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THE REAL SCIENCE BEHIND:

The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters

A Novel

The best microscope photos of the year reveal a strange and hidden universe in astonishing detail

10/21/2019

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The image of our consortium, its structures and shapes, the image I’m used to staring at, is now orders of magnitude larger. Like suddenly being nose-to-nose with the TV while watching your favorite program.

My mind makes the necessary shift to appreciate the import of what I’m seeing. Our tiny sickle-shaped archaea, seemingly one of the smallest forms of life, is suddenly big enough to house a smaller species. One so small, it surprises even me.

~an excerpt from Sleep of Reason

THE REAL SCIENCE:
Human eyes may be remarkable tools to view the universe, but they also restrict our perception of reality to a limited, macroscopic slice.

Fortunately, microscopes grant us access to a fantastic, beautiful, and sometimes shocking universe that hides beyond the limits of vision.

https://www.businessinsider.com/best-microscope-pictures-nikon-small-world-photography-contest-2019-10


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