Quigley's Cabinet

Being a visual and verbal chronologue of my peculiar life, foremost my research interests—death and the anatomical body—and travels and people I've met in pursuit of same; my collecting interests—fossils, postmortem photographs, weird news, and new acquisitions to my “museum”; and (reluctantly) my health, having been diagnosed with MS in 1990. "Satisfying my morbid curiosity and yours..."

Showing posts with label space chimp. Show all posts
Showing posts with label space chimp. Show all posts
Monday, July 23, 2012

The smell of space

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A composite of 2 photographs of the sun from NASA 's Solar Dynamics Observatory taken on July 12, 2012. An extreme-ultraviolet image...
Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Follow-ups

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Follow-ups 12/9/09 Reader Megan brought this to my attention: a mutant parakeet - the opposite of the bald parrot pictured in this post! And...
Friday, December 5, 2008

Space chimp

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Ham (1957-1983) was the first hominid in space, a.k.a. " space chimp " or "astrochimp." A number of animals had already...
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Chris Quigley has been reviewing morbid books since receiving an MA in 2007 from Georgetown University, where she has worked since 1986. As of June 2009, she is on long-term disability leave. She delivered the keynote address at the first Museum of Funeral Customs symposium (Springfield, Illinois), consulted with the producers of the National Geographic Channel’s Mummy Road Show, and authored 6 morbid books of her own - Death Dictionary, The Corpse, Modern Mummies, Skulls and Skeletons, Conjoined Twins, and Dissection on Display - all published by McFarland & Co.
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