Where art and biology meet Michael Gross Current Biology Volume 23, Issue 2, Pages R47-R50 (January 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.01.007 Copyright © 2013 Terms and Conditions
Memento mori: The Ghost Forest installation created by the artist Angela Palmer at its final resting place at the National Botanic Garden of Wales. (Photo: Colin Baglow.) Current Biology 2013 23, R47-R50DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2013.01.007) Copyright © 2013 Terms and Conditions
Holistic views: Renaissance woodcut art print, The Rich Man by Cornelis Anthonisz (1541), showing printed wormholes. (Image: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.) Current Biology 2013 23, R47-R50DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2013.01.007) Copyright © 2013 Terms and Conditions
Exit holes: Partially carved woodblock, The Wedding of Mopsus and Nisa by Bruegel (1566), housed in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, showing actual wormholes. (Photo: Richard Field.) Current Biology 2013 23, R47-R50DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2013.01.007) Copyright © 2013 Terms and Conditions
Blue period: Wood infected with the fungus Chlorociboria aeruginascens has provided artists with natural colour since the Renaissance. (Photo: Dan Molter.) Current Biology 2013 23, R47-R50DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2013.01.007) Copyright © 2013 Terms and Conditions