Now on ScienceBlogs: The Galaxy's Biggest Valentine
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.
read the first BioE post.
The contents of this blog are the personal opinions of the author, independent of any organizations with which she is affiliated, and should not be construed as professional advice.
Category: Book Reviews
one of the benefits of not being a parent myself is not having to decide at what ages my kids get to read about - and ask me to explain - penis-stabbing insects
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 8:02 AM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Artists & Art
in the 1760s, Honore Fragonard - cousin of the famous rococo painter - was stripping, dying, and drying bodies into anatomical sculptures that still survive today. A new book explores his world
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 9:47 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Book Reviews
Ok, what are the people at Quirk Books on? I have to say, I love the cover of the book, and the typographical trailer is cute - but isn't this just blatant meme abuse? Quirk explains The Meowmorphosis thus. ....
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 11:30 AM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Book Reviews
vintage eye candy from Vesalius to Schmiedel
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 1:01 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Book Reviews
It's the very last installment of Zombiefest - one more book review, this time for one I heartily recommend! Daniel Drezner, a professor of international politics at Tufts, prefaces his new book about zombies with an unexpected vignette -...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 7:46 AM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Book Reviews
Feminijas vs. zombies. And sushi.
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 8:33 AM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Artists & Art
Photos of predators and prey that play on our sympathies
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 8:03 AM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Book Reviews
Psychologist Robert Kurzban would totally give me an F in his class, but I agree with his hilarious new book anyway
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 11:23 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Books & Essays
A handful of books selected for excellence in bridging medicine and literature appear to be the antithesis of beach-lit escapism.
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 2:06 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Books & Essays
Just in: Carl Schoonover's Portraits of the Mind, which I reviewed a few weeks ago, gets the New York Times Science section treatment. Check out their video interview with Carl; his account of the book's genesis illustrates the benefits that...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 6:53 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
casaubon's book 02.13.2012
denialism blog 02.13.2012
respectful insolence 02.13.2012
evolutionblog 02.12.2012
starts with a bang! 02.11.2012
