As threatened, we bought a bunch of crazy stuff from American Science & Surplus. Agar, petri dishes, a tiny vacuum cleaner shaped like a pig and a super cool microscope that you plug right into your computer that captures digital images.
Here is some table salt at 400x magnification.
I think this is going to rock my world and take the experiments to a new place. Meanwhile, I’m happy just to create some pretty, pretty pictures.
Feline Maintenance
Also, one of our cats is about to be relieved of some kind of lump on her chest that is either [big fancy word for cancer], or [big fancy word for not cancer]. In advance of the intervention, we took her to the vet today for a pre-op blood test and X-ray to make sure her lump is alone. The vet gave us a guided tour of her anatomy, and I’m working on getting a digital copy of the films. Will share them because I think they’re cool. You can see her heart, lungs, slender little ribs, extra belly padding and next week’s hairball.
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That Digital Laptop Microscopy looks amazing
Who knew scientists could be so funny? From AmSciSr+ website: “900lb. Ringer – Missing calls? Set this in-line telephone ringer on high, and incoming calls will chirp like a 900-lb canary that’s been hit with a cattle prod. For the deaf, for extraordinarily noisy environments, or for those who are keeping the noise down after bedtime, the ring can be turned off, leaving a handy neon indicator lamp to signal a call.”
I hope said kitty has [big fancy word for not cancer].