Some people wear their heart on their sleeve. Diana Eastman wears her bones on her back: Now that’s what I call an anatomical model. It’s done with body paint I believe, and is not a tattoo. But if you want the hardcore tattoo anatomy, be sure to check out Street Anatomy. Be sure to check…
Two people I don’t know got married last Friday, and his grandmother graciously gave the country the day off. Whatever you think about the monarchy or, indeed, the institution of marriage, it was a lovely day off and on the whole, even apparent republicons appeared to enjoy it.
Why is science so darned difficult? It’s not simply that it takes a lot of hard work and concentrated brain power to really understand even basic scientific principles, but–for experimental scientists, at least–experiments have a tendency to fail in a way that doesn’t provide any useful information.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair The International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge was created by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Science to celebrate the tradition of science illustration—from Leonardo da Vinci to the present day—and to encourage its continued growth and relevance. There are categories in Photography, Illustrations, Informational Posters and…
As promised, a fishy Valentine’s greeting from Ray Troll: Listen through for some serious biology about these lovely little suckers, “the cutest fish in the entire sea.” (Download Lumpsuckers of Love mp3.) Down below the deep blue sea There’s a spiny lumpsucker for you and me Looking in your big green eyes I love the…
Via the University of Lincoln research office blog, I came across a report from a study tour of the Wellcome Trust. The Trust is well known for its prestigious (and generous) awards—programme grants, project grants, and various fellowships—in biomedical research, giving over £600 million annually, but it also has quite an extensive interest in the…
The First Law of Thermodymamics: Heat is work and work is heat … The Second Law of Thermodymamics: Heat cannot of itself pass from one body to a hotter body Heat won’t pass from a cooler to a hotter You can try it if you like but you far better notter ‘Cos the cold in…
Where should we concentrate conservation efforts? Back in January, Kevin Gaston at the University of Sheffield argued in Science that conservation efforts should be directed towards common species as well as the ‘obvious’, rare and ‘threatened’ ones1. The argument is beguilingly simple. In the absence of a detailed understanding of what each species does in…
Next to a shiny new bike, the best Christmas present I could hope for when I was young was a box of LEGO bricks. We weren’t well off, so the LEGO was always more of a going proposition, and besides could be played with when it was raining. And we’re talking proper LEGO: not the…
