Comments on: Archaeopteryx: The Embargoed Tattoo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/01/24/archaeopteryx-the-embargoed-tattoo/ Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:13:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: L’archéoptéryx était en noir. Enfin, peut-être… : : Le Dinoblog http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/01/24/archaeopteryx-the-embargoed-tattoo/#comment-17522 L’archéoptéryx était en noir. Enfin, peut-être… : : Le Dinoblog Fri, 01 Jun 2012 12:14:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=5463#comment-17522 [...] Mais venons en comme promis à la couleur d’Archaeopteryx, enfin à celle de la plume de 1860 du moins, car c’est elle qui a été analysée. Premier point : cette plume était noire parce qu’elle contient des mélanosomes en forme de petites baguettes, des eumélanosomes, qui produisent une couleur noire chez les oiseaux actuels. Deuxième point : c’était une plume partiellement recouverte par d’autres dans l’aile d’Archaeopteryx. Cela n’indique donc pas forcément qu’Archaeopteryx ressemblait à un corbeau, puisque cette plume était largement recouverte par d’autres de couleur inconnue, en tout cas il n’avait rien d’une colombe. Quant au premier auteur de l’article de Nature paru en janvier, Ryan Carney, il doit être content de sa découverte puisqu’il s’est fait tatouer l’exacte reproduction de la plume noire sur le bras comme le rapporte le blogueur américain Carl Zimmer. [...] [...] Mais venons en comme promis à la couleur d’Archaeopteryx, enfin à celle de la plume de 1860 du moins, car c’est elle qui a été analysée. Premier point : cette plume était noire parce qu’elle contient des mélanosomes en forme de petites baguettes, des eumélanosomes, qui produisent une couleur noire chez les oiseaux actuels. Deuxième point : c’était une plume partiellement recouverte par d’autres dans l’aile d’Archaeopteryx. Cela n’indique donc pas forcément qu’Archaeopteryx ressemblait à un corbeau, puisque cette plume était largement recouverte par d’autres de couleur inconnue, en tout cas il n’avait rien d’une colombe. Quant au premier auteur de l’article de Nature paru en janvier, Ryan Carney, il doit être content de sa découverte puisqu’il s’est fait tatouer l’exacte reproduction de la plume noire sur le bras comme le rapporte le blogueur américain Carl Zimmer. [...]

]]> By: Archaeopteryx: The Embargoed Tattoo | The Loom | My Blog http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/01/24/archaeopteryx-the-embargoed-tattoo/#comment-17521 Archaeopteryx: The Embargoed Tattoo | The Loom | My Blog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:43:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=5463#comment-17521 [...] 11:00 AM by Carl Zimmer in Evolution, Science Tattoo Emporium, Top posts | 0 comments | RSS feed | Trackback This entry was posted in Uncategorized by . Bookmark the [...] [...] 11:00 AM by Carl Zimmer in Evolution, Science Tattoo Emporium, Top posts | 0 comments | RSS feed | Trackback This entry was posted in Uncategorized by . Bookmark the [...]

]]> By: Ryan Carney http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/01/24/archaeopteryx-the-embargoed-tattoo/#comment-17520 Ryan Carney Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:19:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=5463#comment-17520 @Kristyn Bat: This tattoo (life size times π) was done by artist Mike Boissoneault at Black Lotus in Providence, on September 30, 2011 - the 150th anniversary of Hermann von Meyer's naming of Archaeopteryx lithographica. http://witmerlab.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/archaeopteryx_naming_1861_blog.jpg @Kristyn Bat:

This tattoo (life size times π) was done by artist Mike Boissoneault at Black Lotus in Providence, on September 30, 2011 – the 150th anniversary of Hermann von Meyer’s naming of Archaeopteryx lithographica.

http://witmerlab.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/archaeopteryx_naming_1861_blog.jpg

]]> By: Now even Scientists are getting inked? Whats the World coming too? | TattooMachineKits.Net http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/01/24/archaeopteryx-the-embargoed-tattoo/#comment-17519 Now even Scientists are getting inked? Whats the World coming too? | TattooMachineKits.Net Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:38:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=5463#comment-17519 [...] Archaeopteryx the iconic bird (or almost bird) one of its fossil feathers is what they are studying.  Carney got together to research with a group of scientists who have figured out a way to reconstruct colors from fossils , read more http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/01/24/archaeopteryx-the-embargoed-tattoo/ [...] [...] Archaeopteryx the iconic bird (or almost bird) one of its fossil feathers is what they are studying.  Carney got together to research with a group of scientists who have figured out a way to reconstruct colors from fossils , read more http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/01/24/archaeopteryx-the-embargoed-tattoo/ [...]

