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Artificial Intelligence (AI) can create incredible images just from short, text-based prompts. AI’s ability to create imaginative pictures is perfect for the fiction story in each issue of Double Helix. So, we are carefully using an AI called Midjourney to generate these illustrations.

Folding origami cranes and paper aeroplanes is fun, but they tend to be made of straight lines. So what happens when you fold in curves?

There are plenty of patterns inside a flower. Let’s follow one and see what drawing we get!

For over a thousand years, people have been drawing intricate woven patterns known as Celtic knots. As we’re about to find out, there’s a lot of maths involved!

Written by Sarah Kellett The eyes have it. Bright, colourful butterflies and birds easily catch our attention. But to visualise bacteria, we need to get creative, and combine art and science.

Check out this trick! By colouring in boxes, you can make a strange blobby picture that transforms when reflected in a curvy mirror!