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Friday, 24 January 2025

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Is the Midwest Due for a “Doomsday Earthquake”? The Science Behind New Madrid Seismic Zone Rumors 

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Contributed by Danielle Peltier, GSA Science Communication Fellow On 9 December 2024 at 1:72 a.m., a magnitude 3 earthquake impacted New Madrid, Missouri, USA. For folks in western states, this isn’t newsworthy. California had 16 magnitude 3 earthquakes over the same week. So why do low-magnitude earthquakes in the Midwest lead to flashy headlines and

Melanistic Eastern Gray Squirrels - Citizen-Science in My Neighborhood 

Fossils and Other Living Things [16:40:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (37 visits) info
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A year ago, I decided to follow in the footsteps of biologist Richard M. Lehtinen, who, over the course of about eight and a half years, took walks through the neighborhoods around The College of Wooster, in Wooster, Ohio, and tallied each black and gray squirrel he spotted.  The data he gathered were then used as part of a study he co-authored about the distribution of the black (melanistic) color morph of the eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) in the Great Lakes region.  [...]

Vets become another monopoly 

Ontario-geofish [15:48:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (55 visits) info
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 This is the main way to get rich in Canada -- form another monopoly, and soak the people.  Unfortunately, this tears down the economy.The neat thing about corporate monopolies is that you [...]

AI meets the curse of the mainframe 

Ontario-geofish [13:28:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (46 visits) info
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 Central AI has flared up and died.  I like that it can write Python programs for me, but they give me more trouble than mucking about on my own.  This is a classic 'central control' [...]

El arte dinosauriano de segunda mano de Robert Jack Esckelson 

Koprolitos [08:51:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (41 visits) info
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Robert Jack Esckelson es un artista nacido en 1986 y que ya conocimos por aquí con sus escenas de dinosaurios en situaciones cotidianas. Residente en Michigan (Estados Unidos) junto a su mujer, sus hijos [...]

finalmente in rete l'energia prodotta dal reattore EPR di Flamanville: considerazioni sulla localizzazione di eventuali nuovi impianti e sul dibattito povero di contenuti fra favorevoli e contrari al nucleare 

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Nel dicembre 2024 in Normandia è entrato in funzione Flamanville 3, il primo (e per adesso unico) reattore EPR realizzato in Francia. La sua costruzione è stata contrassegnata da ritardi e aumenti di costi [...]

Life of the Endless Clipper 

Ontario-geofish [13:09:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (48 visits) info
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 The Arctic is in full recharge, so the weak Pacific plumes come out to play.  I've never seen a continuous clipper.  Some people are getting a lot of snow.All the plume action is [...]
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