I’m not sure if today’s #SciArtSeptember prompt of “happily ever after” is a thing that happens in the real world but I thought of the great mathematician, writer and polymath, Mary Fairfax Somerville (1780-1872). Arguably the best thing that ever happened to her was when she became a young widowed mother. Her first marriage to Lieutenant Samuel Greig had not been happy; he did not think much of women’s intellectual capacity. 1/n

#SciArtSeptember Day 29 • happily ever after • This vagus nerve #embroidery explores polyvagal theory (PVT) sensations. PVT has helped reduce some of my #MECFS symptoms which gives me hope for the future. the wandering ghost (2024). #SciArt

For the #sciArtSeptember prompt “motherly” my linocut portrait of a harried mama giant panda & 2 unruly cubs. They are magnificent, if funny, creatures, whose expressions make them easy to personify. They remind me of people I know.

These beautiful bears are endangered due to deforestation. Through conservation efforts, the wild giant panda population in central China, 1/2

When #physicist Lise Meitner (1878-1968) explained #nuclear #fission she understood nothing was “lost” (today’s #SciArtSeptember prompt) despite the missing mass after the reaction. She worked with chemists Hahn & Straßmann in 30s Berlin, investigating elements beyond uranium. They found bombarding nuclei of U-235 with neutrons actually triggered it to fission, or break, into 2 nuclei of roughly half the size & some free neutrons! 1/n
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#SciArtSeptember Day 24 • mirror • Mitosis/cell division is a kind of mirroring. This is the winter version of my mitosis #embroidery sampler (2024). #SciArt

For the #SciArtSeptember prompt mirror: #physicist Chien-shiung Wu (1912-1997), who came up with a truly beautiful experiment to test whether the weak force conserves parity (whether beta decay would be the same if reflected in the mirror)! I show Wu in her lab & a schematic diagram of her experiment. On the right I show her reflection, as in the mirror, & the mirror reflection of the 1/n

For #SciArtSeptember: 50 EPG neurons from the #Drosophila, segmented from electron microscopy images, rendered in #Blender3d driven by neuVid. This ring of neurons forms part of the fly’s internal compass. As the fly changes its heading, neuronal activity moves around the ring, as shown by the false color gradient. Imaging and reconstruction by #HHMIJanelia and Google Research (www.janelia.org/project-team/flyem/hemibrain); function described by Hulse et al (doi.org/10.7554/eLife.66039).

Today's #SciArtSeptember prompt is "Diffusion". I just happen to have made a cute little game about Cellular Communication...as in living cells and molecules...through diffusion.
https://artatomic.itch.io/diffusion

For the #SciArtSeptember prompt hidden: #astronomer Vera Rubin (neé Cooper, ‘28-‘16) & her discovery that angular motion of galaxies deviates from predictions, 1st evidence for dark matter, now known as 5x as common as matter & the stuff which dictates dynamics of galaxies & evolution of our universe! The Nobel committee waited 3 years after she died to reward another for the theory of dark matter.

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For #sciartSeptember prompt royal: Queen Seondeok of Silla (c. 595 ~ 610 - 647), 27th ruler of 1 of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, from 632-647, who brought about a renaissance in culture & science & built the Cheomseongdae moon & star-gazing observatory.

Known for her intelligence, wisdom & benevolence, stories survive of her curiosity & cleverness even as a child. When her father the King was gifted peony seeds 1/n