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February

The second Monday in February each year is International Epilepsy Day

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Watercolor of Huntleya fasciata (Orchidaceae), a plant with broad green leaves and single flowered spikes with alternating bands of yellow and orange.

Regina Olson Hughes

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Jessica Cox breaks a wooden board as she kicks it with her right foot. She wears a white martial arts uniform and black belt, and her long brown hair is in a ponytail. She has no arms.

Jessica Cox

Christopher Hewitt sits in a powered wheelchair and patterned sweater, smiling at the camera. He wears glasses and has a dark mustache, beard, and hair. A water bottle sits in a holder attached to his chair.

Christopher Hewitt

Cover of book entitled Science and Revolution by Dyson Carter.

Dyson Carter

Natalie Lloyd

Jessica Cox breaks a wooden board as she kicks it with her right foot. She wears a white martial arts uniform and black belt, and her long brown hair is in a ponytail. She has no arms.

Jessica Cox

Christopher Hewitt sits in a powered wheelchair and patterned sweater, smiling at the camera. He wears glasses and has a dark mustache, beard, and hair. A water bottle sits in a holder attached to his chair.

Christopher Hewitt

Cover of book entitled Science and Revolution by Dyson Carter.

Dyson Carter

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This modification of the Japanese abacus or sorobon is designed for use by the blind. It sits in a black plastic box, with red felt in the bottom of the box to prevent the beads from sliding inadvertently. A black plastic cross bar is pierced by 13 parallel metal rods. Each rod has one spherical white plastic bead above the crossbar and four below. Raised dots can be felt on the cross bar and the lower rim of the box at each column, and as raised slashes between every 3 dots. At the top of the front are the raised letters: A.P.H. Alt text by the Smithsonian.

Tim Cranmer

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