Category Archives: Science

Medical illustration: future and past

Posted on January 27, 2007 by cicada

If you read my earlier post on anatomical representations of the female reproductive organs, you are familiar with Jan van Rymsdyk’s landmark engravings of a dissected full-term uterus. Thanks to Street Anatomy, an interesting new medical illustration blog, I see … Continue reading →

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Legos rule

Posted on January 20, 2007 by cicada

If I had to make a choice between Macs and Legos as commercial objects of devotion, I think my head would explode. I adore my Mac, I love my iPod, but as a child, Legos were my life. Even now, … Continue reading →

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The Ironic Workout: five muscles at once!

Posted on January 19, 2007 by cicada

This is a screenshot from a wonderful anatomy learning tool, Artnatomy, by artist and educator Victoria Contreras Flores. It’s meant to teach facial anatomy in a Fine Arts context, but would work equally well in an introductory A&P course. Teaching … Continue reading →

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Poem (Poe-m) of the Week: To Science

Posted on January 19, 2007 by cicada

It’s Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday today, so the poem of the week must be his. Sadly, Poe did not seem to have a cuddly relationship with science. He’s downright accusatory: To Science Edgar Allan Poe Science! true daughter of Old … Continue reading →

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Spiders on Crack!

Posted on January 17, 2007 by cicada

When I was a graduate student, I fed crack cocaine to mutant fruit flies. I don’t think they really enjoyed it – they convulsed and died. But even so, I was moved by nostalgia when a friend sent me this … Continue reading →

Posted in Biology, Film, Video & Music, Frivolity, Science | 2 Comments

The Open Laboratory

Posted on January 16, 2007 by cicada

The Science Blogging Anthology – the Great Unveiling! Coturnix over at A Blog Around the Clock has just finished editing the new anthology of science blogging. Through the mercurial quickness of on-demand publishing, the book is available as a physical … Continue reading →

Posted in Biology, Books, Science | 4 Comments

Too much of anything (including water) is bad for you

Posted on January 14, 2007 by cicada

Woman dies after taking part in radio station contest A very sad story: a 28-year-old woman participating in a radio station contest died of apparent water intoxication. Basically, she consumed so much water so quickly that her body fluids were … Continue reading →

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