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Category: Science Tattoos
Posted on: October 19, 2007 10:08 AM, by Carl Zimmer
"I am a biochemist, studying to be a molecular biologist, and the tattoo I am sending is the entry for carbon on the periodic table of elements. Since all living things on this planet at least are carbon based, from a chemical standpoint, it doesn't get much more basic than carbon. Hence the tattoo." --Erin
The call for science tattoos has brought 81 images now. After two months, they keep coming.
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Comments
I've decided to wait for a partner to get a tattoo...something like the Microsoft logo, Animal Planet,a double helix, Darwin in Che Guevara's beret giving the Archbishop of Canterbury a swirly, you get the idea...
The catch would be you can only make it out when our hips are together...
Posted by: Phil | October 19, 2007 9:47 PM
~H2O
Posted by: Mat | October 25, 2007 12:21 AM