Blood and biology at Chiharu Shiota show (26 April 2026)

I work at a cancer medicine company, and some of the art by this artist, who was treated for a cancer, really resonated with me!

 

Like glamorous lungs...

The piece in the SFMoMA Far Out show made me want to learn a bit more about Neri Oxman, who is... many things.  Here is a nice profile from Elle (not where I would expect to go to read about a sculptor/architect with a Ph.D. from MIT):

Neri Oxman Has All the Answers (Elle.com)

The designer and architect Neri Oxman carefully makes her way up the steps to the stage of MIT's Kresge Auditorium. It's late February, and Oxman, a tenured professor at the school who wears a black top, black velvet pants, and high black patent leather stiletto, is nearly seven months pregnant...

The content isn't alarmist, but it is really interesting science.

The content isn't alarmist, but it is really interesting science. The persistence of organisms trapped in ice, underground cave crystals, and similar places is as intriguing as the search for life in other planets.

#biology #archeobiology #climate
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170504-there-are-diseases-hidden-in-ice-and-they-are-waking-up?ocid=ww.social.link.googleplus

"Ramsdell, a developmental biologist at the University of South Carolina, soon found something strange: The odds of...

"Ramsdell, a developmental biologist at the University of South Carolina, soon found something strange: The odds of recovery differed for women who had cancer in the left breast versus the right."

This is a great general audience biology article about how organisms and cells manage asymmetrical development. It's fascinating stuff!

#science #symmetry #asymmetry #biology
https://www.wired.com/2017/02/body-can-tell-left-right/