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a blog about the intersection of science, art, and culture by Jessica Palmer, PhD
Jessica Palmer has a PhD in Molecular Biology and has been blogging about the intersection of art and biology since 2006.
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July 31, 2008
Category: Frivolity
I'm sure it's only a matter of time before this turtle is acclaimed as a "hero": A box turtle, outfitted with GPS, was being tracked by the National Park Service for research purposes. On July 14th, the turtle, located...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 2:07 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Blogosphere
a new podcast from a Kaiser Family panel on health blogging & journalism
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 12:35 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 30, 2008
Category: Books & Essays
Following up on last month's buzz about the Internet killing literacy, this NYT article baldly states, Clearly, reading in print and on the Internet are different. On paper, text has a predetermined beginning, middle and end, where readers focus for...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 11:27 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Artists & Art
Portraits of nature as a sun-dappled, saturated fever dream.
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July 29, 2008
Category: Conspicuous consumption
This morning, Hasbro finally intimidated Facebook and Scrabulous into suspending the popular word game app. I love Scrabulous, and I'm mad as heck - not least because in my current game, I'd scored a whopping three Bingos (words in which...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 3:16 PM • 16 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 28, 2008
Category: Biology
The rope in the study, the candlstick in the library, botulism in the reflecting pool. . .
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 2:39 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 26, 2008
Category: Frivolity
A little liquor knowledge is a dangerous thing
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 9:19 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 25, 2008
Category: Cephalopodmania
delicately brutal scenes of an imagined Nature. . .
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 10:30 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 24, 2008
Category: Books & Essays
For those of you frustrated with the "Top 100" book meme in my previous post, here's a post summarizing six alternate "Top 100" lists. You may find one you're happier with! Or at least, one lacking The Da Vinci Code....
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 11:33 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Books & Essays
Woo hoo! I've been tagged with a book meme! The rules: boldface the books on this list that you've read, and italicize books you started but never finished. Okay. . . 1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 2 The...
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