Carl Zimmer's Science Tattoo Emporium

His and Her Science Tattoos

"The atom is on the left shoulder of Raychelle Burks, chemistry PhD candidate at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. She got the tattoo upon turning 18 and deciding to pursue a career in science. She got the tattoo in her hometown of Pomona, CA at The Body Shop. The Chinese characters tattoo says “Scientist” and is on the left ankle of Matthew Shortridge, chemistry PhD candidate at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. He got the tattoo upon turning 18 and deciding to pursue a career in science. He got the tattoo in his hometown of Lincoln, NE at Aavardaxx’s Tattoo. They met years later at UNL, started dating in the Fall of 2006, and soon learned they both had science tattoos. Two nerds meant to be together."--Raychelle Burks

Seek, Microscope

"I got this on Saturday, that's it fresh off the needle. When it's healed I'll try and take a full arm shot so you can see it all. the artists original design had 'seek and you will find' but that's too close to the biblical reference '..shall find' so i changed it to just 'seek seek seek' on the banner. you're not always gonna find your answers but you should always be looking for some." --Damien

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