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Sheffield 2012 by Rocket01.co.uk on Flickr.
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ACC 0021876 (by Otis Historical Archives Nat’l Museum of Health & Medicine)
“Portions of brain of Charles Guiteau, Assassin of President Garfield.
Date received: June 30, 1882.” -
"For a reality check today, take the state of science, which demands high levels of brainwork and is measured by clear benchmarks of discovery. These days scientists are never far from their e-mail, rarely touch paper and cannot lecture without PowerPoint. If electronic media were hazardous to intelligence, the quality of science would be plummeting. Yet discoveries are multiplying like fruit flies, and progress is dizzying. Other activities in the life of the mind, like philosophy, history and cultural criticism, are likewise flourishing, as anyone who has lost a morning of work to the Web site Arts & Letters Daily can attest."
Steven Pinker: “Tech rots your brain” hysteria is stupid - Boing Boing
thanks, pinker, for pointing that out.
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Fanciful handmade wallpaper features unsung scientific heroines (and giant bugs) - Boing Boing
i can’t decide on which pattern i like best-est. this one or the one with the carnivorous plants…
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"Jellyfish usually die after propagating but turritopsis reverts toa sexually immature stage after reaching adulthood and is capable of rejuvenating itself. The 4-5mm diameter creature, technically known as a hydrozoan, is the only known animal capable of reverting to its juvenile polyp state. Theoretically, this cycle can repeat indefinitely, rendering it potentially immortal."
Rejuvenating jellyfish Turritopsis nutricula flirts with immortality | The Australian
this sounds like the premise to a philip k. dick story.
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Le Laboratoire March, 2010 (via reel aesthete)
And one last image. This was my favorite part…
New creative space dedicated to experimental collaboration between artists and scientists located in the heart of Paris. Images from the exhibition “Une Architecture des Humeurs.”
www.lelaboratoire.orgso I went to check out this exhibition and this space because it is near where we live, has links to the american community in paris, and is in “my ballpark” w. my combination background of studies in art, philosophy, and science.
they had lots of books on display which i recognized. BUT as far as art exhibitions go, it was too white, too dry, and too conceptual. (and this from someone who really enjoys conceptual art and things that are dry…). it needed color. it felt like being on a film set for one of those movies from the 1970’s that takes place “in the future.”
so, i think its an interesting space and a wonderful, timely idea. but in terms of aesthetics and future collaborations, i hope they aspire to be a bit more… accessible? (not that there weren’t ample wall texts, texts, models, etc) because, yes, some times less is more and sometimes less isn’t enough.
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Le Laboratoire March, 2010 (via reel aesthete)
New creative space dedicated to experimental collaboration between artists and scientists located in the heart of Paris. Images from the exhibition “Une Architecture des Humeurs.”
www.lelaboratoire.org -
Le Laboratoire March, 2010 (via reel aesthete)
New creative space dedicated to experimental collaboration between artists and scientists located in the heart of Paris. Images from the exhibition “Une Architecture des Humeurs.”
www.lelaboratoire.org -
"Given the increasing rigidity and length of the Western academic pipeline — which now extends so far beyond the PhD that the average age for first-time principal investigators on grants from the US National Institutes of Health is 42 — the BGI model may be worth serious consideration. From one perspective, it is just a logical, albeit radical, extension of programmes such as the US National Science Foundation’s Research Experience for Undergraduates, which have demonstrated that younger students can usefully participate in and contribute to hands-on research. If the BGI can pull it off, it might find itself a model not only for creative approaches to genomics but also for education and training."
Do scientists really need a PhD? : Article : Nature
i think this debate is part of the current, larger education discussion. education and the way it is being provided (esp. given the economic crisis, the home school movement, and the rising cost of education (public v. private college, loans, etc) is going to cause a pretty radical shift. technology and the availability of information are two of the driving forces of this shift, too. basically: it is something to watch.
auto-dictates were always my favorite sorts of people (inventors!) and i think we’re going to see a new generation of self-educated folks. another way to say this is that i think we’re going to move away from and 18th c. enlightenment model towards something that looks closer to the guild-apprenticeship system…
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