Posts of the Category: Editorial
Here are some more or less personal thoughts relating to amateur microscopy – or microbe hunting – as I like to call it.
500 magazine downloads in 3 weeks
It’s time to write another short editorial and to summarize some of the trends of the past 3 weeks. The Magazine Today we celebrate the download of the 500th MicrobeHunter magazine, and I expect the download frequency to go up with every issue. Currently I’m working on the next issue (for Feb. 2011), which will [...]
How many cells are there in the human body?
“How many cells are there in a 9-year old tree, in a flower and in an elephant?” – I was asked this question recently by an elementary school teacher, and I, as a biologist, should naturally know this answer. The students found out, by research, that the adult human body contains an estimated 10 trillion [...]
Some Humor: Microscopy Cartoons and Comics
Today something different! I found some cartoons and comics relating to microscopy. Here are the links: Cartoons 1 | Cartoons 2
Some Thoughts on Recreational / Amateur Microscopy (Part 2)
Today, I’d like to continue my thoughts on microscopy as a hobby. I tried to brainstorm a list of strengths and opportunities as well as areas of improvements. In a previous article I already mentioned that (in my personal view), recreational microscopy as not as well established as other recreational sciences. In particular, I compared [...]
Introducing the Microscopy Forum
I’ve now installed a microscopy forum which adds an extra level of organization by pre-defining certain categories. It is also not necessary to register in order to use the forum.
Some Thoughts on Recreational / Amateur Microscopy
In this post, I’m pondering about amateur microscopy and astronomy. There is an evident imbalance and I wonder why.
What in the world is microbe hunting?
A quick Google search of the term “microbe hunting” revealed 2460 hits, the term “microbe hunter” a mere 21300 hits. The combination of these words with “amateur microscopy” returned a total of… 1 and 4 hits respectively. This is not much. The one returned hit is particularly interesting. It is from Popular Science, September 1934, [...]
