“here is a photograph of the one my boyfriend offered me three years ago. Although I don’t work directly on the Burgess Shales fossils, they are some of the coolest fossils around, and a summary of what is so fascinating in paleontology and evolutionary biology…” –Mag
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About The Loom
Carl Zimmer writes about science regularly for the New York Times and magazines such as Discover, where he is a contributing editor and columnist.
He is the author of six books, the most recent of which is Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life. His website is carlzimmer.com and his address is [ blog at carlzimmer dot com ].
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Science Tattoo Emporium
I once wondered aloud if scientists had tattoos of their science. The answer was yes, and this ever-growing collection is the evidence. If you want to share your own scientific ink, send it to me with some explanation.
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My Latest Book: Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life
- DISCOVERmagazine: Living World
- DISCOVER Blogs: Bad Astronomy
September 9th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
[…] Here’s another Pikaia tattoo, and more information from the Smithsonian Instution on this early forerunner of fish (and […]