And in case, you’re wondering what a hairless wookiee looks like…
Full details (including full text and/or pdf of the scientific paper) can be found at The Science Creative Quarterly.
In which we compare the common Wookiee with a newly discovered cave dwelling (pseudo albino) Wookiee species, and note a number of interesting gene expression differences.
From the Journal of Praetachoral Mechanics/Science Creative Quarterly. Link to full text and full pdf article here.
By Ruth Marshall (top image) and Tatyana Yanishevsky (bottom 2), via My Modern Met. Hat tip to Emily Jenkins.
Or not.
But wow… Check out these stunning metal sculptures of microbes by Erick James. Currently on display at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (Until January 5th).
Trichonympha
Trichomitopsis
Didinium
Dinoflagellate
Euglena
By Erick James. Via Beaty Biodiversity Museum
Wow… (also the Lily Allen Keane cover is pretty good)
By Adam&Eve/DDB. Via Colossal.