Botany
Sowing a Garden, One Knit Flower At a Time
Providence-based artist Tatyana Yanishevsky's sculptures of various plant species are botanically accurate in almost everything but their scale
To Decode the Mystery of Corn, Smithsonian Scientists Recreate Earth as it Was 10,000 Years Ago
As part of a groundbreaking study, researchers built a greenhouse "time machine"
How Climate Change is Helping Invasive Species Take Over
Longer seasons and warmer weather have combined to be a game-changer in the plant wars
Okeanos: A Performance Where Dancers Move Like Octopuses and Seahorses
Jodi Lomask, director of the dance company Capacitor, has choreographed an ocean-inspired show, now at San Francisco's Aquarium of the Bay
These Spectacular Cutaways Give You An Insider’s View of Your Food
Nathan Myhrvold and a team of photographers have sliced meats, vegetables, pots, pans and ovens in half to produce stunning cross-sections of cooking
Macro or Micro? Test Your Sense of Scale
A geographer and a biologist at Salem State University team up to curate a new exhibition, featuring confounding views from both satellites and microscopes
Sonic Bloom! A New Solar-Powered Sculpture
Dan Corson's latest installation in Seattle—flower sculptures that light up at night—show that solar energy is viable even in the cloudy Pacific Northwest
What Happens When You Freeze Flowers and Shoot Them With a Gun?
With the help of a little liquid nitrogen, German photographer Martin Klimas captures the fragile chaos of flowers as they explode
Horticultural Artists Grow Fantastical Scenes at the Montréal Botanical Garden
Take a peek at some of the living artwork entered in an international competition in Quebec this summer
Fruits and Veggies Get a Close-Up
In the darkroom, photographer Ajay Malghan creates abstract art by casting light through thin slices of produce
It’s a Green, Green, Green, Green World
NASA and NOAA release satellite images of Earth and all its vegetation
Princeton University Celebrates the Art of Science
In a new exhibition, the university showcases 43 images rooted in scientific research that force viewers to contemplate the definition of art
Macoto Murayama’s Intricate Blueprints of Flowers
The Japanese artist depicts blossoms from various plant species in fastidious detail
Intriguing Science Art From the University of Wisconsin
From a fish's dyed nerves to vapor strewn across the planet, images submitted to a contest at the university offer new perspectives of the natural world
Jane Goodall Reveals Her Lifelong Fascination With…Plants?
After studying chimpanzees for decades, the celebrated scientist turns her penetrating gaze on another life-form
The Story of How An Artist Created a Genetic Hybrid of Himself and a Petunia
Is it art? Or science? With DNA, Eduardo Kac pushes the limits of creativity and ethics
The Year’s Most Outstanding Science Visualizations
A juried competition honors photographs, illustrations, videos, posters, games and apps that marry art and science in an evocative way
Covered in Ink, Cross-sections of Trees Make Gorgeous Prints
Connecticut-based artist Bryan Nash Gill uses ink to draw out the growth rings of a variety of tree species
Flower Power, Redefined
In a new book, Andrew Zuckerman embraces minimalism, capturing 150 colorful blooms on white backdrops
Amazing Close-Ups of Seeds
A scientist-artist duo creates stunning images, taken through a scanning electron microscope, of seeds in the Millennium Seed Bank
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