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The beauty of form

The beautiful mind

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Michaela

A scanning electron microscope picture of a nerve ending. It has been broken open to reveal vesicles (orange and blue) containing chemicals used to pass messages in the nervous system.

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The hippocampus is a major component of the brains of humans and other mammals. It belongs to the limbic system and plays important roles in the consolidation of information from short-term memory to long-term memory and spatial navigation. Hippocampus (Photomicrograph, 2005) | Genetically-encoded fluorescent proteins illuminate neurons in different colors in a modern … Continue reading →

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The beautiful mind

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Michaela

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A gardener called springtime

Posted on April 17, 2011 by lilli10

Spring makes its own statement, so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of the instruments, not the composer. ~Geoffrey B. Charlesworth

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Spring

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Michaela

Play of light and shadow over green – spring in the Vienna Woods

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The beauty of form

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Michaela

The wind has settled, the blossoms have fallen; Birds sing, the mountains grow dark — This is the wondrous power of Buddhism. T. Ryokan

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A sip of life…

Posted on March 21, 2011 by CatrinPhoto

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The Beauty of Form

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Michaela

A neglected eighty-eight butterfly (Diaethria neglecta) in Brazil’s Pantanal displays the design of lines and dots that gave it its unusual common name. Source: National Geographic

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