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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.
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: Department of the Drama
A few weeks ago, I was notified that if I wished to continue blogging at Scienceblogs/National Geographic, I'd have to agree to new terms. After considering these terms, as well as the decision to ban pseudonymous blogging, I don't feel...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 9:50 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Blogosphere
One of the much-hyped benefits of social networking is that it provides a way to get personalized recommendations about businesses from a wider network. If I want to tell the world that the coffee place in my neighborhood has the...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 12:59 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: Blogosphere
From Linda Holmes, a poignant post about how the deluge of information makes it impossible to scratch the surface in a single lifetime: there are really only two responses if you want to feel like you're well-read, or well-versed in...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 11:34 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Blogosphere
Yesterday, bioephemera got its one millionth visit.* Thanks so much to everyone who reads, shares, and enjoys my posts - you're why I keep blogging, in whatever spare time I can find. There's just too much interesting stuff out there...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 1:35 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Biology
This is the biologist googly-eyed dazzled-with-biological-complexity effect that my friends and I used to describe as "because little fishes have eyes!" Be warned: once infected with the appreciation for biological beauty, there is no cure. :) This is why...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 1:20 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Department of the Drama
Let's be honest: the past two weeks have been horrible. On Thursday and Friday, for example, I worked for over 24 hours straight (who needs sleep) on a single project. You may have noticed BioE's silence - no, when I...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 11:47 AM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Blogosphere
I'm honored to get a brief shout-out today from the awesome Ed Yong in his post on female bloggers. I mention this not to toot my own horn, but to call attention to the amazing number of women blogging...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 8:23 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Department of the Drama
Poor, outnumbered moderates. . . I decided to wait until the election mayhem abated before reviewing Carl Schoonover's EXTREMELY outstanding new book Portraits of the Mind: Visualizing the Brain from Antiquity to the 21st Century. If you're tired of...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 12:39 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Blogosphere
Everything is ephemeral - including bioephemera. As of today, May 31, I'm going on hiatus for at least this summer - and probably longer. While I've met many wonderful fellow bloggers and faithful readers through the blog, keeping BioE...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 11:12 PM • 55 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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