In his new book, "Math With Bad Drawings: Illuminating The Ideas That Shape Our Reality" Ben Orlin reveals to us what math actually is. It's myriad uses,… ...

We draw from a sociological concept called the Thomas theorem, which states that if you "define a situation as real, they are ...

Ongoing research is revealing the answer to this longstanding question. It seems that realistic drawing ability hinges on three factors: how a person perceives reality, how well he or she ...

Our toddlers are not trying to represent reality with these scribbles. ... Five and six year olds tend to draw flowers and rainbows because they are easy shapes to draw. Todd Sanders/Flickr, CC BY.