microscope
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A Seemingly Never-Ending Microscopic Zoom Reveals The Gross Tiny Germs
Briefly: BoingBoing says this crazy zooming GIF is that of an amphipod. Or well, it starts with an amphipod and then moves into diatom and then reveals the bacterium. It’s totally gross to imagine all the little invisible critters and germs on any given surface at any given time.
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Incredible Microscope View Of A Vinyl Record Playing In Slow Motion
Video: I don’t care that I supposedly understand how vinyl records work because I still totally think they’re the work of at least some low level sorcery. Trapping sound and music and voices? Come on! Anyways, my disbelief aside of analogue technology aside, here’s a cool microscope view of vinyl records being played.
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The Alien And Eerie Beauty Of The Year’s Best Microscopic Photos
The Olympus BioScapes Competition never fails to disappoint. This year’s winners are a gorgeous and alien look at the microscopic world of vampire moths and butter daisies and many things in between.
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Why Microscope Slides Should Hang In The Louvre
You might think that a museum adding 2000 new exhibits would need to build a whole new wing. But the latest additions to London’s Grant Museum of Zoology all fit into a space the size of a large wardrobe: they’re vintage glass microscope slides, bearing specimens taken from everything from fleas to whales.