A medical poster about pulmonary disease. I can’t read all the writing under it (other than “yi” ((one)) and “ren” ((person))), but after the cold I’ve had this week, I think I know just a little about how this guy feels.
“I’m sorry, son. You’ve got tuberculosis.”
OK, maybe not. But I can sympathize.
From the Images from the History [...]
“Genre de mollusques gastropodes, renfermant des animaux nus, de touts les mers.”
A popular genre of gastropods. Also the name of a boat (a dory, I reckon) and a mythological personage (daughter of Ocean and Tethys, wife of Neree, have no idea what she’s really known for).
Happy Mother’s Day, little nudibranch.
We’ve had The Larousse For You in these [...]
SONG: “Aeronaut, Come” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Based on “Charles A. A. Dellschau Dreams of Flying: The Amazing Story of an Airship Club That Might Never Have Existed,” The Atlantic, 21 March 2013, as used in the post “Science Art: Plate 2527 Guarda (a mechanism for protecting airships), by Charles [...]
The robot is in trouble! We’ll have to help the robot breathe!
This educational illustration comes from the National Institutes of Health “History of Medicine” collection. The Red Cross and World Health Organization used it to train people in first aid.
This photograph probably saved lives.
It’s the year of magic. Or, well, the Magicicada septendecim – the 17-year magic cicada.
Have you heard?
They come back every 17 years, black-winged and red-eyed. Eerie. Noisy. Marvelous.
This illustration came from Wikimedia Commons.
This eye-catching dress is based on retinal neurons as observed by Ferrucio Tartuferi in 1887. He put eyes under the microscope and looked at what could have been looking back at him.
The same designer has Rover Curiosity dresses and DNA leggings among other science-inspired fashion.
[via Laughing Squid]
These are probably the world’s largest petroglyphs. They’re ancient rock carvings that we can see from space.
You can’t make out the funky checkerboards, or the hummingbirds or monkeys… but you can see that there’s something there.
Welcome to Nazca, ancient gods. Approach on runway number three.
[via NPR]
In 1863, naturalist Richard Owen published 72 pages of joy.
Is it related to the lemur? Aye.
Does it climb through the jungle at night? Aye.
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Yes, yes, we RSS!
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