tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69191407641477896902024-02-23T16:39:19.289-08:00THE SMALL SCIENCE COLLECTIVESpreading science through our free printable library of mini-booklets—zines! Made by seriously curious folks. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919140764147789690.post-11895213856189878612024-02-13T19:47:00.000-08:002024-02-15T20:07:44.665-08:00Space stations, radioactive journals, and cryptids - celebrating three new zines! <p>We've just added three zines to the Small Science Zine Library, all created by the same artist, <a href="https://www.gniazdoswiatow.net/darmowe-ziny/" target="_blank">Godai</a>. Godai's zines are about (1) the history of space stations, (2) Maria Skłodowska-Curie's radioactive journal, and (3) the origins of cryptoid pseudo-science (did the legend of Yeti come from misidentifying yaks?) To celebrate these additions to the Small Science Zine Library, we've interviewed Godai about his inspiration, process, and background. See his three zines interspersed in the interview below. And don't forget to print them out and share a little science in your community. </p><div><div><b>Q: Tell us a little about yourself. How did you get into making science zines?<br /></b><br /><b>Godai:</b> It's a long story. I'm working in IT since 1999, so my professional background is mostly technical, but I have a BA in English teaching, too. And I'm a science fiction writer after hours. I started making zines in early 1990s, my first edited and published one was in the 1980s, tho. I used carbon copy paper to make more copies... I've been doing zines and smallpress for the past two decades, including minizines, but I only got into making 1-page foldables last year and testing the medium. I tried telling about the stuff I love - namely space exploration. </div><div><br /></div><div><div><b><span><a name='more'></a></span>Q: What inspired you to make your zine The Brief History of Manned Space Stations?</b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><h4><b>The Brief History of Manned Space Stations</b> by Godai</h4><div><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JLy2UWhu9cKvG2QCK-7xjH74RCM9LgK_/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">download the printable/foldable version</a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCEvuGP06phVQrPgaxmKTvqt_9sis21M1Rh4qe2NSr-ychGz6R1JmfA35q0ylVR_t8h_oA4raFQZ8BVySZBpqAk5AnxdLguyt1hmKa0006fm7btIO-TEZpMk7OKFcJmmRKtYNoyM2dLnrUiYG28mopsCdwfHWdYM3eYp2KOJDMiTqhOb96Y-bNKJOiX34/s2100/Zine%20in%20Comic%20Format%20-%20The%20Breif%20History%20of%20Manned%20Space%20Stations%20%20-%20by%20Godai%20-%20Small%20Science%20Zine%20Collective.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2100" data-original-width="1800" height="471" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCEvuGP06phVQrPgaxmKTvqt_9sis21M1Rh4qe2NSr-ychGz6R1JmfA35q0ylVR_t8h_oA4raFQZ8BVySZBpqAk5AnxdLguyt1hmKa0006fm7btIO-TEZpMk7OKFcJmmRKtYNoyM2dLnrUiYG28mopsCdwfHWdYM3eYp2KOJDMiTqhOb96Y-bNKJOiX34/w403-h471/Zine%20in%20Comic%20Format%20-%20The%20Breif%20History%20of%20Manned%20Space%20Stations%20%20-%20by%20Godai%20-%20Small%20Science%20Zine%20Collective.png" width="403" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><b>Godai:</b> For many years I have been an enthusiast of the space exploration, I wrote an alt-history fiction book about it, based on actual events and hardware and also wrote a comic book for kids about the history of space exploration, titled "When I Grow Up, I'll be a Hadfield". I was also pretty active on Polish Wikipedia in the area of space stations, kosmonauts and so on.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><b><span><!--more--></span>Q: What inspired you to make a zine about Maria Skłodowska's radioactive notebook? (Note to readers: Maria Skłodowska is also known as Marie Curie)</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><h4 style="text-align: center;"><b>The Journal of Maria Skłodowska</b> by Godai</h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1niVX7LF1bKPKaPiyrkLmFbdNIfkNzDNF/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">download the printable/foldable version</a></h4></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeygTKYoTMjLz2SrOTnJMVI8MYaEgtFtmUgVBYqWgEQ3ZqOmWm8d3y2KLkxelPXzJ37-tebJOxoAVG61E-Bf49-WhyjiJ1iAsA3v9izl-uNY2vP6tvkD-zbdsafmL3Om_yWd1k0janBELp8-UUClOHa5gc1XjNkqZ3BLoyUXDPTiVi9g8fYivEUVj7XPw/s2100/Zine%20in%20Comic%20Format%20-%20Journal%20of%20Maria%20Sk%C5%82odowska%20-%20by%20Godai%20-%20Small%20Science%20Zine%20Collective.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2100" data-original-width="1800" height="473" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeygTKYoTMjLz2SrOTnJMVI8MYaEgtFtmUgVBYqWgEQ3ZqOmWm8d3y2KLkxelPXzJ37-tebJOxoAVG61E-Bf49-WhyjiJ1iAsA3v9izl-uNY2vP6tvkD-zbdsafmL3Om_yWd1k0janBELp8-UUClOHa5gc1XjNkqZ3BLoyUXDPTiVi9g8fYivEUVj7XPw/w405-h473/Zine%20in%20Comic%20Format%20-%20Journal%20of%20Maria%20Sk%C5%82odowska%20-%20by%20Godai%20-%20Small%20Science%20Zine%20Collective.png" width="405" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Godai: </b>I'm taking part in the Monthly Zine Project and the January prompt was "journal." Now, Maria Skłodowska is pretty famous in Poland and for a reason. She's the only woman to date to get two Nobel awards. I first heard about her as early as 1st or 2nd grade of primary school. I knew the story of her radioactive journals for years and I thought it would be a great opportunity to spread some knowledge and also spread some fame for one of Poland's greatest scientists.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><br /></div></div><span><!--more--></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Q: Tell us a little about your process of making the zine(s). How did you go about researching the facts and transforming them into an engaging story and zine?</b></div><div> <br /><b>Godai: </b>The idea is the first step. Space stations, cryptids, Polish comics of the 1980s - I do a lot of things, including podcasting, and this bring plenty of potential topics to the table. </div><div> When I get an idea, I try to break it down first to suit the format. For example, I cut down the cryptids to six only, to accomidate each on a separate page for clarity. [Note: read "Cryptids of the World" below.]<br /> Concurrently, I do some research. Space stations were easy, as I can recite them at will but cryptids resulted in some research on popularity of those. I also look for articles on that topic, read sources - Wikipedia is a nice starting point as it provides links to actual sources like data or research.<br /> And then is the tedious work of writing the actual story to make it interesting and drawing the images. I use variety of tool, but in the case of zines - ink sketches work best, as they are easily reproducible. Teh final step is putting the layout together, tinkering with text, adjusting the images. I print and fold a copy and check out if it works - if not, back to the design. It it does, I make copies that are then ready for distribution. I also add the new zine to my "zine central" page on my blog and annouce the release online.<br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: center;"><b>Cryptids of the World </b>by Godai</h4><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m-ROZShdDBDJU2DXCepYBUId7C-yt5KE/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">download the printable/foldable version</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUB7m8fulXLLB5q1boddCG1-jYgn_1q1q25CtZRbgDNfLakLxBBhErj-1G39tG_R4KmLUmzkJGUED3co2DWHDHc5c2dPtHxTEI9L5mzZZ4QqaxKe6w-_4QcWfeEH_DD8HhqkVl_fTtN7tBTNZqxj7ngn6DCX4HJS01fnorAA3voNwBAlFarTiSyxFxBas/s2100/Zine%20in%20Comic%20Format%20-%20Cryptids%20of%20the%20World%20-%20by%20Godai%20-%20Small%20Science%20Zine%20Collective.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2100" data-original-width="1800" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUB7m8fulXLLB5q1boddCG1-jYgn_1q1q25CtZRbgDNfLakLxBBhErj-1G39tG_R4KmLUmzkJGUED3co2DWHDHc5c2dPtHxTEI9L5mzZZ4QqaxKe6w-_4QcWfeEH_DD8HhqkVl_fTtN7tBTNZqxj7ngn6DCX4HJS01fnorAA3voNwBAlFarTiSyxFxBas/w402-h469/Zine%20in%20Comic%20Format%20-%20Cryptids%20of%20the%20World%20-%20by%20Godai%20-%20Small%20Science%20Zine%20Collective.png" width="402" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><span><!--more--></span>Q: Any ideas for how people in your community could use the Small Science Zine Library?