This science of trees inspired my colleague and me to measure the scaling of tree branch diameter in art. Among my favorite images is a carving of a tree from a late-medieval mosque in India.

\fill(-\xr/2, 0) circle (2pt) node[above] (l_branch) {$-\sqrt{\vec{p}^2}$} (\xr/2, 0) circle (2pt) node[above] (r_branch) {$\sqrt{\vec{p}^2}$}; ...

Do artists and scientists see the same thing in the shape of trees? As a scientist who studies branching patterns in living things, I'm starting to think so. Piet Mondrian was an early 20th-century ...

\addplot[color=red,domain = 1:9]{1/(sqrt(x)+2)}; \addplot[color=red,domain = 1:9]{1/(x+2) + 1/3}; \addplot[color=blue,domain = 1:9]{-1/(sqrt(x)+2)}; \addplot[color ...

A landmark study reporting the discovery of Australopithecus africanus one century ago put the African continent at the centre of the story of humanity. Overcrowding can lead to disaster, and yet ...

In a fractal zeta universe of bifurcated, ripped spacetime, the Millikan experiment, the quantum Hall effect, atmospheric ...

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Free body diagrams do not need to be drawn to scale but it can sometimes be useful if they are. It is important to label each arrow to show the magnitude of the force it represents. The type of ...

Colorado's forests store a massive amount of carbon, but dying trees -- mostly due to insects and disease -- have caused the state's forests to emit more carbon than they absorbed in recent years, ...

For 10 years in Germany between 1935 and 1945, Jewish people were not legally human. The Nuremberg Laws, drafted in large ...

The late dormant season is the best time for most pruning. Avoid topping trees. Removing large branches leaves stubs that can cause several health problems. It also destroys the plant's natural shape ...

Join us at Kew Gardens for Kew MSc Open Day on 9 April 2025 (Wed) for a chance to find out more about our MSc programmes ...