"As a climber goes up even higher in altitude, into the so-called death zone, the dangerously thin air above 26,000 feet, there is so little oxygen available that the body makes a desperate decision: it cuts off the digestive system. The body can no longer afford to direct oxygen to the stomach to help digest food because that would divert what precious little oxygen is available away from the brain. The body will retch back up anything the climber tries to eat, even if it’s as small as an M&M."
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Excerpt from
To the Last Breath: A Journey of Going to Extremes
posted by Brandon Blatcher
on Aug 7, 2012 -
39 comments
Biomedical Ephemera, or, a Frog for your Boils is "A blog for all biological and medical ephemera, from the age of Abraham through the era of medical quackery and cure-all nostrums. Sometimes featuring illustrations of diseases and conditions of the times, sometimes fascinating ephemeral medical equipment, and sometimes clippings and information about the theories themselves." The
archive page is also a useful starting point.
via Things Magazine.
posted by Rumple
on Aug 29, 2011 -
8 comments
"All of which is a long way of saying that, to construct a new church of anatomical horror and to do so out of stone, as Al-Mehdari seems to be suggesting, is a fascinating idea. " -
Body Baroque
posted by Artw
on Sep 23, 2009 -
24 comments
What happens when we leave behind cosmetics and societal norms to modify our bodies and minds to enhance who we are and what we can do?
In this talk, journalist
Quinn Norton explores how technology and flesh are coming together.
posted by Hypocrites
on Aug 23, 2008 -
10 comments
From a short distance the male figure almost appeared to be napping among the hummingbirds and squirrels, draped as he was over the pebbled ground. But something about his peculiar pose evoked a sense of grim finality–
the body language of the deceased.
posted by punkfloyd
on Nov 2, 2007 -
44 comments
17 Minutes is a performance and video blog project by new media artist Chris Barr. It's about suicide. [MI]
posted by sjvilla79
on Nov 22, 2005 -
7 comments
"If you love someone, you want to give something of yourself to them... Go big or go home you know?" Show that special sweetie of yours that you care with the
magic of mutual self-mutilation. Really, how often were you using that ring finger, anyways?
posted by Simon!
on Jul 8, 2005 -
31 comments
Body Art. (NSFW) Martin Armand gives a whole new meaning to the term "anatomical art" with his airbrush paintings on bare skin. Five galleries of photos: the first page only links to a few larger images, but the rest of the galleries work fine. More bodypainting
here (E-cards site, but very cool images),
here (very nice "camouflage" body art),
here (especially artistic) and via
this previous MetaFilter thread. But remember; if you worky, no clicky the linky!
posted by taz
on Jun 2, 2005 -
10 comments
Naked body letters. Um... letters made out of naked bodies. Obviously not safe for work, but really more artsy and "nude" than even erotic.
K, T and C are particularly nice, for example.
posted by Shane
on Jun 10, 2004 -
7 comments
I Feel, Therefore I Am. Consider the work of
Dr. Antonio Damasio, humanist and neuroscientist, who has turned the
Mind and Body debate between
René Descartes and
Benedictus de Spinoza upon its head--or at least the heads of
Phineas Gage and one
Elliott--via his research and writings such as
The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness,
Descartes' Error: Emotion, reason, and the human brain and
Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain. He's influenced writers like
Ian McEwan and
David Lodge, and via his thoughts on the
perception of music, inspired
a composition.
(More Inside)
posted by y2karl
on Apr 19, 2003 -
21 comments
Previously discussed
here, the
Body World exhibition in, London, Brick Lane is hosting what is to be the last
publicly performed autopsy before they are banned. I've seen the exhibition and felt that it was done very well, but I'm not sure ill be attending the autopsy with as much haste. Macabre voyeurism or lay man intrigue? Its being rumored that is may also be televised on
channel 4
posted by monkeyJuice
on Nov 19, 2002 -
15 comments
The male species has it easy. Feminist magazine Amp meditates on whether women should hover or plonk when they go to the bathroom.
"It's like learning how to whistle. You have to learn how to position your lips for the best results." This article isn't work safe. In fact I'm not sure if it's safe at all.
posted by feelinglistless
on Oct 18, 2002 -
30 comments
