Successful examples of combining art and science?

1. Climate science

Marco Tedkos, an associate professor of earth and atmospheric sciences at the City University of New York, has noticed wonderful things about climate science, such as flooding, cloud structure and melting ice. To make it more appealing, he and his colleagues*** created a research project called Polarseeds, which presents the diverse art of climate science through photography, music and video.

2. Botanical illustrations

Hundreds of years ago, botanical illustrations were an effective way of documenting plants with healing properties, and detailed illustrations of herbs and other plants allowed botanists and doctors to identify plants with medicinal value. The oldest well-preserved botanical illustration is known to be the "Codex Vindebonensis," which dates back to 512 AD.

3. Taxidermy art

Japanese artist Iori Tomita has a special appreciation for the "art of the dead," combining chemicals with art to reveal the wonderful bone structures of marine life. He produces a large number of marine specimens, including fish, sea turtles and seahorses, by first applying chemicals to the bodies and then drying and preserving them. The chemicals break down the proteins and muscles of the carcasses, leaving only the collagen behind, thus preserving the skeletal structure of the creatures intact.

4, Earth art

NASA's Earth Resources Satellite has taken a large number of photographs of the Earth, providing important data for the use of the Earth's land and the utilization of natural resources, the satellite photographed mountain ranges, canyons, islands, forests, as well as grassland terrain.

5. Microscopic Art

Scientific photographer Martyn Ogletree has used a scanning electron microscope to take microscopic photographs of pollen, bacteria, insects, and fungi at magnifications of more than 500,000 times. His photographs, which are often published on the National Geographic Channel, say, "I hope to make more people aware of the world's tiniest organisms, which have perfect body structures and deserve our attention."

6. The Art of Fibonacci

Mathematics enthusiasts know that the Fibonacci sequence is an important sequence of numbers, with the first nine-number sequence being 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21. The Fibonacci sequence has direct applications in modern physics, quasi-crystalline structures, chemistry, and other fields. To the surprise of scientists, Fibonacci series structures also exist in nature, such as sunflowers, galaxies, honeycomb structures, and hurricanes.

7. Bioluminescent art

Bioluminescent artworks use naturally occurring bacteria to form intricate patterned structures that can only be seen in dim light. As shown here, these colorful bioluminescent bacteria exist in the marine environment, and researchers have placed them in petri dishes that glow in dim light.