<br /></b><br /><b>Godai:</b> I haven't tried using zines working with kids - yet. But I have run zine-making workshops for children and I find the foldable format really attractive. I delivers small, condensed portions of knowledge in an attractive form. I believe distributing this kind of science among young people would work. While discussing Small Science Library in an online group, one of the users related how they delivered some of the zines to their friend's student and they actually used some of that knowledge. I also think these would work great during informal, extrascholar meeting concentrating on dedicated topics. These could well be distributed among scouts or similar groups. And we need to remember that there is a strong collectible factor to these which is very appealing for kids.<br /><br /></div><div><b><span><!--more--></span>Q: Where can people follow you or see more of your work?<br /></b><br /><b>Godai: </b>All of my zines can be downloaded for free on my blog: <a href="https://www.gniazdoswiatow.net/darmowe-ziny/">https://www.gniazdoswiatow.net/darmowe-ziny/</a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comPoland51.919438 19.14513623.859982620154238 -16.011114 79.978893379845758 54.301386tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919140764147789690.post-46318182170117292592014-05-31T19:54:00.001-07:002014-05-31T19:54:12.124-07:00Zines for CAKE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Some zines prepped for the <a href="http://www.cakechicago.com/" target="_blank">Chicago Alternative Comics Expo</a> (CAKE) !</div>
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After a patchy here-and-there hiatus, 2013 brings you new zines. With the organizational genius-help of <a href="http://thismighthurt.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Isabella Rotman</a> we are uploading new zines from a back collection to our <a href="http://smallsciencecollective.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">new Tumblr site</a> and our new, improved, and growing <a href="http://asyang.wix.com/small-science" target="_blank">Zine Library!</a><br />
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I also hope to updating this main site with commentary on the ~30 new zines just added.<br />
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Try to catch us at <a href="http://www.cakechicago.com/" target="_blank">CAKE</a> May 31st and June 1st 2013 where I'll have a lot of the new offerings in hand ~<br />
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Who could believe an ant in theory?<br />
A giraffe in blueprint?<br />
Ten thousand doctors of what's possible<br />
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In this new zine <i>Don't Fear the King: The story of surface to volume ratio and the size of shape of animals </i>contributed by <a href="http://adrianpijoan.com/" target="_blank">Adrian Pijoan</a> to SSC we get an education on how the basic physics and physiology of life (i.e. gravity, breathing, you know, the basics) fundamentally determines the possibilities of form of life on earth and gives us an appreciation for how evolution fashions organisms to adapt to environments.<br />
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Adrian gives an excellent introduction to basic principles, leading us from jello, through intestines, all the way to giant beetles and King Kong (yes, all that is possible).<br />
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<a href="http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Biology/faculty/sawanryt" target="_blank">Stephen Wainwright </a>and his wonderful book <a href="http://books.google.com/books/about/Axis_and_Circumference.html?id=Keswf0HKYTIC" target="_blank">Axis and Circumference</a>, which just as well could be subtitled "why living things are tubes." For those of you interested in this general topic of <b>biomechanics</b>, I also recommend the many accessible<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Vogel" target="_blank"> books by Steve Vogel</a>. <br />
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Thanks for this zine, Adrian! Check out his other comics on things like <a href="http://adrianpijoan.com/roots" target="_blank">Roots </a>and the <a href="http://adrianpijoan.com/fibonacci" target="_blank">Fibonacci Series</a> too.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919140764147789690.post-40178767578751675062013-11-16T18:14:00.001-08:002013-11-16T18:32:57.441-08:00Small Science at the National Academy of Sciences!<br />
In the first week of November Small Science had a nice opportunity to spread some zine-ness around at the 25th annual <a href="http://www.kavlifoundation.org/kavli-frontiers-science">Kavli Frontiers of Science</a> meeting.<br />
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A gathering of current science up-and-ciming stars, we had the opportunity to attend as part of the "Art-Science Interface" session - a first of its kind in the history of the symposium.<br />
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Some 100 or more zines on the physics of spirals, the nitrogen cycle, water bears, ocean acidification, diamonds, furuit flies, black holes, evolution and more were scooped up and spread among researchers around the country.<br />
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Small Science was happy to be a part of the exhibition <a href="http://www.saic.edu/sullivangalleries/fullschedule/rooting.html">Rooting: Regional Networks, Global Concerns</a> at the Sullivan Galleries at the School of Art Institute of Chicago August through October. WE had over 50 zines for people to puruse on a variety of topics. We even got a tiny shout-out in the Chicago TRibune review of the show (shucks).<br />
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A couple weekends back I had the pleasure & good fortune to attend the Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science (<a href="http://meanwhile, hope alls well in the world of turbulence">COPUS</a>) <a href="http://copusproject.org/unconference.html">UnConference on science communication</a>. Yes, the very same COPUS that co-sponsored the 2009 Zine-a-thon and of which I am a member ever since.<br />
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And where - you might ask - would you host a meeting of 65 people across the country (and one Canadian) to explore the new/great/difficult/fascinating in the world of grassroots efforts to educate the public about science? Yes, you are correct - <a href="http://www.b2science.org/">Biosphere 2</a>! <br />
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It turns out "Biosphere 1" is the Earth itself #2 was supposed to manage as a closed system (except for the sunlight pouring in and some supplemental electricity) with the idea that if people could live in it, then heck, maybe they could live on one on the moon (or some equally extra-terrestrial place). It was an <a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/04/biospheresci/">experiment of many controversies</a>, but then all the more better a place to consider the current concerns in science in the public sphere.<br />
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</div>Anyway, it seemed like a perfect place to spread some zines around about the Nitrogen Cycle, pigeons, stem cells, bot flies, gut bacteria, and the like!<br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We distributed about 130 zines at this year's amazingly huge 2012 <a href="http://chicagozinefest.org/">Chicago ZineFest</a>! Small Science didn't get their act together to sign up to get a table in time (note to self:don't be such a slacker!). Bbut why sit a table when you can carry your table <i>with </i>you? So that's what we did~ It is aboot 10.5 times more fun anyway to get to browse around all the other tables and pick up, trade, and ogle all the other fine printed matter out there. </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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And what have we here? The most noble of small insects, the fruit fly <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>. </div>
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Because<a href="http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/comdesc/"> Evolution by Common Descent</a> unifies all of life (thanks for pointing this out, Charles Darwin), studying the genetics of an insect of even a plant or yeast can in fact reveal much about the biology of creatures like ourselves. You have to respect these <a href="http://www.dnalc.org/resources/animations/model_organisms.html">model organisms </a>of biological research. </div>
