Science Art

Click to embiggen This is an image from an old Norwegian encyclopedia, the “Norwegian Familybook” published sometime from 1904 to 1926. In Norwegian, the animals […]

A microscopic image of liquid crystal by Wikimedia Commons user "Minutemen." Happy Easter.

Click for larger image This is a visible-light image of M-104, the Sombrero Galaxy, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. If our eyes were sharp […]

The Guardian is featuring an incredible slideshow of the Wellcome Image Awards 2008. Go, look, be awed.

A leaf, with something on it, as seen at nearly 2,000 times normal size through a scanning electron microscope (SEM). There are more SEM images […]

A deep-water crustacean, captured on film by Flemish marine biologist Lycaon.

A 15th century AD Egyptian diagram kept by the University Library in Istanbul, showing what’s inside a horse.

A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of shells about twice the size of grains of salt, embedded in sand. You can find more at the […]

Happy Valentine’s Day. From deep inside my heart. If you want to know more about the strange imagery you’ve just seen, there’s a narrated version […]

Click to embiggen. Photo by: the National Optical Astronomy Observatory/Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy/National Science Foundation, as well as Cornell astronomers J. Burns […]

Schlieren texture of a liquid crystal nematic phase. What does that mean? This page will help explain.

Human anatomy explained as an allegory for astrology, or vice versa. From the collection of the Musée Condé, Chantilly, France.

A common dragonfly as seen in an uncommon way by Wikimedia Commons user "Aka."

This is an Environmental Protection Agency photograph from the Great Lakes Image Collection, showing green algae up close. Phytoplankton like this makes up the base […]

A dandelion seed pod seen up close, photographed by Richard Bartz. — Also, unrelated to the above, you really should check out more science art […]