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Science Art: Hydrogen Density Plots, by PoorLeno

7 November 2010 grant b 0



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The way we grew up thinking about atoms – like teeny tiny solar systems with electrons orbiting a nucleus like planets around a sun – is wrong. They move in clouds… Read the rest “Science Art: Hydrogen Density Plots, by PoorLeno”

Science Art: IMAGE_7222, EarthKAM Spring 2010 Mission.

31 October 2010 grant b 0



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This is what a chunk of Northwest Australia looks like from the International Space Station.

It was created as part of the EarthKAM project, “Earth Knowledge Acquired… Read the rest “Science Art: IMAGE_7222, EarthKAM Spring 2010 Mission.”

Science Art: Shovel-fish & spoonbill sturgeon by the Brothers Dalziel

24 October 2010 grant b 0



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This is a pile of unusual fish from The illustrated natural history, vol. 3, by John George Wood, London, circa 1863. The Brothers Dalziel were the most celebrated (perhaps)… Read the rest “Science Art: Shovel-fish & spoonbill sturgeon by the Brothers Dalziel”

Chuck Yeager's plane

Science Art: Bell X-1A In Flight (aviation anniversary tribute 2)

17 October 2010 grant b 0

Chuck Yeager's plane

On October 14, 1947, “stick and rudder man” Chuck Yeager proved that you didn’t dissolve, explode or travel through time if you went faster than the speed of sound. He… Read the rest “Science Art: Bell X-1A In Flight (aviation anniversary tribute 2)”

Science Art: Wellman’s Airship America (aviation anniversary tribute 1)

16 October 2010 grant b 0

On October 18, 1910, a team of… well, what would we call them? They take machines and go through the air like birds, so let’s call them aviators. A team of aviators made the first… Read the rest “Science Art: Wellman’s Airship America (aviation anniversary tribute 1)”

Etsy partners with NASA. Gives away prizes.

14 October 2010 grant b 0

You’ve been reading these updates for some time, so of course you know of my deep and profound love for bringing scientific research and homemade creative stuff together. Of course… Read the rest “Etsy partners with NASA. Gives away prizes.”

Science Art: Ocean plate, large, Andy Lowry

10 October 2010 grant b 0


Etsy crafter Andy Lowry, who sells under the “why girls go astray” shingle, created this delightful decoupage plate (that you eat from) using delightful Haeckel plates (that… Read the rest “Science Art: Ocean plate, large, Andy Lowry”

Science Art: Geosaurus, by Samuel Wendell Williston.

3 October 2010 grant b 0



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This is Geosaurus, recently outed in the pages of Discovery News as “the T. Rex of the deep”:

What’s more, metriorhynchids, the extinct relatives

… Read the rest “Science Art: Geosaurus, by Samuel Wendell Williston.”

Science Art: 5 of Wands – Fusion, by Janelle Schneider (from Science Tarot).

26 September 2010 grant b 0

I’m a tarot enthusiast. I take the same approach to the cards as do the folks behind this deck – as a good way to create meaningful stories about your life (which is a good way to … Read the rest “Science Art: 5 of Wands – Fusion, by Janelle Schneider (from Science Tarot).”

Science Art: 8655 (cut-away view of a “barrel”-type milk and cream cooler)

19 September 2010 grant b 0

Image from PHIL, the Public Health Image Library of the Centers for Disease Control.

It’s an old-fashioned fridge, as recommended by the Minnesota Board of Health in 1929 as a means… Read the rest “Science Art: 8655 (cut-away view of a “barrel”-type milk and cream cooler)”

Hurricane from orbit.

14 September 2010 grant b 0


Hurricane Igor, from the International Space Station.

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Science Art: Robert Roy (Fig. 14) Heredity of Albinism

12 September 2010 grant b 0



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Found in VintagePrintable.com’s Life Science gallery.

Science Art: Two-Dimensional Low-Turbulence Tunnel

5 September 2010 grant b 0



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NASA has a new collection on Flickr Commons.

It’s pretty awesome.

So is this wind tunnel, also known as the “ice tunnel” because it was studying that… Read the rest “Science Art: Two-Dimensional Low-Turbulence Tunnel”

Science Art: Triceratops-Eotriceratops size 02, by Conty.

22 August 2010 grant b 0



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Image from Wikimedia Commons, where it soon might be deleted for making the Eotriceratops too large.

They always seem to put the people at the wrong end.

Science Art: Deep Sea Angler, by Justin Marshall, QBI.

15 August 2010 grant b 0



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This is a photograph taken off Osprey Reef by researchers with the Sensory Neurology Group of the Queensland Brain Institute. No, not marine biologists – but scientists… Read the rest “Science Art: Deep Sea Angler, by Justin Marshall, QBI.”

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