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a blog about the intersection of science, art, and culture by Jessica Palmer, PhD

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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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Whoops! Tampon Cookie

Category: Ephemera

Yet another good illustration of how unwanted associations can destroy the effect you're going for - and a reminder to always consider your audience. I doubt it's necessary to articulate how many unfortunate aspects there are to this label -...

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Using art to teach math (and vice versa)

Category: Artists & Art

Annalisa Crannell, a professor at Franklin & Marshall, has a great essay at Inside Higher Ed on the math of perspective. Crannell, who thinks her students are generally more scared of drawing than they are of math, uses the "fencepost...

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Flipping through the uncanniest of books

Category: Books & Essays

This little video from Abebooks is the closest I've ever gotten to flipping through a copy of the Codex Seraphinianus. What a truly weird book. I particularly love it when the staid narrator reveals his "favorite" illustration - a roller...

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Rated "euw" for wicked bug sex

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

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1967: when the paperwork became too much!

Category: Blogosphere

"Paperwork Explosion" - creepy techno-utopian propaganda from IBM

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For people who hate talking anatomy while eating. . .

Category: Biology

. . . let the table settings do the talking (and the grossing out) for you! These Consumption Dinnerware plates by Leah Piepgras "are a map of the digestive tract, from mouth to anus:" I'm trying to decide if these...

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Prepare to squee: baby 3D-printed strandbeests!

Category: Design

Thanks to Coilhouse, I just learned that artist Theo Jansen is producing 3D printed baby versions of his amazing strandbeests - wind-powered kinetic sculptures that "walk" on their own. If you don't remember Jansen, here he is with his eerie,...

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More anatomy dresses!

Category: Artists & Art

Scapular Art Dress Rachel Wright I'm about to go back offline again because I don't feel up to blogging, but I had to share this find from my friend Shana - she does know what belongs on BioE! These...

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Artists who invent (and patent)

Category: Artists & Art

I've been remiss in not recommending my temporary Scienceblogs scibling "Art and Science Learning" to those of you who are, like me, interested in the sciart intersection. However, I have to say I am not 100% behind its latest (and...

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It's a skeletal hand around your neck - in a good way

Category: Biology

Haute Macabre found artist Celina Saubidet on etsy, where she sells silver-plated bronze "osseous jewelry" from her shop Joyeria Osea. I think this skeletal hand is pretty over the top, but hey - sometimes you need a little drama....

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