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Now, you may say the after watching the movie "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7xoyu08xNE">The Fly</a>" you understand the whole matter, but I urge you to look a little deeper past such science-fiction. Plus that is NOT a fruit fly, but rather the common house fly <i>Musca domestica</i>. Isabella Rossellini gives some fascinating insight into those flies <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm4MvqVaVNA">here</a>. <br />
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For an additional general overview of fruit flies in biology, check out <a href="http://www.dnaftb.org/10/concept/index.html"> this nice visual explanation</a>, or explore some of the<a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/mutant_flies/mutant_flies.html"> more famous mutants flies </a>that are used in genetics. For the real <i>detailed </i>nitty-gritty that professionals get into, check out <a href="http://flybase.org/">Flybase</a>.</div>
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In a world whose burgeoning population and ravenous appetite for meat only continues to grow, sustainability is finding itself stretched to new limits. The environmental, food safety, and ethical issues of raising cows, pigs, and fowl on such an extensive scale are myriad. Take the example of beef and consider that pound-for-pound:<br />
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It takes ~200 times the amount of water to produce than potatoesIi takes about 5 pounds of grain for every pound of beef a cow produces<br />
Feeding livestock consumes about 40% of the world's grain <a href="http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/aug97/livestock.hrs.html">*</a><br />
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Given this, what other options might there be for animal protein? Perhaps one of the most common ones there is? That's right - insects! Here are some <a href="http://blogs.ngm.com/blog_central/2010/08/eat-the-beetles-with-special-bug-recipes.html%20">very impressive nutritional statistics and recipes from <i>National Geographic</i></a>. In fact <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1810336,00.html"><i>Time </i>magazine has a a data-rich article</a> on topic, while David Gracer, from <a href="http://www.smallstockfoods.com/index.php">Small Stock</a>, also males a nice case for bug brunching here <a href="http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/156551/february-13-2008/david-gracer">on the Colbert Report</a> a little while back. The recent <a href="http://insectsarefood.com/">Insects Are Food</a> website is also a good resource.<br />
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However, all that said, if you want a really nice and compact reference, I can suggest nothing better than than this new zine in the collective simply called <a href="http://www.andrewyang.com/zines/Entomophagy.pdf">"Entomophagy"</a> by Moinca Ramirez. If gives a nice overview on these issues in a very handy format. Click on the image here to read it in comic form:<br />
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By the way, if you are interested in specific insects to dine on, consider cicadas! Here is <a href="http://smallsciencezines.blogspot.com/2007/07/cicadas.html">a zine </a>about them in particular (recipe included) as well as <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/05/0503_040503_cicadafeast.html">an article</a>.<br />
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And <a href="http://justsixlegs.blogspot.com/2010/09/nutrition-holometabolous-way.html">some more </a>of this topic from our sister site, the Insect World as well as your editor here at Small Science <a href="http://ecologyoffood.blogspot.com/2010/02/eating-six-legged.html">partaking of some giant water bug</a> found in the local grocery store...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919140764147789690.post-16173002526405226682010-11-30T12:45:00.000-08:002010-11-30T14:04:42.685-08:00The Theory of Sexual Selection<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: white;"> ---</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://filebox.vt.edu/users/husak/Tbrevsm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://filebox.vt.edu/users/husak/Tbrevsm.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
Why the differences between males and females of so many species - be they large horns, flashy feathers, strange songs, or bizarrely long "stalks" in the case of the <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/03/the_lovely_stalkeyed_fly.php">stalk-eyed flies</a> pictured above? This question puzzled <a href="http://www.lucidcafe.com/lucidcafe/library/96feb/darwin.html">Charles Darwin</a> even after he came up with his explanation for the diversity of life forms generally - <a href="http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/IIIENaturalSelection.shtml">evolution by natural selection</a>.<br />
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(Feeling rusty on the concept? <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/01/6/l_016_09.html">This video</a> from the PBS <i>Evolution </i>series gives a summary of the basics.)<br />
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<a href="http://www.behance.net/lazyworks">Denny Liu</a> has designed an attractive zine <a href="http://smallsciencezines.blogspot.com/2008/02/nature-of-at-attraction-la-darwin.html%20">The Theory of Sexual Selection</a> that gives us a clever and contemporary overview of the many ways evolution has crafted traits, from the notion of "good genes" to <a href="http://www.amentsoc.org/insects/glossary/terms/nuptial-gift">nuptial gifts</a>.<br />
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Another zine featured here at SSC also looks at sexual selection theory, check it out <a href="http://smallsciencezines.blogspot.com/2008/02/nature-of-at-attraction-la-darwin.html">here</a>!<br />
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Many are fond of <a href="http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Copernicus.html">Copernicus </a>(and his"revolution"), of <a href="http://galileo.rice.edu/sci/kepler.html">Kepl</a><a href="http://galileo.rice.edu/sci/kepler.html">er</a> and his astronomical ways - even <a href="http://obs.nineplanets.org/psc/theman.html">Ptolemy</a> gets a lot of credit for being simply wrong about the relationship of movement between the earth and the sun. But what about <a href="http://galileo.rice.edu/sci/brahe.html">Tycho Brahe</a>?<br />
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</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919140764147789690.post-48119144127256058372010-08-27T09:25:00.000-07:002010-09-04T11:47:29.015-07:00Acid Advice<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRwGZ01OaG9WlUrFUHLpm0lwwCV-Ab9A_3xnd6SeZmLdq9ED4F3vCfB_j8XoEAtwuBgcCP9f5srFVx1h-e7iWe5MT10LqTS1l9f36OwdEdLrJwdwkqevfxKO1OLBdoJBKs-NFvoIlYZWK6/s1600/hydrochloric_acid.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 169px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRwGZ01OaG9WlUrFUHLpm0lwwCV-Ab9A_3xnd6SeZmLdq9ED4F3vCfB_j8XoEAtwuBgcCP9f5srFVx1h-e7iWe5MT10LqTS1l9f36OwdEdLrJwdwkqevfxKO1OLBdoJBKs-NFvoIlYZWK6/s400/hydrochloric_acid.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513107613318476418" border="0" /></a>This <a href="http://staging.yearofscience2009.org/about/zine-winners.html">last year's Zine-a-Thon</a> generated a startling array of zines of various topics, and one that all of the judges loved was simply called "Acids" by Rishabh Tripathi, a high school student in<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagpur">Nagpur, India. </a><br /><br />Far less exotic perhaps than <a href="http://www.physics.adelaide.edu.au/cssm/research/lattice.html">lattice QCD</a> or <a href="http://www.bagheera.com/inthewild/ext_dodobird.htm">dodos</a>, Rishabh's zine conveys just how strange, common (we ourselves are composed on many different kinds of acids), and even dangerous certain acids can be. As the zines summarizes by way introduction:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Horrible Details: Acids taste horrible and sometimes stink. You wouldn't want to go near some of them. They are strong enough to dissolve the human body!"</span><br /><br />This only attests to the diversity of acids and the roles they can play, from flavoring your salad dressing to causing acid rain in the clouds.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">To read Rishabh's zine, click the image below:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5tiK_gV-HDqMT6tPxOMN9Ardsf7E7JUt2QqfcAwifZsuNx7kl4V2FOL3pgQojyQxTs_jMyRjYCjVwhU4dWUUNEDhb38-Oe76JCkJsgCTAthJnjbz9aihZESYkkzEV7dMQggnrgn8HqKM6/s1600/Acids+(Rishabh+Tripathi).