It probably says something about my schooling, let alone my age, that when you say to me “Flight of Icarus” my first thought is Iron Maiden.
I’m pretty sure most of us have seen a version of this already, but it’s worth pointing out another formulation. Take one inch, and let it equal two million years. What you end up with is a history of life on Earth, 135 feet wide. Scroll all the way to the right to see where…
Last week we talked a little bit about science as art; or at least, I claimed that the certain scientific imagery could be classed as art, and it is in any event very pretty. A commenter reminded me of the DNA 11 (‘From life comes art’) website, which is actually set up to commercialize scientific…
Lord Lichfield One of the great things about doing science, especially if you’re lucky enough to be a cell or structural biologist, is just how gosh-darned pretty it can be. Sometimes, crouched over a microscope or synchrotron hutch late at night (or very early in the morning, with the latter), the sheer prettiness of what…
Lord Lichfield One of the great things about doing science, especially if you’re lucky enough to be a cell or structural biologist, is just how gosh-darned pretty it can be. Sometimes, crouched over a microscope or synchrotron hutch late at night (or very early in the morning, with the latter), the sheer prettiness of what…
As anyone who has worked in a lab will tell you, labcoats are a complete pain in the Gilson until the day they save your Armani suit from being dosed with TEMED, E. coli or radioactivity (and in extreme cases, all three). Invariably made from cheap polycotton with fasteners that don’t and sleeves that dangle…
As anyone who has worked in a lab will tell you, labcoats are a complete pain in the Gilson until the day they save your Armani suit from being dosed with TEMED, E. coli or radioactivity (and in extreme cases, all three). Invariably made from cheap polycotton with fasteners that don’t and sleeves that dangle…
A few weeks ago I went to the Faraday Prize Lecture at the Royal Society. The lecture, The secret mathematicians, was given by the Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science Marcus du Sautoy. Du Sautoy talked about five artists, how they were inspired by mathematics, and how their art tells us things…
