Stilgherrian » bacteriophage http://stilgherrian.com All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive les poissons rouges sauvages! Fri, 25 May 2012 23:55:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive les poissons rouges sauvages! Stilgherrian no Stilgherrian stil@stilgherrian.com stil@stilgherrian.com (Stilgherrian) 2006-2007 A master feed of all Stilgherrian's audio and video podcasts. Stilgherrian » bacteriophage http://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/sla_144w.jpg http://stilgherrian.com Big Scary, Little Scary http://stilgherrian.com/internet/big_scary_little_scary/ http://stilgherrian.com/internet/big_scary_little_scary/#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:12:17 +0000 Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/internet/big_scary_little_scary/ Which of these images do you find the most frightening? Which the most beautiful? Which the most relevant to human existence?

Photograph of Epsilon15 Bacteriophage and the mould found growing under a computer monitor

On the left, the highest-resolution image of a virus ever taken. It’s the Epsilon 15 Bacteriophage (i.e. a virus which infects bacteria), and if you count viruses as being alive then it’s one of the most abundant forms of life on Earth.

On the right, a photo of what one guy found growing under his co-worker’s computer monitor. There’s a full image gallery. Hat-tip to Boing Boing.

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