Think science and art are two divergent disciplines? Not necessarily. There are plenty of polymaths in the world who have taken to combining the two, from Leonardo da Vinci and his 15th-century “ornithopters,” to contemporary Korean American “bacteria” artist Anicka Yi. In our brave new COVID-19 world, both science and art can offer us comfort — the former through the solutions and medical treatments it provides, the latter as a kind of emotional balm, a way of helping us understand the tumult all around. Graffiti artist Banksy famously painted a poignant illustration of a nurse in a superhero cape at an English hospital during lockdown in that country in spring 2020. The mysterious painter isn’t alone: Many artists across the world have taken inspiration from the pandemic. In today’s Daily Dose, you’ll meet the people who are as adept in the art of science as they are in the science of art.