Scientific embroidery

Crafster's Flossbox has been experimenting with "scientific embroidery," illustrating principles from science by means of cute embroidered designs, to very good effect. Link (via Craft)

[#1 posted by FrancescaVeitch , March 28, 2008 8:28 AM]

Brilliant. I'm going to embroider all of my biology notes from now on. I'm currently studying flatworms, so it shouldn't be too hard.

[#2 posted by Murderface , March 28, 2008 11:46 AM]

Super awesome. I'm a first year med student, and we're covering this right now, as a matter of fact. (In slightly more detail).

That'd make a great baby blanket/pillow/onesie/whatever.

[#3 posted by Evil Jim , March 28, 2008 12:53 PM]

Coming down some spiral stairs,
I come upon two mated pairs.
Clasping hands that bridge divides,
I see two grooms, I spy two brides.

Countless times I meet these four,
While circling down that spiral core.
Perfect bliss, without debate,
Each always faithful to its mate.

So what is this, this perfect stair?
A life long tale, without compare.
What is this, I ask of thee?
Name it now with letters three.

[#4 posted by Evil Jim , March 28, 2008 12:55 PM]

Whups. That whole riddle was supposed to be in italics. Nothing especially significant about the first stanza there.

[#5 posted by Takuan , March 28, 2008 1:04 PM]

doggerel to raise geneticists by

[#6 posted by SomeGuy , March 28, 2008 1:18 PM]

FrancescaVeitch @1

You just jogged my memory. When I was taking biology way back in H.S. (1968 cough, cough) I got the idea that it'd be really cool to have a neck tie that looked like a planaria. Alas, I never learned to sew...

[#7 posted by pumilio , March 28, 2008 5:25 PM]

"each always faithful to its mate"

Tell that to wobble base pairing!
I think I shall send that to my genetics prof.

[#8 posted by Akasha , March 28, 2008 5:32 PM]

I like this a lot. It gets a lot of information explained in a simple way.