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 360px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5tiK_gV-HDqMT6tPxOMN9Ardsf7E7JUt2QqfcAwifZsuNx7kl4V2FOL3pgQojyQxTs_jMyRjYCjVwhU4dWUUNEDhb38-Oe76JCkJsgCTAthJnjbz9aihZESYkkzEV7dMQggnrgn8HqKM6/s400/Acids+(Rishabh+Tripathi).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513097606402517186" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">_______</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">And to download a PDF format of the zine in foldable form click <a href="http://www.andrewyang.com/zines/Acids%20%28Rishabh%20Tripathi%29.pdf">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">_______</span><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919140764147789690.post-48067590914231397312010-08-05T18:27:00.000-07:002014-05-27T07:45:44.193-07:00! The Indomitable Water Bear !<span style="color: white;">------</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVeXir_ykHYXUZefWaZG3csRVf9s2B5bqUX6-TnMcUK_ZasgSQ8EkODM7o9bZXmcZ6LOE9NTmeYqDyb_p6nmkAP47nFMTg6nnlC5_be5ihJ44MeklEevurZvR7Guavl3VnNmdrL0nUjaOF/s1600/blumi.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVeXir_ykHYXUZefWaZG3csRVf9s2B5bqUX6-TnMcUK_ZasgSQ8EkODM7o9bZXmcZ6LOE9NTmeYqDyb_p6nmkAP47nFMTg6nnlC5_be5ihJ44MeklEevurZvR7Guavl3VnNmdrL0nUjaOF/s320/blumi.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510649965331903762" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 257px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 201px;" /></a>Chicago artist <a href="http://alexchitty.com/home.html">Alex Chitty </a>has made a lovely, funny, and narratively nice contribution to our understanding of biodiversity through her zine<a href="http://media.wix.com/ugd/47841f_c4c75063b9d64043b03108ad4a90f275.pdf" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank"> Simplify Your Life (aka The Indomitable Water Bear).</a><br />
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Before you even ask what exactly the definition of "<a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indomitable">indomitable</a>" is, you might also be pondering the following simple question:<br />
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Well, the water bear is like a lot other mysterious (and perhaps somewhat confusing ) common nomenclature mash-ups for organisms. Take for example:<a href="http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Photography/Images/Content/australian-sea-lions-116369-sw.jpg"> sea lions</a>, <a href="http://www.thewesternisles.co.uk/Assets/Images/wildflowers/blotched-monkey-flower-5.jpg">monkey flowers</a>, <a href="http://www.eagleyachts.com.au/Slideshow/images/Pt_Step08_Shores2.jpg">dolphin fish</a>, or <a href="http://potatobugs.com/">potato bugs</a> - likewise, the water bear falls in the category of not exactly what it might sound like. It is not a bear, but a creature maybe vaguely shaped like one that happen to - when lucky - live in the water. Although to be fair the scientific name for these tiny invertebrates - <a href="http://tardigrades.bio.unc.edu/">Tardigrades</a> - is no less cryptic. <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="http://tardigrades.bio.unc.edu/movies/">(They are quite cute was they dance through liquid space)</a></span><br />
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Alex presents us with the opportunity of what it might be like to be a wholly different kind of creature and what (from our ever busy, fragile, and pre-occupied human perspective) living the life of something like tardigrade might feel like.<br />
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These are bizarre and tough critters - read all about them:<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Click the image below to read it in comic form....</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">And click </span><a href="http://media.wix.com/ugd/47841f_c4c75063b9d64043b03108ad4a90f275.pdf" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">HERE</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> to download the PDF as a foldable zine (standard letter size).</span><br />
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Some more <a href="http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjun00/mmbearp.html">wonderful drawing</a> of water bears.<br />
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Though advertised as for middle-schoolers, this zine will be of interest to any one of any one with an inquiring mind towards the latest work being done in geology and weather.<br /><br />Handsomely designed, it is no surprise the makers are graphic designers as well as science-minded writers. Go to<a href="http://www.nudge.is/open/hmm.shtml"> this site</a> to download the full edition!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxF397Ev6gClLK1PJemWmEwABPvQjInchSFZ8RP-hI8Vw0430SyGH3RHqQUECKOliSCrxXcR1A87cI6hX8_1SupvSSBD7Cmost22_bvBDn_03CFvgaJPJFvq6DPKTwF4graFl1jb-AWH84/s1600/HmmSample.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxF397Ev6gClLK1PJemWmEwABPvQjInchSFZ8RP-hI8Vw0430SyGH3RHqQUECKOliSCrxXcR1A87cI6hX8_1SupvSSBD7Cmost22_bvBDn_03CFvgaJPJFvq6DPKTwF4graFl1jb-AWH84/s400/HmmSample.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486313558277436946" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919140764147789690.post-70715651376615168622010-06-22T21:29:00.000-07:002010-06-23T20:10:35.136-07:00Perfect! ~ the Circular History of Planetary Orbits<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/eduoff/vt-2004/Background/Infol2/EIS-C1.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 224px;" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X0Nvh9-wntw/TCGQOqNS8OI/AAAAAAAAB2U/2StsFQ6aqpo/s400/vt2004-if8-fig6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485824402636599522" border="0" /></a>It was once believed that the heavens were a realm of complete perfection. For this reason, certain shapes like circles were thought to be to rule form and movement. <br /><br />It is a fascinating history involving our human conceptions, perceptions, and in the end the successes of scientific reasoning that led us to understand the circle in fact is <span style="font-weight: bold;">not</span> the King of Celestial Shapes. What are the other shapes and how did we find them out?<br /><br />To learn about this planetary topic, we suggest checking out a zine by artist and <a href="http://www.saic.edu/">SAIC</a> student Amy Schleser called <span style="font-style: italic;">Perfect!</span> You can read it in comic form by clicking the image here:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji2-zdzlBhM9929FrFMl6mf3pVOCNYGkZL0nVaQhtbzz8kzyCchVKPz_R4bSq-SeMP4DudSt-fxWytQN9aaH49bCjUt5WCUux-liAzl2d_xPXEwx3ldDk-VjUXG7WByHMg02wWx4PceEmK/s1600/Perfect!+(Amy+Schleser).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 360px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji2-zdzlBhM9929FrFMl6mf3pVOCNYGkZL0nVaQhtbzz8kzyCchVKPz_R4bSq-SeMP4DudSt-fxWytQN9aaH49bCjUt5WCUux-liAzl2d_xPXEwx3ldDk-VjUXG7WByHMg02wWx4PceEmK/s400/Perfect!+(Amy+Schleser).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485821830234869778" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- - AND.... If you want to download the printable and foldable PDF version, <a href="http://www.andrewyang.com/zines/perfect%21.pdf">click here</a><span style="text-decoration: underline;">!</span></span><br /><br />Wonderful zine contribution and winner of the "Astronomy" category of this past year's <a href="http://www.yearofscience2009.org/about/zine-winners.html">Zine-a-Thon</a> contest - in a word: perfect!<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-------</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-------</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919140764147789690.post-62630655870486825222010-06-22T18:32:00.000-07:002014-05-27T07:48:53.384-07:00Deep Dive: Exploring the Mussel Tussle<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2W9yFS5uqs3ql3JYE8yGh47y5V_EtedP9j7XJcbLwIxASRn5tht2PGvixlWwGAVG-i9NgjqjcvQ6Rfb4NyulUmvZ9KuOTIP4aY5UMHgXLnWt3YHecCUrwRVShYrsgPtanhu9d8bk5sd0N/s1600/mussels2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2W9yFS5uqs3ql3JYE8yGh47y5V_EtedP9j7XJcbLwIxASRn5tht2PGvixlWwGAVG-i9NgjqjcvQ6Rfb4NyulUmvZ9KuOTIP4aY5UMHgXLnWt3YHecCUrwRVShYrsgPtanhu9d8bk5sd0N/s320/mussels2.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485788761222955058" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 126px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 176px;" /></a>Mussels are a kind of <a href="http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/taxa/inverts/mollusca/bivalvia.php">bivalve</a>. Like their cousins the oysters, clams, and scallops they live a shelled (although not completely sheltered) life in freshwater rivers & ponds to expansive oceans all across the globe, filtering water for tiny morsels worth eating.<br />
