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June 21, 2012
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"If you put all the viruses in the ocean on a scale, they would equal the weight of 75 million blue whales. And if you lined up all those viruses end to end, “they would stretch out past the nearest 60 galaxies."

— Carl Zimmer, A Planet of Viruses

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December 13, 2011
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A page from ”Science Ink” by Carl Zimmer/Sterling Publishing. Check out more scientists sporting cool science tattoos here. And hear the story behind the collection from Carl Zimmer himself, here.

A page from ”Science Ink” by Carl Zimmer/Sterling Publishing.

Check out more scientists sporting cool science tattoos here.

And hear the story behind the collection from Carl Zimmer himself, here.

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