Photo: Harvard University and XVIVO Scientific Animation
PROTEINS CALLED CLATHRINS GUIDE THE FORMATION OF A BUBBLE-LIKE VESICLE INSIDE A CELL

I am an unreconstructed fan of biology visualizers, the da Vincis of the twenty-first century. So I was particularly pleased to learn of a gorgeous new video that conveys the squiggly complexity inside a cell. That video–and the aesthetic decisions behind it–are the topic my newest column for The New York Times. Check it out.

 

Originally published April 10, 2014. Copyright 2014 Carl Zimmer.