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Mussels of course can be worth eating themselves as a tasty meal, as <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/mussel">all these recipes </a>show. Then again, some mussels, like the <a href="http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/invasives/aquaticanimals/zebramussel/index.html">Zebra mussel,</a> have become difficult pests in areas like the Great Lakes, drastically changing ecosystems and causing economic hardship...<br />
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But what about the overall biological lives of freshwater mussels? What about the risk of extinction for others? What factors are at play. To answer these questions we only need to read Lauren Hughes' zine<span style="font-style: italic;"> Deep Dive: Into the Secret Live of Freshwater Mussels</span> to get a rich visual guide to the topics, and others besides (click on the comic below to magnify):<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-style: italic;">- - If you want to download the printable and foldable PDF version, <a href="http://www.andrewyang.com/zines/DeepDive.pdf">click here</a><a href="http://www.andrewyang.com/zines/DeepDive.pdf">.</a></span><br />
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Wonderful zine contribution and winner of the "Oceans & Water" category of this past year's <a href="http://www.yearofscience2009.org/about/zine-winners.html">Zine-a-Thon</a> contest!<br />
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<span style="color: white;">_______</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919140764147789690.post-42668111706119065872010-02-21T09:16:00.000-08:002010-06-14T20:10:11.518-07:00* Meeting a Giant Octopus *<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-----</span><br />The Octopus is a <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ZQBGQ4fEu0fdL3JzL2m_dik8Lsve8QD8AgXWJkDlD18ZcxmeV5Hk2gfyb_NbUdoYDy-EM03ZVbzxAar30qN3oHFLhy5dEMHa4e7F7fEvEQaB83GIqdsQgwOyVX09LDTlK6IFkK9NGVh2/s1600-h/octopus.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 165px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ZQBGQ4fEu0fdL3JzL2m_dik8Lsve8QD8AgXWJkDlD18ZcxmeV5Hk2gfyb_NbUdoYDy-EM03ZVbzxAar30qN3oHFLhy5dEMHa4e7F7fEvEQaB83GIqdsQgwOyVX09LDTlK6IFkK9NGVh2/s400/octopus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440748634652846290" border="0" /></a>creature of splendor and mystery, there is simply no doubt about it, and the <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Giant</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> Octopus</span>, even moreso.<br /><br />These <a href="http://www.thecephalopodpage.org/">cephalopods</a> change color, pattern, and can <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/01/070116-octopus-video.html">navigate mazes</a>. In fact , they are so dynamic and clever it has recently been shown they are the only invertebrates known to <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/12/091214-octopus-carries-coconuts-coconut-carrying.html">use tools</a> !<br /><br />In the images here we see one diver apparently hugging a giant octopus; in the other Captain Nemo watches one at a casual distance in an illustrations from Jules Verne's <span style="font-style: italic;">20,000 Leagues Under the Sea</span>.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhsNe0a9HN5JuCiK89usemrq3mtat6eHfAb5GfkaIvUq67r1ToP8t31ATQW4gIMm-1vki5AFrLuw5mZY9OJv4VQxRloPg_aszh66ggsuwAqOONTyUJK7cNsxZRud01qz8AWfzbmU3X8oOC/s1600-h/octopus_600.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 162px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhsNe0a9HN5JuCiK89usemrq3mtat6eHfAb5GfkaIvUq67r1ToP8t31ATQW4gIMm-1vki5AFrLuw5mZY9OJv4VQxRloPg_aszh66ggsuwAqOONTyUJK7cNsxZRud01qz8AWfzbmU3X8oOC/s400/octopus_600.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440783964027152050" border="0" /></a><br />But just what would it be like to meet one?<br /><br />Thankfully, there is a zine that helps us with just this question: Chen Dou's zine "Meeting a Giant Octopus," which won the Grand Prize in <a href="http://www.yearofscience2009.org/about/zine-winners.html"> Year of Science 2009 Zine-a-thon</a> co-organized by the SSC and COPUS, explores just what it might be like to learn about the a giant octopus through a first hand meeting.<span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br />I recently asked Chen what she likes most about drawing animals:<br /><br /><span style="font-family:Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">"I've always felt as if drawing animals brings me closer to the creatures that share residence on planet Earth because it allows me to place myself in a different world where there is more interaction and understanding between human beings and other species. In our society today, it seems as if we are completely isolated from the natural world and rather indifferent toward the interaction and protection of other species. Wouldn't it be great if we got to know these mystical and beautiful creatures a little better?"</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzn5FvcXp0eQN6f5pZAqAuffyt0QKh7fB0O6O6IDyDip-jF26qi5iyoIKJ8IPLZkATqymcsOgHzzm-KnTfI3HAhR2m8XfvRkIj8eC_iMg52qfm_0wBq8MZJDtdORbemz6glF11Cu68TnJ/s1600-h/GiantOctopus1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 328px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzn5FvcXp0eQN6f5pZAqAuffyt0QKh7fB0O6O6IDyDip-jF26qi5iyoIKJ8IPLZkATqymcsOgHzzm-KnTfI3HAhR2m8XfvRkIj8eC_iMg52qfm_0wBq8MZJDtdORbemz6glF11Cu68TnJ/s400/GiantOctopus1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440785992843083154" border="0" /></a><!--EndFragment--><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXmEMJUVxTj1S8BCbwthKBD5WA7UOgDg95lEmKZbEgc_J7Tiq94HeadD5YkG6WMhiU3gUZsUKygVSx_izDdlNNwjkjRSAp8x-rYhuHkjfKW8jLxyhGCt1w2qtxPw6ftjzmRnTv_UN4fS82/s1600-h/GiantOctopus2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 323px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXmEMJUVxTj1S8BCbwthKBD5WA7UOgDg95lEmKZbEgc_J7Tiq94HeadD5YkG6WMhiU3gUZsUKygVSx_izDdlNNwjkjRSAp8x-rYhuHkjfKW8jLxyhGCt1w2qtxPw6ftjzmRnTv_UN4fS82/s400/GiantOctopus2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440786349102764594" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8tRVduep3vjuSM_5IpE5sEGnQtenDmRcpolI9diFo98kGWhfNgz74JD1lu-lCPFb0Mm2GRHKWAUMMblufBne2StbTXWGLStkbUOgOBWEmCVqA6j8KIH0jMpV8FMekTM-tEIVTFPblGHgv/s1600-h/GiantOctopus3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8tRVduep3vjuSM_5IpE5sEGnQtenDmRcpolI9diFo98kGWhfNgz74JD1lu-lCPFb0Mm2GRHKWAUMMblufBne2StbTXWGLStkbUOgOBWEmCVqA6j8KIH0jMpV8FMekTM-tEIVTFPblGHgv/s400/GiantOctopus3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440786756420377682" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzTuOs-QxScmcvO1JJoI5itsNETZtaHNKJacE-HX0LMFeMy3CjQo38i1hBpmGpWhxqHVmOWB14tae_RJWiok0hoGwhc5rA717HY6FXBEco1MIB24B_Vzc4apWkCq7UM1pBv2KHeX3cL4a/s1600-h/GiantOctopus4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzTuOs-QxScmcvO1JJoI5itsNETZtaHNKJacE-HX0LMFeMy3CjQo38i1hBpmGpWhxqHVmOWB14tae_RJWiok0hoGwhc5rA717HY6FXBEco1MIB24B_Vzc4apWkCq7UM1pBv2KHeX3cL4a/s400/GiantOctopus4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440787196890284898" border="0" /></a></p>I think Chen's zine accomplishes just that sense of trying to get to know an animal, especially in the case of octopi and their remarkable intelligence...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thanks so much for sharing this zine, Chen!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- - If you want to download the printable and foldable PDF version, <a href="http://www.andrewyang.com/zines/Giant%20Octopus%20%28Chen%20Dou%29.pdf">click here</a>.</span><br /><br />You can also check out the zine <a href="http://www.yearofscience2009.org/about/GiantOctopus.jpg">here</a> on the Year of Science site (click it to magnify)<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">ps:</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Mind you, NOT to be confused with the "giant squid," or the "</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/multimedia/2008/05/gallery_squid_autopsy">colossal squid</a></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >" (nor confused with </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.worsleyschool.net/science/files/thegiant/diagram.gif">each other</a></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-----</span><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-----</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919140764147789690.post-84102277827640636132010-02-18T10:17:00.000-08:002010-02-18T11:53:54.301-08:00Year of Science 2009 / Small Science Collective Zine-a-thon Winners!