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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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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: Artists & Art
Entangled, 2010 handbuilt porcelain, cone 6 glaze Kate MacDowell sculpts partially dissected frogs, decaying bodies with exposed skeletons, and viscera invaded by tentacles or ants. It's the imagery of nightmares, death metal music videos, or that tunnel scene in...
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Category: Cephalopodmania
Yes, PZ should have one. Or two. Or. . . eight.
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Category: Biology
I know I'm bad at math, but I'm not that bad
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Category: Blogosphere
The ultimate bioephemera: art you eat! This cephalopod by specialty cake artist Karen Portoleo is definitely NOT a cake wreck (although if there were a little cake(ship)wreck under those tentacles, it might not be a bad addition). Karen previously...
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Category: Artists & Art
David Hochbaum Genisis NYC artist David Hochbaum, the creator of beguiling ephemera-inspired art, is a long-time favorite of BioE (and our friends at Phantasmaphile). Check out his Open Call portfolio, and if you will, take a moment to rate...
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Category: Cephalopodmania
I recently stumbled across an interesting post (don't ask how I got there; how do you ever end up anywhere on the Web?) about how the octopus has been used as a propaganda symbol, from WW2 to Big Oil,...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 9:31 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Biology
The Anachronism (Full Film) from Anachronism Pictures on Vimeo. The full length version of The Anachronism, a short film by Matthew Gordon Long, has been released online. The only thing wrong with it is that it isn't longer. Give yourself...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 7:54 AM • 27 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Cephalopodmania
There are even suckers on the teacup handles!
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 8:43 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Biology
You've just got to love a crocodile skull vambrace paired with a tentacle necklace
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Category: Biology
Good idea: the National Zoo is letting us name its Giant Pacific octopus. Bad idea: the names. All four are terrible: Olympus: This octopus arrived at the Zoo just before the 2010 Winter Olympics, and for many zoogoers the...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 7:56 PM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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