The Place Where Science and Art Meet.

An art blog dedicated to scientific and medical illustration and other stuff I like.

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Richard Feynman ‘The beauty of a flower’ by zenpencils on Tumblr

It’s also worth noting that there is some overlap between science and the visual arts in the form of scientific illustration, some of which involves a good deal of creativity. This doesn’t just go for science, either. Learning more about almost any subject can add new ways of appreciating it on both aesthetic and deeper levels.

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Insectorvm Sive Minimorum Animalium Theatrvm

by Thomas Moffett

I can't find any information on the artist who did the beautiful illustrations. If you find it please message me and I will fix the post and add credit. 

You can Buy it here If you happen have $13,000 that is. 

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Chris Panda

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I’ve been asked "why?" I chose BMC many times. I love explaining it to people - but only if they’re genuinely interested. Some people start off with a condescending tone: this doesn’t bother me. What BOTHERS me is that I’m hoping to open their perception on the subject, but they refuse the...

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The Brain Scoop Moths vs. Butterflies

The world of invertebrates is one that’s largely foreign to me, coming from a collection that was primarily birds and mammals. It really didn’t take very long (like, an entire half second) for me to become completely engrossed in insects as soon as possible upon my arrival at The Field Museum. Jim Boone, the insects collections manager, has been more than happy to share a tiny fraction of their 4.1 million pinned insects with me (the alcohol collection includes another 8.3 million insects [!!!!!!!]). 

Moth and butterfly identification can be tricky if you don’t know what you’re looking for, but once you’ve got a handle on the basics you’d be surprised at how quickly you can call them out! 

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New Imaging Technology Shows Python Digesting a Rat.

  Using a combination of computer tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), scientists Kasper Hansen and Henrik Lauridsen of Aarhus University in Denmark were able to visualize the entire internal organ structures and vascular systems (aka “guts”) of a Burmese Python digesting a rat.

By choosing the right settings for contrast and light intensity during the scanning process, the scientists were able to highlight specific organs and make them appear in different colors. The non-invasive CT and MRI scans could let scientists look at animal anatomy without the need for other invasive methods such as dissections.

  above shows a Burmese Python scanned before ingesting a rat and then at two, 16, 24, 32, 48, 72 and 132 hours after dinner. The succession of images reveals a gradual disappearance of the rat’s body, accompanied by an overall expansion of the snake’s intestine, shrinking of the gallbladder and a 25 percent increase in heart volume.

  Source:  Aarhus University

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Ghetie’s Atlas of Avian Anatomy is book with beautiful illustrations and is available for download on the page linked below. 

Link

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COMPARATIVE MAMMALIAN ANATOMY - 1860

Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins A comparative view of the human and animal frame  Chapman and Hall, 1860 ________________________________

Ten plates with brief explanatory text intended 'to give a comparative view of the variation in form of the bony skeleton or framework of those animals most frequently required by the artist, designer, or ornamentist.”

It appears that Waterhouse Hawkins, who is best known for his work with dinosaurs (here and here), wanted to make the illustrations as realistic as possible. All are depicted next to Homo sapiens, who is posed in ways the illustrator apparently felt were natural: a man leads a horse, gives a treat to his camel, shows off his elephant, and [perhaps] supplicates a king attended by the king of beasts.

The textual explanations of variation in animal form did not yet reflect the influence of Charles Darwin’s evolutionary theory, but the detailed illustrations added much to the understanding of mammalian anatomy.

(Images and text [revised here] via University of Wisconsin Digital Collections) ________________________________

Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins in Wikipedia   Wikipedia on history of dinosaur study

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Hosenose, Part Two (by thebrainscoop)

I do enjoy some nice viscera.

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I didn’t get a chance to post this yesterday because as soon as it went up Michael and I were in the back of a Jeep on our way to collect insects in Hanover, Illinois. 

In this episode, the Grossometer goes to HOLY F*** but I’ll let you decide for yourself whether you think that’s appropriate!

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The Brain Scoop Hosenose: Part One

When the grossometer shows up you know it’s going to be a good time in the mammal preparation lab. 

Thanks to Anna Goldman for her expertise, time and humor. This episode was a blast to film and I learned so much about our giant anteater friend, Hosenose. 

Stay tuned for next week where THE GUTS COME OUT. 

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Two more pieces from my “Remnants” mixed media series — this time, moths. Originally exhibited at The Hive Gallery in June & July, both of these pieces are now available on my Etsy shop. "Remnants, IV", mixed media on paper, 8x10", 2013 "Remnants, III", mixed media on paper, 8x10", 2013

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The Brain Scoop Ask Emily #5

I love the ‘Ask Emily’ videos because you guys, without fail, ask some really fantastic questions. In trying to make The Brain Scoop accessible to everyone, with the goal that science is fun and fascinating and engaging and is inherently a part of everyone’s life, is that sometimes I get jaded to topics which assume a lot of prior knowledge. That’s the downfall of communicating science to people of every level of education; that we, unfortunately, assume that the blanks can be filled in, or that a fact is inherently known. As I learn more about this museum world, about biology and natural history, I don’t want to ever forget that a year ago I didn’t know what an arthropod was.  These videos keep me questioning! 

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Drawings by Karla Mialynne’s

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Baby Deinonychus and mammal assistant by *Psithyrus

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The Brain Scoop What is a Museum? 

Since my personal definition of what I believe a Museum to be has changed so much over the last few years, I’ve been really curious how others view these institutions. Are they institutions? what are they about - collections, preservation, education, display, entertainment, research? 

What do you think? How would you define a museum?

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Pg 005-006b (after trek) (by retro traveler)