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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: Books & Essays
The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as...
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Category: Biology
Adam Winnik sent me this animation inspired by Carl Sagan's famous "pale blue dot" monologue. It's true to the serious implications of Sagan's words, yet wry and lighthearted (mostly). A lovely example of remix culture revitalizing a classic of biology....
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Category: Artists & Art
When I was about eleven years old, I loved to draw intricate ornamental initials with sea serpents twining all over them and castles sprouting out of them, etc. Sometimes my friends would have me draw ink letter "tattoos" on...
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Category: Littademia
How often people speak of art and science as though they were two entirely different things, with no interconnection. An artist is emotional, they think, and uses only his intuition; he sees all at once and has no need of...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 8:40 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Books & Essays
Because people have been discussing Google ngrams a lot, and because there are always major caveats to new datamining methodologies, I have to link Natalie Binder's excellent series of posts urging caution, not only about the methodology, but about assuming...
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Category: Frivolity
Wait - you mean there never was a perfectly literate, typo-free golden age?
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 12:28 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Frivolity
Fox News is taking quality to a whole new level this afternoon. (I know, I know, it's my fault for accidentally clicking on their site. I deserve what I get.) Regardless, congrats to the new Queen Minister!...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 4:43 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Dataviz
DIY font ink consumption analysis, also known as scribbling on walls
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Category: Books & Essays
Alan Jacobs finds a quote that beautifully expresses why I don't want a Kindle, and why I wish the iPad were a stylus-friendly Mac tablet: Of course, you can't take your pen to the screen. When it comes to annotating...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 4:28 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Books & Essays
Robin Sloan's short stories are magical realism for techies
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