Art and reproductive science: celebrating a glorious marriage.

Science is relatively easy to de ne: it is the systematic study of how we, and the universe, function. Art, on the other hand, is much harder to de ne using words, but is perhaps an expression of our souls, of our inner beings. Put more simply, art is “who we are” and science is “how we are.” One of the more profound questions that we can ask is “how do these two cultures—medical sciences and arts—speak to each other?”5,6 In the coming months, we want to remind readers of some wonderful answers to that question by sharing some fascinating images and captions that re ect and highlight our evolving scienti c understanding. It is a visual counterpoint to the idea that art illuminates life. We think it is possible to move beyond the great doctor narratives (stories of some moment of medical discovery or analysis of progress) to our current stage of fundamental understanding of many biological processes.