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Clare Hewitt: Everything in the forest is the forest Oak leaf lumen prints exposed to the sun on the forest floor

Life

Dazzling oak leaf prints merge science and nature

Artist Clare Hewitt uses fallen oak leaves and sunlight to create her works of art before returning the leaves to the forest

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DYK07P Colourful Balconies Painted in Primary Colours of the Cite Radieuse or Unite d'Habitation by Le Corbusier Marseille or Marseilles France

Mathematics

Marcus du Sautoy's new book is good on maths, less so on the arts

Culture

Feather Foiled Print

Mathematics

Artist brings data to life in striking screen prints

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Mandy Barker-T-shirt_Delesseria tunic ictus

Environment

Washed-up clothing mimics seaweed in stunning cyanotypes

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Ringdown by Conrad Shawcross - close up

Physics

Exhibition uses art to explore the mysteries of the quantum world

Culture

Nuke Image Round

Physics

Hypnotic art has its roots in the terrifying reality of nuclear bombs

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Jennifer Walshe, 13 Ways of Looking at AI, Art & Music

Technology

New Scientist recommends 13 Ways of Looking at AI, Art & Music

Culture

Museum of Plant Art

Video

'Plants are artists' at new Saatchi exhibition celebrating flora

Video

apple splash explosion fruit yellow green red water juice

Mind

A rich guide to the science of imagination also digs into art

Culture

The town of Colonnata (Italy), which lies beneath marble quarries in the Apuan Alps. Colonnata is famous for the lard produced there, and for being inhabited by marble quarrymen.

Earth

Incredible images tell the tale of the world’s most prized marble

In Land of Marble, photographer Alessandro Gandolfi explores the past and future of Italy's striking marble quarries

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Video

Philippe Parreno's 'Voices' uses AI to give agency to denuded land

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Life

Intricate 18th-century illustrations of stunning flora and fauna

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Video

Electric Dreams is past echo of today’s debates on AI-generated art

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Society

Major US art event explores the bonds between art and science

Culture