]]> By: Archaeopteryx had (some) black feathers | Earth Science News http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/01/24/archaeopteryx-the-embargoed-tattoo/#comment-17518 Archaeopteryx had (some) black feathers | Earth Science News Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:59:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=5463#comment-17518 [...] at The Loom blog, Carl Zimmer posted a picture of the lead author’s new tattoo of the lone Archeaopteryx feather. He apparently got inked on his very public forearm before [...] [...] at The Loom blog, Carl Zimmer posted a picture of the lead author’s new tattoo of the lone Archeaopteryx feather. He apparently got inked on his very public forearm before [...]

]]> By: Antoine Bercovici http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/01/24/archaeopteryx-the-embargoed-tattoo/#comment-17517 Antoine Bercovici Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:17:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=5463#comment-17517 Really nice and cool story! I will stay in the pre-Vinther age and keep my feathers blue though! Really nice and cool story! I will stay in the pre-Vinther age and keep my feathers blue though!

]]> By: Archaeopteryx in Color « Life « Science Today: Beyond the Headlines http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/01/24/archaeopteryx-the-embargoed-tattoo/#comment-17516 Archaeopteryx in Color « Life « Science Today: Beyond the Headlines Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:51:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=5463#comment-17516 [...] color of feathered dinosaurs by looking at melansomes in fossils. As Carl Zimmer describes in his Discover [...] [...] color of feathered dinosaurs by looking at melansomes in fossils. As Carl Zimmer describes in his Discover [...]

]]> By: Wzrd1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/01/24/archaeopteryx-the-embargoed-tattoo/#comment-17515 Wzrd1 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:01:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=5463#comment-17515 Amazing how the impossible becomes possible when one actually looks! Consider, colors were impossible to determine, until someone LOOKED for melanosomes. Soft tissues were impossible to find, due to mineralization, until they LOOKED inside of long bones and found them. DNA was impossible to recover, due to mineralization and death in general, yet fragments have been recovered. Life was impossible anywhere near boiling, until someone LOOKED around black smokers and geysers. Life was impossible below 600 feet of water, until someone LOOKED and found it. Life was impossible a mile under the earth, until someone LOOKED and found it thriving. What will be LOOKED for tomorrow and found that was impossible today? Science at its best, of course! Amazing how the impossible becomes possible when one actually looks!
Consider, colors were impossible to determine, until someone LOOKED for melanosomes. Soft tissues were impossible to find, due to mineralization, until they LOOKED inside of long bones and found them. DNA was impossible to recover, due to mineralization and death in general, yet fragments have been recovered.
Life was impossible anywhere near boiling, until someone LOOKED around black smokers and geysers.
Life was impossible below 600 feet of water, until someone LOOKED and found it.
Life was impossible a mile under the earth, until someone LOOKED and found it thriving.
What will be LOOKED for tomorrow and found that was impossible today?
Science at its best, of course!

]]> By: Kristyn Bat http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/01/24/archaeopteryx-the-embargoed-tattoo/#comment-17514 Kristyn Bat Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:56:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=5463#comment-17514 Do we have an artist credit for the tattoo? I love the back story of Von Meyer's initial suspicion that it was an etching instead of an actual fossil. This story is a great example of art imitating life imitating art.. Do we have an artist credit for the tattoo?

I love the back story of Von Meyer’s initial suspicion that it was an etching instead of an actual fossil. This story is a great example of art imitating life imitating art..

]]> By: Blackbird http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/01/24/archaeopteryx-the-embargoed-tattoo/#comment-17513 Blackbird Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:34:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=5463#comment-17513 Beautiful piece. Do you mean "sandwiched in the middle of the wing" instead of "sandwiched in the middle of the feather"? <strong>CZ: Yep! Thanks.</strong> Beautiful piece. Do you mean “sandwiched in the middle of the wing” instead of “sandwiched in the middle of the feather”?

CZ: Yep! Thanks.

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