According to [Itai Bab], earlier anatomical works on the mouse skeleton were based on visual observations only, and are insufficient for modern research. Those books contained inexact material, insufficient detail, and only partial descriptions of the various skeletal components, said Bab. He explained that in the past decade, computerized micro- tomographic technology provides excellent skeletal imaging. Using this technology, one can see two and three- dimensional images showing details down to one six- thousandth of a millimeter. The new atlas presents almost 200 such images, showing all external portions of the mouse skeleton and the internal anatomy of the bones. Also presented are three- dimensional images of the relationships between bones at various joint positions. One chapter of the book, based on measurements of skeletons at various ages, describes aging and also the differences between males and females.

In a complex logistical operation, the water was "tagged" with special material so the "flood" movement could be observed as drops fell off the mineral "icicles" on the roof.

Blue Planet was launched by UNESCO's deputy assistant Prof. Andras Szollosi-Nagy, director of water sciences; Weizmann Institute vice president of resource development Prof. Israel Bar- Joseph; Prof. Nir Orion from the science education department (who developed the program with his former student Dr. Orit Ben-Zvi Assaraf), and the Weizmann Institute's Prof. Dan Yakir, head of the environmental sciences and energy research department.