The scientific method meets body modification at Carl Zimmer’s Science Tattoo Emporium. In the words of the site’s banner: “Underneath their sober lab coats and flannel shirts, scientists hide images of their scientific passions. Here they are revealed to all.”
Some are ugly, some are pretty cool. And all of them I’ve looked at so far are safe for work.
This isn’t right…
Cousin to pigeons, almost to the bottom, is some stellar work by the artist. I should point out in this case, by stellar I mean very good, not dealing with space.
Oh my god. I had no idea anything list this existed. This makes me a happy happy girl.
here are mine . Neither are the real works of art that some on that page are, but, well, they’re science-y.
I just don’t understand. Why on earth would someone permanently get Paranthropus boisei tattooed on them? Don’t they realize what that’s going to look like when they’re eighty years old and P. Boisei has been definitively proven to be a less likely link to Homo Habilis than Australopithecus afarensis, as well as not to have been the first Homonid tool user? What if they want to get a job someday, perhaps in a discipline that doesn’t approve of the philosophy of Paleoanthropology or its lifestyle? Don’t they even think about these things? I just want to tell them the Pliocene isn’t going to be “cool” and “hip” forever, you know!
Oh, and don’t get me started on the trilobite. I’ve never met somebody with a tattoo that was over 250 million years old who didn’t regret it!
This one is fantastic - I love the idea of turning “not art” into art.
Back to being serious for a second, you’re right. That’s amazing work.
Brer Lapin what’s with the winged mouse? Not very scientifically accurate.
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Hey! My friend has this tattoo!
Not very science-y, really
If only I had a digital camera in working order at the moment I’d show you all my biohazard tattoo on my shoulder. Oh well, I suppose you’ll all just have to imagine me shirtless.
ultrafilter, as a nerd and a weightlifter, do you find this to be true?
Indeed, dude.
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I need the one of the crystal radio schematic. I’d also get the old Indian head test card just for shits and giggles, but it’s a lot of work and needs a lot of room.
Robin
Don’t tell him I told you all, but **CalMeacham ** has the same tattoo!
(fourth one down)
Anyone else highly amused by the ad for Ben Stein’s movie “Expelled” on that page? snort
The valedictorian from my high school class has the Pi symbol tattooed on one of his forearms, and 22/7 on the other. Compared to the guy in that picture, he’s not a nerd at all!
I’m not a fan of most tats, but some of those are among the coolest ink I’ve seen, and I could imagine having something along those lines on my body.
Perhaps you’d like to tell the class what the correct formula is.
Where most people have a tribal armband, I have a DNA double helix. It was inked on me in celebration of getting my degree in biochemistry.
I’m an organic chemist now, and have plans to “celebrate” that field, too. I’d love more ideas, though, so the site is awesome.
