Category Archives: Museums etc.

Now That We Can Sequence Thousands of Bacterial Strains, How the Hell Are We Going to Store Them?

Posted on May 7, 2013 by

I ask this as a key influence on my intellectual development–such as it is–is paleontology (some of my best friends are paleontologists…actually, that’s true). And in that discipline, specimens are key. Certainly, any material that is published is retained in … Continue reading →

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Charge!

Posted on April 27, 2013 by

From the Samurai exhibit at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts: It’s definitely worth seeing.

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Breakfast of Champions

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

Actually, astronauts. Observed at the Smithsonian Castle, Washington, D.C.:

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Butterflies of the Week

Posted on April 6, 2013 by

Observed at the Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum: I tried them all and they taste great! (I kid–I didn’t eat the butterflies…)

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He’s Not Dead, He’s Just Resting

Posted on April 4, 2013 by

Actually, Orion, one of the National Zoo’s alpacas, is just resting:

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Inflation?

Posted on April 3, 2013 by

Observed at the U.S. Botanical Gardens, Washington, D.C.: Never actually seen someone throw a dollar bill in for good luck….

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Lunchtime!

Posted on December 28, 2012 by

For otters (observed at the National Zoo–it gets going at about the 0:50 mark):

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Washington, D.C., in Vegetation

Posted on December 24, 2012 by

Actually, dead vegetation. Every year, around Christmas, the U.S. Botanical Garden has a bunch of displays built around model trains. The displays themselves are neat as they’re made from litter from plants at the USBG. Here’s the Capitol building: The … Continue reading →

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Egg Shipment

Posted on December 21, 2012 by

Circa 1920. From the U.S. Postal Service:

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Travel, Earn, Learn!

Posted on December 20, 2012 by

By joining the field artillery: (observed at the Postal Museum, Washington, D.C.)

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