This Artist Transforms Beach Trash Into Stunning, Majestic Images
Mandy Barker didn’t have spend too much time on the shores to collect enough debris for her masterpieces
The Beautiful Drawings by Darwin’s Artist-in-Residence
On the famous HMS Beagle voyage, painter Conrad Martens depicted the sights along the journey
10 Gorgeous Mosaics Made From Real Animal Specimens
Artist Christopher Marley’s meticulous arrangements capture the incredible variety within families, genera and species
The Terrible Beauty of Glaciers Melting and Oceans Rising
Daniel Beltra’s aerial photographs reveal the human impact on nature
A Goat’s Stomach Never Looked So Good
Eleven venues worldwide will exhibit these 20 striking micrographs, MRI scans and illustrations—all winners of this year’s Wellcome Image Awards
In the Freezing Cold of Siberia, One Photographer Sought to Mix Oil and Water
In his latest project, British photographer Alexander James captures crude oil encased in frozen blocks of river water
A Computer Can Tell Real Jackson Pollocks From Fakes
Genuine Pollacks really are distinguishable from random splatters of paint—there’s now software to prove it
Would You Like to Grow Color-Changing Flowers?
A Colorado company is working to genetically engineer petunias that change colors throughout the day
Blood Clots, Liver Cells and Bird Flu Are Surprisingly Beautiful Under a Microscope
The brightly-colored micrographs and scans in a new book, Science is Beautiful, answer big questions about the human body
A Tree Grows 40 Different Types of Fruit
What started as an art project has become a mission to reintroduce Americans to native fruits that have faded from popularity
Surreal Photos Reveal the Otherworldly Insides of Gemstones
If you thought gems were beautiful to the naked eye, take a look at them under a microscope
Making Dead People’s Pulses Beat Again
A new device can transform 150-year-old printed representations of heart beats into actual sound
You’ve Never Seen Nerve Endings Like These
Scientists produce the most detailed images of nerve endings ever made
Norwegian Nobel Winners Release Their Inner Avant-Garde Musicians
Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine repurposed a Norse folk tune for a science lecture
These Photos Capture a Decade of Change at Earth’s Poles
From courting penguins to moody icebergs, photojournalist Camille Seaman shares her personal journey through polar habitats
The Physics of Whisky’s Aesthetically Pleasing Residue
A photographer teamed up with scientists to figure out the fluid dynamics behind patterns left in whisky glasses
Get Down With This Year’s “Dance Your PhD” Winners
Acrobatic human tornadoes and pair-dancing inertial confinement fusion implosions are among this year’s favorites
You’ll Soon Be Able to Talk to London And Manchester’s Statues
Just scan a tag near the statues with your cell, and they’ll call you with a quick first-person history lesson
Gorgeous Portraits of Spineless Sea Creatures
In a new book, San Francisco-based photographer Susan Middleton captures the curious gestures and expressions of marine invertebrates
What Will We Leave in the Fossil Record?
Artist Erik Hagen considers the remnants of modern human life that may be found in rock strata millions of years from now
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