Sperm Trajectories, Evolving Humans and a Tomato Tapestry: The Best Scientific Figures of 2012

Sperm Trajectories, Evolving Humans and a Tomato Tapestry: The Best Scientific Figures of 2012

Figures contained in scientific reports are a neglected area of the design world. Typically intended for display to academic audiences in the cramped confines of a journal, they tend to be utilitarian and esoteric -- yet while looking through hundreds of articles in the course of 2012, certain figures transcended the technical. From tomato taste to accelerating human evolution to a goose that flies over the Himalayas, here are our favorite scientific figures of the year.

How Fraggle Rock taught kids about society and community in 10 episodes

TV: TV Club 10: How Fraggle Rock taught kids about society and community in 10 episodes

With so many new series popping up on streaming services and DVD every day, it gets harder and harder to keep up with new shows, much less the all-time classics. With TV Club 10, we point you toward the 10 episodes that best represent a TV series, classic or modern. If you watch those 10, you'll have a better idea of what that series was about, without having to watch the whole thing. These are not meant to be the 10 best episodes, but rather the 10 most representative episodes.

One of the toughest lessons to learn as a child is how to fit into the construction called "society." Getting children to think about their social responsibility requires them to understand how the world works, and where their existence factors into the imagined community of local, national, or even global society.

Fraggle Rock isn't immediately obvious as a ...

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Disney/Pixar Lead Annie Award Best Picture Nominations

Disney/Pixar Lead Annie Award Best Picture Nominations

With "Brave," "Wreck-It Ralph" and "Frankenweenie" up for the top prize, it was a big year for the House of Mouse.

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