Endangered plants

Plants - Action for Species is a stunning set of special stamps featuring delicate, botanical paintings capturing the beauty of ten of the UK’s most endangered plants. You can read more on the Royal Mail website. I could not find any information about the artist who designed these stamps.

Art and science

Molecular model of penicillin by Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin 1945, (photo from Time Out magazine)

Penicillin: A story of Triumph and Tragedy at the Science Museum in London until September 15th. I love this model - which looks like a piece of contemporary art.

Postage stamp featuring Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, scientist.