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Science Photography from Fritz Goro

June 8th, 2013 | Brain, Robot, Space

Fritz Goro Heart

Blood circulating through a heart, 1948.

Fritz Goro was a German-born photographer known by many to be the most influential science photographer the world has ever seen.  He was born in Bremen, Germany and studied at the Bauhaus school of sculpture and design.  In 1933, Goro and his family fled Nazi Germany for the United States and they never looked back.  For over 40 years, he captured incredibly influential science photos working for LIFE magazine and Scientific American.

Seen here is just a sample of the timeless images Mr. Goro was able to capture during his career.

Electronics Fritz Goro

 Electronics, 1961.

Matter Experiment Fritz Goro

Burning a candle in a sealed flask of oxygen on a balance shows that matter can not be destroyed, 1949.

Fetus Fritz Goro

Fetus in an artificial womb, 1965

Monkey Visual Experiment Fritz Goro

An anesthetized monkey has its brain activity monitored, 1971.

Leaf-Cutter Ant Fritz Goro

A leaf-cutter ant carries away rose fragments, 1947.
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Quartz and Frog Organs Fritz Goro

A scientist uses a quartz rod as a light conductor to observe a frog’s organs, 1948.

Lab Equipment Fritz Goro

Shipboard laboratory equipment used for measuring sea water to detect any traces of radioactivity after an atomic bomb test in Bikini lagoon, 1946.
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Cow Fetuses Fritz Goro

A pair of 90-day-old cow fetuses clearly visible inside an amniotic sac, 1965.
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Skeleton Fritz Goro

Plastic skeleton showing spots of body most likely to be affected by radioactive fall-out, 1961.

Find more science photography from Fitz Goro at Life Magazine.

-RSB

Cordyceps Fungi = Killer Fungi

October 17th, 2011 | Brain

This beautifully narrated (Sir David Attenborough) video created by the Planet Earth team highlights the peculiar Cordyceps genus. The Cordyceps unilateralis species showcased in this video has evolved a fascinating ability to control the minds of these jungle ants.
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Its spores enter the ants’ tracheas where they subsequently grow into the ants’ brains and alter their perception of pheromones, forcing them into the trees to spread the fungi spores.

When I first saw this video, I could have sworn it was straight out of a horror movie.
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If they can do this to ants, what has prevented the evolutionary leap to mind control of larger animals, even humans?
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If M. Night Shyamalan is proven to have given us an accurate portrayal of the future, I may obligated to watch his next movie.

-RSB