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Here are some of the first snowflakes ever photographed

Photographer Wilson 'Snowflake' Bentley took the first picture of a snowflake in 1885

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Mushrooms, virtual reality and a dose of nature: an interview with Winslow Porter

The artist spoke about connecting nature, mushrooms, and technology

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'Symbiosis/Dysbiosis' VR art installation will let you see, feel, hear the invisible

Tosca Terán and Sara Lisa Vogl speak with Massive about stimulating senses in their art

Historical paintings can tell us how our food evolved

#ArtGenetics is a new project that aims to let us see through premodern artists' eyes

Good news for people with tattoos: your skin still works

Research shows that tattooed skin functions just as well as non-tattooed skin

A transcendental visualization of pi, for Pi Day

Let your mind drift in the styles of Marcel Duchamp and Philip Glass

Using the old-fashioned blueprint chemical process for modern art

The cyanotype printing process is not only still useful in the 21st century, it's still beautiful

Meet Maria Sibylla Merian, the naturalist who painted insects in living color

One of the first to recognize insect metamorphosis, she's finally getting her dues after 300 years of obscurity

The Art of Neuroscience is beautiful

Scientific American presents ten notable entries from this year's competition

A version of this article originally appeared on NationSwell

Climate change is destroying ancient murals in Texas

This group is racing to preserve what's left

'Visualizing Disease' is an illuminating history of how we started to see medicine

Though beautifully printed, the book will most appeal to modern practitioners