<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-----</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-----</span><br />After sorting through and reading over the 250 submissions for the <a href="http://www.yearofscience2009.org/about/zine-contest.html">2009 YoS / Small Science Zine-a-thon</a>, we have <a href="http://www.yearofscience2009.org/about/zine-winners.html">our winners</a>! <span style="font-style: italic;">(For the full press release, go <a href="http://www.yearofscience2009.org/about/zine-winners.html">here</a>)</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieerG_rY9DN3ZJZbivk6l7XdgnDgt7J6eWdUtHVgpZM_Q1SYCT7PDMIhfqQSEEGAuV-hMyTcCQ5nyL9-Ff2oA3aS-Rnrf4pSPLORvzXB3Zi3nLvu_GJLw1_-TCXNszv187uY6faIxSGzzI/s1600-h/Zine+Judging+4a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieerG_rY9DN3ZJZbivk6l7XdgnDgt7J6eWdUtHVgpZM_Q1SYCT7PDMIhfqQSEEGAuV-hMyTcCQ5nyL9-Ff2oA3aS-Rnrf4pSPLORvzXB3Zi3nLvu_GJLw1_-TCXNszv187uY6faIxSGzzI/s400/Zine+Judging+4a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439650624064954290" border="0" /></a><br /><br />In fact, their were 32 winners in 11 different topic, and 3 different age categories, with people sending zines from all over the world: from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Marasthra, India; from Bellingham, Washington to Buenos Aires, Argentina!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">For a quick peek at the winners by age category, look here:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.yearofscience2009.org/about/middle-school-winners.html">8-12 (Middle School)</a><br /><a href="http://www.yearofscience2009.org/about/high-school-winners.html">13-17 (High School)</a><br /><a href="http://www.yearofscience2009.org/about/adult-winners.html">18+ (Adults)</a><br /><br />And, there were also some <span style="font-size:130%;">BIG</span> prizes ~ ~<span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.yearofscience2009.org/about/GiantOctopus.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 364px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKSrgmleVJS_BWu0h3RckzBgxeScf9aacHWsQCGAS2ruGKH7cExRAoPicUpYecTAASlqf5Fczn099hH0lxEHOpYJG1eEuTxfydUKbe1EyO5G0WrtcNAPy5IRNkGiZqLVYJJbzavXoR4Vh4/s400/Picture+20.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439655870523583506" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><br />The Grand Prize</span> best overall zine, which goes to <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Chen Dou</span> for his zine <a href="http://www.yearofscience2009.org/about/GiantOctopus.jpg"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Meeting a Giant Octopus</span></a>. A Biodiversity entry from the 13-17 category, we were wowed by how interesting and educational it was to read this zine, and all the craftsmanship put into it. As the judges commented:<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"This zine shows great imagination and really helps the reader to connect with the science in a personal way. Yes, the facts about the giant octopus are pretty cool by themselves, but it was also so compelling to imagine what it might be like to have an octopus as a best friend. The front cover is especially inviting and the drawings throughout were so well done."</span><br /></span><br />There were a number of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Honorable Mentions </span>in this category that were also stellar, making it so hard to decide - click on the links to read them as web comics:<br /><br /><br />The <a href="http://www.yearofscience2009.org/about/WaterBears.jpg"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Indomitable Water Bear</span></a> by Alex Chitty<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.yearofscience2009.org/about/WaterBears.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 187px;" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X0Nvh9-wntw/S32Ja77EheI/AAAAAAAABwg/8cCtnDHEQAk/s400/Picture+12.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439655020788483554" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.yearofscience2009.org/about/AcidsZines.jpg"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Acids</span></a> by Rishabh Tripathi<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.yearofscience2009.org/about/AcidsZines.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZi2rWOvpUxRe6Z-_JDwiQlfammbdwKQHjBDo50xysy5mO2-uVA6vhRXZDSSyQjuYYt7Y5DOnv3LtsFB2bUkITSIRAN6uXe5wyM_buttBRSHkJtBSo2CXUYbin2r535qRkO7m1Lt1SC9ZI/s400/Picture+14.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439654072521323474" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.yearofscience2009.org/about/AcidsZines.jpg"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"></span></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.yearofscience2009.org/about/EndosymbiosisZine.jpg"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Endosymbiosis </span></a>by Mary Allison Abad<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.yearofscience2009.org/about/EndosymbiosisZine.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 175px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwcP5UzC63_mtW7kdYQutFy9abe2f0-UTug3MnVhbFlWhmA2ArfgadKGyRjBqBoxV72IwCgvs6uywAfaJ48dNv8CzKcwd-lPih1-JuLfxOnOhKfHOx1sYGTMzynFPlvFxty5lkeMkRExrn/s400/Picture+13.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439654903622753026" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.yearofscience2009.org/about/deepdive.jpg"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Dive Deep - the Secret Lives of Freshwater Mussels</span></a> by Lauren Hughes<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.yearofscience2009.org/about/deepdive.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 208px;" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X0Nvh9-wntw/S32Idrg7PNI/AAAAAAAABwA/Oc5k3OzNXtM/s400/Picture+16.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439653968411835602" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Two Prizes</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> also went to zines that excelled specifically in </span><span style="font-size:100%;">illustrating </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">the Nature and Process of Science</span>. <span style="font-size:100%;">These awards, </span><span style="font-size:100%;">sponsored by </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://undsci.berkeley.edu/">Understanding Science</a>, went to:</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.yearofscience2009.org/about/Scientific%20Methods%20in%20Earth%20Science%20%28Santino%20Chavez%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 143px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyWlExbgBcM4_sTrXt039bKtXFz8mJe_T4BP0Nwz67YVIhxSP4u1NO_sJGTCC9H-Xy8t2OPyPacUcclbRRXahk6R23zsrx3gpvGbyW5p3DJ0eCHoUfx5MuloXEmoryN9iSzT8jONq-q_re/s400/Picture+19.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439653148371433970" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Santino Chavez</span> (8-12) for<a href="http://www.yearofscience2009.org/about/Scientific%20Methods%20in%20Earth%20Science%20%28Santino%20Chavez%29.jpg"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> Scientific Methods in Earth Science</span></a>...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs-Pno-kk6jFQRc0h8mgvcxa3A6uiUeMXLSPk6ndAc58oYVjIPtvU55d7Cnw7OTlit3CBcegI-rQeHQZOfpOTqegMbm8EKH_rQ1ag80k3Di7uMmZTXYwaejTjdeyAXciZbVz5JIfswrH7I/s1600-h/Picture+18.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 191px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs-Pno-kk6jFQRc0h8mgvcxa3A6uiUeMXLSPk6ndAc58oYVjIPtvU55d7Cnw7OTlit3CBcegI-rQeHQZOfpOTqegMbm8EKH_rQ1ag80k3Di7uMmZTXYwaejTjdeyAXciZbVz5JIfswrH7I/s400/Picture+18.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439673557100471218" border="0" /></a><br />...and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Amy Schleser</span> (18+) for her zine <a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.yearofscience2009.org/about/PerfectZine.jpg">Perfect!</a> that explored the process by which we came to understand the shape of planetary orbits.