By: Deb Chachra

Her sketch of the DNA helix has entered science history.

By: Matthew Battles

Her hard-won image of the helix helped lay the basis for modern biology.

By: Matthew Battles

Peering into life’s most intimate redoubt.

By: Matthew Battles

Synthesis, storytelling, and secrets of the biosphere.

By: Peggy Nelson

The last time Pandora opened the box there was kind of a problem. All sorts of uncontrollable wild things got all over the place, everybody started yelling and panicking, and Pandora got into lots of […]

By: Peggy Nelson

Alchemy has long since made the transition from practice to metaphor. And while this may have disturbed Sir Isaac, it’s fine with the artists: metaphors are our practice. For contrast, look at this elegant equation. […]

By: Peggy Nelson

Reeling and writhing and fainting in coils formed the core curriculum at the seaside school in Wonderland. But it takes more than the necessities to navigate today’s media soup; we need conceptual art. [John Tenniel, […]