The periodic table has been stamped into the minds of countless generations of schoolchildren. Immediately recognised and universally adopted, it has long since achieved iconic status. So why ...

Scientists added a new shade to a graphical representation of global temperature change to keep up with our warming world. They are now adapting the idea to illustrate other environmental challenges.

1. Stop using bullet points. While it may smack as blasphemy to seasoned presenters, research has shown that individuals exposed to a graphic representation of a message pay more attention to it ...

Writers and artists looking for representation need to go to Comic ... up the project at Paramount before work even began on the graphic novel, published earlier this year by Active Images.