Liang also makes a series of videos titled Doctor Liang Talks About Science to encourage children to explore the beauty of science. His videos include topics such as the secret of peacock feathers and how the octopus distinguishes color, despite being colorblind.

After obtaining his PhD in 2011, he worked for Digizyme, co-founded by Gael McGill, director of Molecular Visualization at Harvard Medical School, a company that creates visual contexts for science popularization.

He realized the importance of science visualization and came back to China in 2012 and helped to create visual representations of scientific research results before finally launching the Beauty of Science project.

"Science is beautiful, and science education should be akin to teaching children art. It is not all about filling in blanks or long equations. It's about discovering the 'beauty of science'," he says.

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