Bright and Cheery Science Art

Tiffany Ard sells fabulous science-related art that is perfect for anyone who likes her brightly colored whimsical style.
• The I love love LOVE my microscope print (at left) is perfect for anyone who loves their microscope

• The "Ooooh cells!" poster is abstract enough to hang in your living room (or at least in my living room)

• The Nerd ABCs poster would look great in a baby's room or grown-up's lab

Check out her web site for more.

The Genome As Art

Circos is a unique method of visualizing genomic alignment data that is both quite informative and artistic. If you have access to genome data, you can use the software to plot data yourself. However, if you just want some art for your wall, check out their selection of posters. 

Image: One of the more abstract posters, showing "A transformation of a Circos image of synteny between human chromosome 1 and the entire mouse genome."

Prime Number Posters

If you love numbers Perfectly Scientific's Prime Number Posters are perfect decoration for your office, lab or bedroom wall. 

For years Perfectly Scientific Inc. has been producing high quality posters of the largest currently known explicit prime number. Each poster is printed on thick glossy paper and measures 29 inches by 40 inches **. Framed and unframed posters dating back to June of 1999 are available for purchase.

The current largest prime is 2^32582657-1 and looks, from a distance, like grey scale noise. It's not till you get up close (or use a magnifier) that you can actually see all the digits.

Image: Largest explicit prime poster, and magnified view.

Patron Saints of Chemistry: Saints Cosmas and Damian

Twin brothers and healers Saint Damian and Saint Cosmas are - among many other things - the patrons of apothecaries, the chemical industry and chemical manufacturers. If you need a divine presence to help watch over your lab, you might want to order this handsome reproduction of a Greek icon depicting the twins (shown at left). Or, if you'd rather keep them closer to your person, a sterling silver medal with their image might be the perfect piece of jewelry for you.

2009 Skepdude Calendar

Does your girl geek religiously watch Mythbusters? Is her idea of the ideal vacation a week in Vegas to attend The Amazing Meeting? The 2009 Skepdude calendar would be a perfect gift! are now available from Skepchick.org. A 2009 Skepchick calendar is also available if she'd rather have 12 months of lovely skepchicks.

Still not sure? Check out this teaser image of Mr. January 2009, Sid Rodrigues.

Casual Pi Day

While March 14th (3.14) is the official Pi day, July 22 (22/7 European style) is Pi Approximation Day. MathematiciansPictures.com has lots of gear with "Casual Pi Day" graphics, including t-shirts, mugs and posters.

Teddy Bear Fetal Development

Artist Stephanie Metz works in felt to create biological models of teddy bears. Shown at left is her series on teddy bear fetal development. The originals aren't for sale, but you can buy a poster.

(via Ziya Tong)

Calendar Geeks: Sexy Girls Who Can Use Their Brains

Want a display that shows that geeks can be sexy too? You might be interested in the 2009 Calendar Geeks calendar. Each month has a different gorgeous geek: chemistry geek, librarian geek, knitting geek, math geek, music geek, grammar geek, steampunk geek, history geek, computer geek, theater tech geek, roleplaying game geek and video game geek. And it marks the important days of the year: 

In addition to the photos, the twelve-month calendar features geeky holidays such as Pi Day, sci-fi cons, birthdays of notable geeks like Albert Einstein and Ada Lovelace, and the Unix timestamp 1234567890.

Sadly, the chemistry geek, Ava, died in May.

The calendar is dedicated to Ava, and her portion of the profits will be donated to a scholarship fund in her memory.

Order a calendar.

You Can Have the Same Saturn Art as Sir Paul!

The Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations (CICLOPS) has created a beautiful poster showing 64 images of Saturn taken by the Cassini spacecraft. The images were compiled in honor of Sir Paul McCartney: 

On June 18, 2006, we celebrated Paul McCartney's 64th birthday by highlighting sixty-four of our most dazzling images, a kaleidoscope of splendor and spectacle, in an 8-minute-long cinematic production accompanied by the music of the Beatles.

These same sixty-four scenes from Saturn have been composited into the poster shown here, and sent to the former Beatle, along with a CD of the movie.

Download a copy of the poster for yourself.

Get Pi Day gear in time for the celebration!

Friday March 14 is π Day. MathematiciansPictures.com has all the gear you need to celebrate, including mugs, T-shirts, and posters. They come in one of two designs: π around the world, and a special design for 2008 featuring Isaac Newton.

When 3.14 finally arrives, head on back to Mathematicians Pictures at 1:59 PM Eastern and 1:59 PM Pacific to watch the official Pi Day Drop of the Giant Pi .

And if your Girl Geek really loves pi, sign her up for the π of the month club!