Do artists and scientists see the same thing in the shape of trees? As a scientist who studies branching patterns in living ...

"We've come up with something universal here that kind of applies to all trees in art and in nature," said Newberry, senior author of the study. "It's at the core of a lot of different depictions of ...

The math that describes the branching pattern of trees in nature also holds for trees depicted in art—and may even underlie ...