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Here on the Small Science Collective site we will be doing an extensive series of posts about the winning zines over the next few months, making many available for you to read as well as download - so we hope you will come back and visit regularly.<br /><br />The Small Science Collective wants to give a <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">big thanks</span></span> to <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.yearofscience2009.org/home/">Year of Science 2009</a> and the <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.copusproject.org/">Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science (COPUS)</a> for all of their tireless energy and enthusiasm in co-organizing the Zine-a-Thon, especially Sheri Potter and Judy Scotchmoor!<br /><br />Also and of course, a big thanks to all of <a href="http://www.yearofscience2009.org/about/zine-judges.html">the </a><a href="http://www.yearofscience2009.org/about/zine-judges.html">judges</a> putting the time and attention to read all of the entries! I know in speaking with all of them, just how much they got from it too. To learn more about the judges, check out their bios<a href="http://www.yearofscience2009.org/about/zine-judges.html"> here</a>. Many thanks also to the generosity of all of the prize sponsors<br /><br />The following organizations generously donated prizes for this contest:<br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br />(Shodor, American Chemical Society, American Institute of Biological Sciences, American Society for Microbiology, American Society for Photobiology, Banana Slug String Band, Deep Earth Academy - Consortium for Ocean Leadership, Encyclopedia of Life, Entomological Foundation, Geological Society of America, The Intersection, Made With Molecules, National Center for Science Education, NESCent, Resource Area for Teaching (RAFT), ScienceCheerleader.com, Society of Petroleum Engineers (Energy4me program), University of California Museum of Paleontology, University of California Press, WGBH Educational Foundation, WhaleTimes, Inc., Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">)</span></span><br /><br />stay tuned for more.......<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X0Nvh9-wntw/S32Ja77EheI/AAAAAAAABwg/8cCtnDHEQAk/s1600-h/Picture+12.png"><br /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919140764147789690.post-16006358858780709532010-01-25T23:29:00.000-08:002010-01-26T14:28:16.108-08:00the Ants Cometh<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5g5qF2OsO6ozbs4I1qdKL8YotTD8zxRDrw0MW-PPOLBA7CyY0pzrIuBkhWn98PLNOd6LqMiOSF8UhEujKkqmUBnMANtTDumT4MzwNbTimR29MnSWco1lRSSpHDyLTI3xp2nIRRHxFfsZy/s1600-h/armyants.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 186px; height: 323px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5g5qF2OsO6ozbs4I1qdKL8YotTD8zxRDrw0MW-PPOLBA7CyY0pzrIuBkhWn98PLNOd6LqMiOSF8UhEujKkqmUBnMANtTDumT4MzwNbTimR29MnSWco1lRSSpHDyLTI3xp2nIRRHxFfsZy/s400/armyants.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430954373314621458" border="0" /></a>And what would a science collective (even a small one) be without some mention of some of the most numerous and biologically fascinating creatures on earth - the ants!<br /><br />For the sake of full disclosure, I should mention I am actually an ant biologist, and it is perhaps for this reason I've held off including them here for fear of showing any favoritism towards these marvels of the insect world...<br /><br />But the time finally has come for a post because a couple excellent ant zines have become a part of our collection and it seems a shame not to share. I guess you could say I was getting "ansty" about it (ouch, a painful pun).<br /><br />Our <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrmecology">myrmecological</a> journey starts with a densely and beautifully illustrated comic zine called <a href="http://www.andrewyang.com/zines/ArmyAnts.pdf"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Army Ants!</span></a> - by <a href="http://www.lalewestvind.com/">Lale Westvind</a>. Lale brings us through the jungle up front and (frighteningly) close with the trail of a nomadic army ant colony of the species <span style="font-style: italic;">Eciton burchelli</span>, and the complex ecology they are a part of.<br /><br />Of course no mention of army ants would be complete without mentioning the work of <a href="http://events.nationalgeographic.com/events/speakers-bureau/speaker/mark-moffett/">Mark Moffett</a>, whose documentation of these ants (<a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2006/08/army-ants/moffett-text.html">photos and essays</a>) is simply unmatched. You've likely sen his photographs in National Geographic on a variety of bio-diverse topics, but he also is a big Ant Fan.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-4rNBIvDit6CqfkNxmZ8rGy9F8i-n4P2j5ZPcMeJS881n_MJvq_XiKy9s-ZUbyurZKYDvcgfisrE5srwO4MweVetr_Hjebybx5CIpHJ7JSsm6dKifQkKneG6HBsoIPmoVwnZ5qIODd-zg/s1600-h/DSCN2349.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 187px; height: 153px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-4rNBIvDit6CqfkNxmZ8rGy9F8i-n4P2j5ZPcMeJS881n_MJvq_XiKy9s-ZUbyurZKYDvcgfisrE5srwO4MweVetr_Hjebybx5CIpHJ7JSsm6dKifQkKneG6HBsoIPmoVwnZ5qIODd-zg/s400/DSCN2349.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431173731856285938" border="0" /></a>Lale's account in her zine of their fierceness is not hyperbole - in coming across a colony of these guys in Panama I learned the hard (and sharp) way just how effective their mandibles are in grabbing flesh; this pictures shows the moment before it sunk its teeth into me!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">- - To download the zines printable and foldable PDF, click <a href="http://www.andrewyang.com/zines/ArmyAnts.pdf">here</a>.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">- - Click the image below here to read it online as a web comic</span>:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMa7xwYsXL9ZYFpU_6-R_UDUKiXOUwKYIOwjkpg2BcOFqt2TpiyCAMF5h3JmKFu2RLwYoLGJTFm1dgLNYry-Vg05_UES-jqLl0E9ezeGBKUMTQf_nQGLQhBdAyyOvpVtsrGwj5H7vImib5/s1600-h/Army+Ants!.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 360px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMa7xwYsXL9ZYFpU_6-R_UDUKiXOUwKYIOwjkpg2BcOFqt2TpiyCAMF5h3JmKFu2RLwYoLGJTFm1dgLNYry-Vg05_UES-jqLl0E9ezeGBKUMTQf_nQGLQhBdAyyOvpVtsrGwj5H7vImib5/s400/Army+Ants!.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431170258830143346" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV1zVCqCSK1zhSzBfcLSchCpajoQMy1eH0ElTPSbSbFLf09xWzylJLorOAE-1oDAWQhboqUMC9qBbThYzmWnPXmtRb42gUYKllAt2HKO2dYPVAOydFsLHJKKHHpCcKkoNJraxCLFHiZnqW/s1600-h/fungusants.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV1zVCqCSK1zhSzBfcLSchCpajoQMy1eH0ElTPSbSbFLf09xWzylJLorOAE-1oDAWQhboqUMC9qBbThYzmWnPXmtRb42gUYKllAt2HKO2dYPVAOydFsLHJKKHHpCcKkoNJraxCLFHiZnqW/s400/fungusants.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431166146568891890" border="0" /></a>Continuing on with our foray into the ant world is also a fascinating zine by Joe Song called <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvtql5ttPV_C9OjQvy1ZekwaEJxU5dP8GNuWL2RH6uHaOtFOUDKrJ6k2FQUPOo3OCaHDsdG2JwZMRCzsza0g7ckkA943ZmrtwGJJVbVkYwvbeaEXj4UcoHfJ21E7ubeXHLnnAJgpVLWxRR/s1600-h/AwesomeAnts.jpg"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Awesome Attributes About Ants.</span></a><br /><br />Here in just this one panel (at the right) he details some part of the multi-species <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbiosis">symbiosis</a> that Fungus Farming Ants are involved in. Indeed, you may know these guys as "Leaf-Cutter Ants" as well, for leaves are part of the intricate web of interactions they play a role within.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/01/3/l_013_01.html">This wonderful video clip</a> for the PBS Evolution series explains it all, and much more. In fact this zine discusses Trapdoor Ants, Slave-Making Ants, Sugar Ants, Weaver Ants, and give us even more information on the Army Ants too.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">- - To read the whole comic online, click on the image below:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvtql5ttPV_C9OjQvy1ZekwaEJxU5dP8GNuWL2RH6uHaOtFOUDKrJ6k2FQUPOo3OCaHDsdG2JwZMRCzsza0g7ckkA943ZmrtwGJJVbVkYwvbeaEXj4UcoHfJ21E7ubeXHLnnAJgpVLWxRR/s1600-h/AwesomeAnts.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvtql5ttPV_C9OjQvy1ZekwaEJxU5dP8GNuWL2RH6uHaOtFOUDKrJ6k2FQUPOo3OCaHDsdG2JwZMRCzsza0g7ckkA943ZmrtwGJJVbVkYwvbeaEXj4UcoHfJ21E7ubeXHLnnAJgpVLWxRR/s400/AwesomeAnts.