hummingbird skull necklace | silver Chain_Upsell and Richard Smalley at Rice

and Richard Smalley at Rice University

Dopamine-serotonin earrings | sterling silver

neuroscientists and pharmacologists studying catecholamines

computer scientists

hummingbird skull necklace | silver Chain_Upsell and Richard Smalley at RiceHummingbird skull necklace sterling silver A heart that beats up to 1,260 times a minute. A body that drops into near ambient torpor overnight to survive on the metabolic edge. A tongue that licks nectar at 18 laps a second. The hummingbird is a study in physiological extremes, and it all begins at the skull. Worn here as a 40 mm sterling silver pendant. The Anatomy of the Hummingbird Skull The hummingbird skull is built for precision nectar