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Gummy Worms as Chromosomes — It's Art

Oct 26, 2009

"Have you ever looked at gummy worms and thought, wow those sure resemble DNA coils?" asks the Serious Eats blog. As they point out, artist Kevin Van Aelst did just that, as well as use other interesting media to showcase scientific ideas and processes — in addition to the gummy worms (below), there's mitosis taking place on a Krispy Kreme doughnut.chromosomesweb.jpg

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