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The 18th and early 19th centuries were the heydays of the physique amusante.
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The god K’awiil

This pot was a funerary offering. It was offered in the grave as a sign of veneration of the ancestors.
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Simmental Cow

This Simmental cow is part of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine’s educational collection.
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Model

A model is a simplified representation of reality. It establishes a link between theory and reality, and makes a concept concrete. Models are used to educate, d...
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Eyetracker

Can somebody else identify a dancer’s mood merely by looking at their dance moves?
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'Ball and stick’ model of benzene

The German chemist Friedrich August Kekulé (1829-1896) owes his fame to the colourless liquid benzene.
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Network

Science is by no means a solitary business. Scientists build on the knowledge gathered by their predecessors. They collaborate with their colleagues, including...
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Exoskelet Wall-X

Wall-X assists foot push-off, thus making walking about 12% easier.
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Cast of a horse’s cerebral arteries

Leonardo da Vinci invented this technique in order to be able to study anatomical structures, such as arteries, outside of the human body.
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Doubt

Our senses are only able to capture a small percentage of the world around us. Taking that incomplete information as a starting point, our brain relies on a ser...
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