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050627-16

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Artists and scientists conspire at conference

Cartoons and morphing software may help to convey scientists' finds.

"We must do this more often" was the constant refrain at a gathering of scientists, artists, film makers, designers, writers, editors and art historians at a meeting in Los Angeles. They were there to explore the use of images in science, for both understanding data and communicating it to others.

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