St. John's College Laboratories

03/19/2015

This too-lively yearling axolotl took a leap out of its watery home and fell 3 feet to the concrete floor. Still alive but a bit woozy. The close-up shows hemorrhaging in capillaries on toes, as a result of the blood-pressure spike when it hit the floor.
I gave it a salt bath and it's now in isolation--let's hope for recovery.

12/29/2014

Axolotls dont do Christmas, but Calpurnia sends a merry smile anyhow!

12/09/2013

The Crown Problem, using Galileo's "Little Balance" method. It's so great to have Galileo telling us how to do Archimedes!

11/26/2013

Axolotl egg development, photos by Alex Stoller

10/26/2013

A few cells of Lobelia Cardinalis, at 1000x. You can clearly see the chloroplasts, which are the green blobs inside the cells. Some nuclei may also be discernible. This was done in the second microscopy practicum in the freshman lab.

09/30/2013

The secret fridge with the phlogiston titrator!

09/22/2013

Michaelson interferometer: illustrates the Michaelson-Morley experiment showing the lack of detectable motion through a hypothetical "ether".

08/30/2013

Photon quantum mechanics experiments under development.

08/23/2013

The ladies luncheon in the axolotl room:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWjwQ1sJ1jI&feature=youtu.be

06/29/2012

06/04/2012

Just posted the event: Venus transit viewing, June 5. For details see below.