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431166669448089282" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X0Nvh9-wntw/S19jjwPaXwI/AAAAAAAABtI/CQcOkpomeTg/s1600-h/ant+cover+ssc.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 121px; height: 196px;" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X0Nvh9-wntw/S19jjwPaXwI/AAAAAAAABtI/CQcOkpomeTg/s400/ant+cover+ssc.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431169141528223490" border="0" /></a><br />Finally, there has been an ant zine in our library for quite some time (in fact it was the first one ever done as part of the SSC project!).<br /><br />That one you can download to read and/or print by clicking <a href="http://www.andrewyang.com/zines/ants%20zine%20template.pdf">here</a>.<br /><br />enjoy.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919140764147789690.post-20778415735591358782010-01-10T21:03:00.000-08:002010-01-25T23:37:28.825-08:00Latching on, Leeching off<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">_____</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-M3aEKoPTaL8Bpxo0B5gmRH3gWdL-s2fxApkLNpeO_-lix2LPU0LD1osIY8igLVdbxhEhnUAX4s0AzCVUC4RO-s-Jj5xPTenuVb4d-a2wY1Ky4gAND6BthhyphenhyphenugBF0tVUjhWFSVStoV57n/s1600-h/pink-leeches-jar.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-M3aEKoPTaL8Bpxo0B5gmRH3gWdL-s2fxApkLNpeO_-lix2LPU0LD1osIY8igLVdbxhEhnUAX4s0AzCVUC4RO-s-Jj5xPTenuVb4d-a2wY1Ky4gAND6BthhyphenhyphenugBF0tVUjhWFSVStoV57n/s400/pink-leeches-jar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425345999438972626" border="0" /></a>Leeches have a bad reputation, mainly because they suck (our blood), they are slimy slitherly creatures that are stealthy, able to latch onto us with their odd teeth without us noticing at all!<br /><br />And yet for all of this, they are also remarkable useful in certain medical circumstances, a fact that has long been admired and utilized. In the time of the Egyptians and Greeks many believe they could "balance the humors" of the body, while in Victorian times it was seen as a general cure-all through the blood-letting it allowed for - hence you might keep some on hand in a <a href="http://medicalantiques.com/medical/Display%20page%20four.htm">pretty jar </a>(as to the left) just in case.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghqqwFb19V30LAEgNEwgrvCaliQH-I9cosLDPKocoLZ7ULUS3vak3r71l3DB-pekftuP4_qFtOjKFUYMQKqUF1Way2hXjhNMZ3ILyxxvdYCCaHhZFzUcvrHfRfGGjm8Jgt0IToy9gECJ9Z/s1600-h/issue13insight6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 158px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghqqwFb19V30LAEgNEwgrvCaliQH-I9cosLDPKocoLZ7ULUS3vak3r71l3DB-pekftuP4_qFtOjKFUYMQKqUF1Way2hXjhNMZ3ILyxxvdYCCaHhZFzUcvrHfRfGGjm8Jgt0IToy9gECJ9Z/s400/issue13insight6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425345867894507170" border="0" /></a><br />Today doctors are bringing these critters back into the hospital, recognizing their beneficial uses in helping tissue recuperation and blood flow in cases of re-attachment surgery, skin grafts, and other cases. <a href="http://scienceray.com/biology/human-biology/return-of-the-leech/">Here are some remarkable images to ponder. </a><br /><br /><br /><br />In fact, <a href="http://www.leeches.biz/">supplying these bloodsuckers </a>is becoming a nice business for some people!<br /><br />Mario Martinez has made a nice <a href="http://www.andrewyang.com/zines/leech.pdf"> zine about medicinal leeches</a> (the 2009 update) to provide some small science perspective on these creatures and there uses.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">- - Click <a href="http://www.andrewyang.com/zines/leech.pdf">HERE </a>to download the PDF and print & fold it as a zine (two per sheet!)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">- - Click on the image below to read it as a comic right here online:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9H5jCgynjRJnLPe8Yoixiaa-xrcdTBD8gjDZA62YxiLBUe9UGveKiZaWIBle4Nng-ab1Pxbm9-LfFyzMTjDCvccBOern8F2XwyiXf3njxC57bEB_zvBJnA5BRub2FNaW-a9qWnxiinVOh/s1600-h/LeechTherapy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9H5jCgynjRJnLPe8Yoixiaa-xrcdTBD8gjDZA62YxiLBUe9UGveKiZaWIBle4Nng-ab1Pxbm9-LfFyzMTjDCvccBOern8F2XwyiXf3njxC57bEB_zvBJnA5BRub2FNaW-a9qWnxiinVOh/s400/LeechTherapy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425347785414725090" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919140764147789690.post-27302229418383021612009-12-31T07:57:00.000-08:002010-01-11T15:52:26.219-08:00Zine-a-thon 2009 : Now the Judging!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoy2gsk_FoqPJSX5RgNPMLcxthMJWQuhc-hTygEfVXtZdNTlDfbumpx2Px6AfhOkmYCdiFuXpfylsVCqOi_4Uu4C4H5tGEOHqM4-6ICZoUIbgXT2HPopEwHvy0ni2MlCJ6scEy3FFqYm4g/s1600-h/article-1021772-0397F7D60000044D-942_468x205_popup.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoy2gsk_FoqPJSX5RgNPMLcxthMJWQuhc-hTygEfVXtZdNTlDfbumpx2Px6AfhOkmYCdiFuXpfylsVCqOi_4Uu4C4H5tGEOHqM4-6ICZoUIbgXT2HPopEwHvy0ni2MlCJ6scEy3FFqYm4g/s400/article-1021772-0397F7D60000044D-942_468x205_popup.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421432699963204866" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">_____</span><br />Hi All<br /><br />Just an update on the Zine-a-thon sponsored with the <a href="http://www.yearofscience2009.org/home/">Year of Science 2009</a>:<br /><br />Entries were due in November and in the end we have about<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">250</span> </span>entries! An amazing number indeed.<br /><br />Given how many there are to read and consider, our judging panel from the <a href="http://www.saic.edu/">School of the Art Institute of Chicago</a>, the<a href="http://www.fieldmuseum.org/"> Field Museum of Natural History</a>, and <a href="http://www.uic.edu/index.html/">the University of Illinois Chicago</a> will be finished judging early in the new year.<br /><br /><span>Small Science and </span><a href="http://blogs.aibs.org/copus/2009/12/zine_contest.html">COPUS</a><span>/Year of Science 2009 plan on announcing the various winners on <span style="font-weight: bold;">FEBRUARY 15th. </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"></span><br /><br /></span></span> Meanwhile, look for other new Small Science zines and post throughout January! We have lots we've been wanting to share about leeches, beetles, astronomy, and many topics besides.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span><br />best in 2010 and more soon!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919140764147789690.post-44727719689020967202009-08-26T06:59:00.000-07:002010-01-10T20:36:23.983-08:00:::: YEAR OF SCIENCE ZINE-A-THON 2009 ::::<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">__</span><br />The Small Science Collective has just partnered with <a href="http://www.yearofscience2009.org/home/">Year of Science 2009 </a>to have ourselves a <a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.yearofscience2009.org/about/zine-contest.html">Zine-a-thon</a><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> </span>starting...right....NOW.<br /><br />Never a better time to contribute to the SSC, since now it might win you not only adoration and fame, but perhaps also various nice prizes through the zine-a-thon! Year of Science is looking for zines on a range of topics based within their <a href="http://www.yearofscience2009.org/themes/">twelve monthly themes</a> for this year.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.yearofscience2009.org/about/zine-contest.html">Check out the site </a>for details on entering your zines. Any questions, feel free to be in touch with us here at the SSC:<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">smallsciencezines (at) gmail (dot) com </span><br /><br />Looking forward to seeing the zining....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheY0gYT2cfjm5omZgE6dyMbTj5YKsw7MXB8GI412zsGlC6krJRQgd_eTUF6VsQxir-7BxXo3IIaGHRYc5tYJU_kBxjaP0-y7SLit6VfryVzC0JBCQk3JqGmYziNGbMrDXPW4svdU_G6CMZ/s1600-h/einstein-szilard-letter.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 187px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheY0gYT2cfjm5omZgE6dyMbTj5YKsw7MXB8GI412zsGlC6krJRQgd_eTUF6VsQxir-7BxXo3IIaGHRYc5tYJU_kBxjaP0-y7SLit6VfryVzC0JBCQk3JqGmYziNGbMrDXPW4svdU_G6CMZ/s400/einstein-szilard-letter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335403749486607282" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Einstein and physicist Leo Szilard working on<br />their science zines together.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com