Shara Tonn Science

Amazing Micrographs Show What Cells Really Look Like

High school biology didn’t do much to make cells seem like fascinating, psychedelic visual art. The plant and animal cell diagrams splashed across textbook pages are a world away from what the billions of cells dividing, dying or busily making proteins actually look like. The Cell: A Visual Tour of the Building Block of Life by Jack Challoner more than makes up for that shortfall. Read more.