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Do it yourself. I don’t mean that as a descriptive phrase. It’s a complete sentence, in the imperative. Do it yourself. Pick up the pencil, pen, stylus, paintbrush, airbrush, mouse, keyboard, scissors, rolling pin, hammer, drill, wrench, saw, [...]
Step into deep time with the Fossil Huntress Podcast—your warm and wonder-filled gateway to dinosaurs, trilobites, ammonites, and the astonishing parade of life that has ever walked, swum, or crawled across our planet.Close your eyes and travel [...]
Cuando
era adolescente, el alemán Levin Kurio (1977) autoeditó el fanzine Koma Comix (1992-2001), en cuyas viñetas
su alter ego Quevis se dedicaba básicamente a consumir alcohol y marihuana, y que
vendía a sus amigos o en festivales como el [...]
This month’s open thread. We’re not great ones for New Year’s resolutions, but lets try. How about we resolve to stay substantive, refrain from abusing one another, and maintaining a generosity of spirit when interacting with others? Lot’s [...]
Lingula anatina — Primitive Brachiopod One of the most primitive and enduring brachiopods alive today is the caramel-and-cream–coloured Lingula anatina. Though modest in appearance, this unassuming marine invertebrate tells a [...]
Thank goodness we never write checks any more. For a whole month, you screwed up the year on the date. There is no hope for physics this year, simply because there is too much money in fantasy. [...]
The Arctic celebrated too much, and is projectile vomiting all over Europe. Toronto is on the cold side of the clipper at -14C. The warm side is expected to hit us in a few days.Europe is getting sheets and sheets of [...]
The big news is that Europe is so bad, it has diverted an Atlantic plume to hit NA.This never happens. I knew that the Arctic basin flow would alternate between Europe and NA, but this is totally to Europe.We are warm [...]
I hate those headlines. It always means they don't understand the problem, and there might be room for new physics. In this case, the Arctic flow keeps going over Europe well beyond the gas gauge showing [...]
Calgary has the same thing we all have in Canada. That's 70's reinforced concrete with insufficient cover over the outer steel.No pictures, so try to think. They went nuts with this concrete, lighter, cheaper, stronger [...]