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August 31, 2008
Category: Frivolity
My friend mdvlist sent me the link to some rather odd educational materials, called "Lyrical Life Science." They're folk songs set to familiar tunes, but the lyrics are all biology. I realize that folk songs about science have a storied...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 10:41 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 28, 2008
Category: Frivolity
reports of a winged cat in China are recycled from last year; who knows if it's a hoax or not, but the concept dates back to Thoreau.
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 4:15 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Biology
A sad story from Bangladesh: a baby boy born with two heads has passed away at just two days old. What makes the story especially sad is that apparently the boy, named Kiron, was doing surprisingly well shortly after...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 12:14 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 27, 2008
Category: Medical Illustration and History
This antique sampler from the Medical History Museum in Zurich represents a variety of stitch techniques appropriate for different anatomical regions and types of injury.
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 5:03 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 26, 2008
Category: Random Acts of Altruism
Forestle uses the Google search algorithm, but the ad revenues associated with each search go to prevent deforestation (via donations to the Nature Conservancy). According to the site, the average search saves about 0.1 square meter (0.11 sq. yd)...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 1:40 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 25, 2008
Category: Medical Illustration and History
Rocks in the skull, bulbs on the brain, madness, idiocy and trepanation - all in a single painting.
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 2:20 PM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 24, 2008
Category: Medical Illustration and History
A great gift for the medical history junkie, from Manifesto Letterpress: twelve "Dreade of Death" letterpress bookplates ($9.95 on sale). The designs are also available as coasters. Manifesto also has skeleton and microscope letterpress postcards for the scientist in...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 3:00 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 22, 2008
Category: Cephalopodmania
For the cephalophile's gift registry: a large octobowl by Hudson Beach Glass. Available here and elsewhere....
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 1:19 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Frivolity
Today I wandered over to the National Zoo and saw the baby golden lion tamarins, who are just about a month old now. I've never seen anything so cute in a zoo in my life. The babies leap on...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 12:27 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 21, 2008
Category: Biology
Bibliodyssey just published an outstanding collection of illustrations depicting the development of the microscope. I recently saw these antique microscopes at the National Museum of Health and Medicine, and I enjoyed trying to match my photos with the engravings....
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