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		<title>Of Money and Science: Two Book Reviews</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Paula Stephan&#8217;s observation that &#8220;not all science is created equal when it comes to funding&#8221; will not surprise any researcher who ever labored over a grant. Drugmonkey&#8217;s blog is a particularly good source of insight into how the NIH grant &#8230; <a href="http://bioephemera.com/2012/05/18/of-money-and-science-two-book-reviews/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Coin-operated morticians are not easy to find</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just in case you&#8217;ve always wanted a vintage coin-operated morgue diorama with clockwork morticians and mourners, you are totally in luck! Thanks, Morbid Anatomy!]]></description>
		<link>http://bioephemera.com/2012/05/16/coin-operated-morticians-are-not-easy-to-find/</link>
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		<title>Histology-Inspired Artist of the Day: Andrea Offerman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Andrea Offerman&#8216;s intricate pen and ink drawings are some hybrid of children&#8217;s book illustrations and Hieronymous Bosch-ian anatomical panoramas. Andrea says, I was always interested in art but hesitant to make it my profession. I studied medicine for a few &#8230; <a href="http://bioephemera.com/2012/05/16/histology-inspired-artist-of-the-day-andrea-offerman/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Is Starry Night the discovery, or the experiment?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Maria Popova quotes Neil DeGrasse Tyson on the difference between originality in science and in art: If I discover a scientific idea, surely someone else would’ve discovered the same idea had I not done so. Whereas, look at Van Gogh’s &#8230; <a href="http://bioephemera.com/2012/05/16/i-dont-think-thats-the-difference-at-all/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Of satellites, maps, and worldbuilding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s kind of mind-boggling how much technology has changed our relationship with maps over the past decade. I remember when my mental approximation of geography was based either on (depending on the appropriate scale) globes with pastel continents on them, &#8230; <a href="http://bioephemera.com/2012/05/15/of-satellites-maps-and-worldbuilding/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://bioephemera.com/2012/05/15/of-satellites-maps-and-worldbuilding/</link>
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		<title>Elizabeth Turk&#8217;s marble sculpture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Inspired by gravity, space, decay, and natural forms (from schools of fish to murmurations) sculptor Elizabeth Turk&#8217;s marble sculptures resemble skeletons or corals. They&#8217;re particularly lovely when she takes them to the shore and lets the waves crash on them. &#8230; <a href="http://bioephemera.com/2012/05/15/elizabeth-turks-marble-sculpture/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Miscellaneous Links</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A beautiful visualization of ocean currents Pictures of math: a tumblr of science/math visualizations And for those of you following such things, Myriad (the gene patent case) is remanded for reconsideration in light of the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision in Prometheus: &#8230; <a href="http://bioephemera.com/2012/03/26/miscellaneous-links/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://bioephemera.com/2012/03/26/miscellaneous-links/</link>
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		<title>Free book: Gina Kolata&#8217;s Rethinking Thin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;d like a good used hardback copy of Gina Kolata&#8217;s Rethinking Thin, which I think is quite a good book about the science of weight loss, I will mail it to you for free.* Email me with your address. &#8230; <a href="http://bioephemera.com/2012/03/25/free-book-gina-kolatas-rethinking-thin/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://bioephemera.com/2012/03/25/free-book-gina-kolatas-rethinking-thin/</link>
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		<title>Sciencedebate 2012: Should this be the top question for the next President?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You can vote for the science questions you&#8217;d most like the presidential candidates to answer, and add your own questions, here: We’re not interested in quizzing candidates on the 4th digit of pi or the particulars of cell mitosis. We &#8230; <a href="http://bioephemera.com/2012/03/24/sciencedebate-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://bioephemera.com/2012/03/24/sciencedebate-2012/</link>
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		<title>Lunch Break: The Constructal Law</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been reading a book called Design in Nature, by Adrian Bejan and J. Peder Zane. It&#8217;s an extremely thought-provoking book and I haven&#8217;t fully decided what I want to say about it, so my review is still coming, but &#8230; <a href="http://bioephemera.com/2012/03/22/lunch-break-the-constructal-law/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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