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July 29, 2010
Category: Art
The Smithsonian has an interesting article on Alexander Fleming, the man who discovered penicillin, revealing how the scientist used his bacterial cultures to paint works of art. Fleming used different bacterial strains to create a range of colours, timing his...
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Category: Art
From Make: Washington, DC artist Michele Banks, aka Artologica, is a painter who, in her own words, "uses an old and often-disrespected medium, watercolor, to create pieces that are anything but old-fashioned." Her works in Makers Market focus on...
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July 27, 2010
Category: Art
Dezeen Magazine has the drop on this superb clock that shows the time in every time zone, using just one hand. The clock is called Bent Hands and is designed by Giha Woo and Shingoeun. Via Neatorama...
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July 20, 2010
Category: Navel gazing
A conversation cropped up on Twitter the other day about shared audiences. Specifically, Ed Yong and Alice Bell used this tool to compare the overlap in their followers. So we science nerds wondered, how does that overlap look when you...
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July 9, 2010
Category: Art
With apologies to Ed Yong; see his excellent piece: "Robins can literally see magnetic fields, but only if their vision is sharp"...
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July 1, 2010
Category: Zombies
To celebrate Zombie Day at ScienceBlogs, I'm pleased to reveal a short excerpt from my forthcoming book Zombology: the new science of reanimation and mind control. I hope you enjoy it! "Go, my dear Ernst," she said very gently; "go,...
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