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This collection of articles and a Nature Careers podcast series sponsored by the International Science Council offers real-life examples of artist-scientist collaborations and advice on how to make them work.
Engineer-turned-artist Diana Scarborough and inorganic chemist Anna Melekhova describe how their art–science collaboration gave voice and form to a new material.
A misleading image in a medical textbook could have life and death implications, but some disciplines can deploy myth and metaphor to convey their science through art.