Comments on: Bioastronomy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/01/08/bioastronomy/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:28:19 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: OntarioGal http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/01/08/bioastronomy/comment-page-1/#comment-146815 OntarioGal Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:52:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/01/08/bioastronomy/#comment-146815 Wow - what a stunningly lovely image. It rivals anything I've seen in a museum (hey - modern art doesn't HAVE to be ugly ;-) I <3 nature! Wow – what a stunningly lovely image. It rivals anything I’ve seen in a museum (hey – modern art doesn’t HAVE to be ugly ;-)

I <3 nature!

]]> By: Wag of the Tail « Barkings Of An Old Dog http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/01/08/bioastronomy/comment-page-1/#comment-146793 Wag of the Tail « Barkings Of An Old Dog Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:36:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/01/08/bioastronomy/#comment-146793 [...] and the full article here Bioastronomy [...] [...] and the full article here Bioastronomy [...]

]]> By: quantum cephalopod http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/01/08/bioastronomy/comment-page-1/#comment-146699 quantum cephalopod Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:52:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/01/08/bioastronomy/#comment-146699 I'm pretty sure PZ would think it was a picture of <i>pharyngeal</i> arches. Ahem. As for me, I'm thinking gills. I’m pretty sure PZ would think it was a picture of pharyngeal arches.

Ahem.

As for me, I’m thinking gills.

]]> By: Gary http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/01/08/bioastronomy/comment-page-1/#comment-146689 Gary Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:21:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/01/08/bioastronomy/#comment-146689 Not so strange. The same mathematics controls physical and biological processes. Why shouldn't structures look similar? A question: if astronomy is deemed a 'superior' science, then why are astronomers searching so hard for off-earth biological activity? Just asking... Not so strange. The same mathematics controls physical and biological processes. Why shouldn’t structures look similar?

A question: if astronomy is deemed a ’superior’ science, then why are astronomers searching so hard for off-earth biological activity? Just asking…

]]> By: Tracy M http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/01/08/bioastronomy/comment-page-1/#comment-146683 Tracy M Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:56:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/01/08/bioastronomy/#comment-146683 To me it looks like a bunch of wriggling sperm. This fits into the theory that all the planets are ova ready to hatch out as giant dragons. To me it looks like a bunch of wriggling sperm. This fits into the theory that all the planets are ova ready to hatch out as giant dragons.

]]> By: IBY http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/01/08/bioastronomy/comment-page-1/#comment-146565 IBY Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:48:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/01/08/bioastronomy/#comment-146565 Yeah, no stinging tentacle crap, or any cephalopod! ^_^ Yeah, no stinging tentacle crap, or any cephalopod! ^_^

]]> By: Jane http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/01/08/bioastronomy/comment-page-1/#comment-146514 Jane Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:51:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/01/08/bioastronomy/#comment-146514 It's a fantastic lush image. I don't see jellyfish tenticles like Kitty I see sperm, racing their way towards a non existant martian egg. It’s a fantastic lush image. I don’t see jellyfish tenticles like Kitty I see sperm, racing their way towards a non existant martian egg.

]]>