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bioephemera is art + biology - everything from representations of science in art and literature to the neuroscience of aesthetics.
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Category: Artists & Art
The very epitome of bioephemera, from Microbial Art: Artist JoWOnder presents a pre-Raphaelite painting of Ophelia created with bacteria. The demise of the painting is filmed using time-lapse photography, showing a story of death and creation of new life....
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 9:27 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Books
From an essay by AS Byatt: As I grow older, the fact of the existence of the world's huge compendium of changing and unchangeable tales seems to me more, not less, mysterious. How can they so steadily resemble each other,...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 8:00 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Blogosphere
Stanley Fish writes a provocative essay in the NYT on whether curiosity is tantamount to "a mental disorder," or even a sin: Give this indictment of men in love with their own capacities a positive twist and it becomes...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 7:36 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Books
For the bibliophile who can't bear to leave all his or her books at home: a one-of-a-kind necklace of eleven miniature leather-bound books by TheBlackSpotBooks. Via NotCot....
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 6:52 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Books
. . .Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. According to editor Jason Rekulak, I know there are a lot of vampire fans, but the genre feels exhausted to me. Whereas Sea Monsters allowed us to draw inspiration from so...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 12:30 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Littademia
Joshua Wolf Shenk on the Harvard Study of Adult Development
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Category: Science journalism
About a year ago, acclaimed scientist Jared Diamond wrote an article for the New Yorker about tribal warfare in New Guinea. Now the sources for his article have filed suit, claiming it's completely untrue. What went wrong?
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Category: Books
It's just not Google's week. A mob of angry villagers north of London formed human chains and chased off the Google Maps car (no word whether they had torches). Microsoft is all up in Google's business (to be precise, they're...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 12:30 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Book Reviews
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is a surprisingly fun read
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Category: Science in Culture & Policy
To follow up on my post about science journalism and blogs, a few reading links dealing with science in society, journalism, and the transformation of media.
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