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Thursday, 20 November 2014
And This Weeks Most Scientifically Ignorant Post on Twitter Goes To…
The Heartland Institute long ago proved that they are not among the scientifically literate, but today they posted a real “LMAO fall in the floor laughing” tweet on their twitter account. Let’s talk about just how preposterous this is, and how it shows an absolute total lack of the ability to reason. So here are ten reasons why my little dog Riley has greater critical thinking skills than anyone¡¡¡¡Exclusiva!!!! Cat loves dinosaurs
Geologists’ Manslaughter Verdict Overturned and Other Stories: A Cornucopia of Earth Science Links
Whilst I’ve been off designing geology-themed holiday cards and working on other time-devouring things, other folks in the geoblogosphere have been doing some fascinating writing. I thought... -- Read [...]The Inca Ruins of Machu Picchu, Peru
Earthly Musings [04:06:00]
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Triassic; PE,US
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The wrong kind of Bang
In science education and popularization, there is a delicate balance that must be struck between overcomplicating and oversimplifying. Insufficient simplification can result in overly obtuse deviation into [...]Born This Day: Robert Armstrong
M4.3 earthquake Alabama
Resolution Copper shaft is deepest in North America
4.2 Magnitude Earthquake near San Juan Bautista
Oh, Nuts. What a Great Reason to Destroy the Remaining 5% of the Original California Prairie
Apply Now for Spring Curriculum Grading Assistant Posts
The Sustainability Management program is seeking candidates for the following curriculum and grading assistant positions for the spring 2015 semester. The assistants are responsible for attending class [...]Calcium Loss Turning Canadian Lakes Into “Jelly”
Lake Scientist [16:56:04]
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Ordovician; US
Beginning with the industrial revolution, calcium levels in Canadian lakes have been going down, according to research published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The drop is[...]
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COSAS QUE SÉ DE TI
November 20, 2014
Road Salt Prices SkyrocketTime What is a Salt Glacier?Geology.com Geologic Maps of Vesta AsteroidNASA A Different Type of Oil CrisisNewsweek.com What Bourbon Producers Can Teach the Oil IndustryNew York Times [...]A Plate Tectonics Pioneer - Frank Bursley Taylor
The Geology P.A.G.E. [00:22:00]
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Neogene,Paleogene; US,GL,DE,IN,
To start off, I was going to say recently but it has apparently been almost a year now, but "recently" I came across this blog post by GSA entitled "On the Shoulders of Giants: A 125th Anniversary [...]
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Peru's Sacred Valley -Gateway to Machu Picchu
Earthly Musings [00:30:00]
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Neogene,Paleogene; PE,EC,,TH
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We Were Trapped In The Twilight World! by Jack Kirby (1961)
The San Juan Bautista Earthquakes as recorded at Modesto Junior College
Braunkohle, Erdfälle & Salz
Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [09:37:29]
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Geopark-Landmarkenfaltblatt Burg Ummendorf vorgestellt: Die Börde hat im Untergrund viel
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The freakily consistent colour palette of Wedel and Taylor (2013) on caudal pneumaticity
Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [21:00:26]
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Back in 2013, when we were in the last stages of preparing our paper Caudal pneumaticity and pneumatic hiatuses in the sauropod dinosaurs Giraffatitan and Apatosaurus (Wedel and Taylor 2013b), I noticed that, [...]
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Investors keep sand operation running on Navajo Reservation
Pouring Fracking Waste on the Road - New York State
Reference So, the next time you're behind that brine truck, trying to get through that snow storm, think of the glorious stuff you are breathing. I'm sure it's worth at least a pack or ciggies or two. So, [...]One week to go...
The last weeks were filled up with work, one article in the newspaper, two radio interviews, long nights but soon it's gonna start: just one week [...]Update: American Farm Bureau Federation et al. v. EPA Oral Arguments
American Farm Bureau Federation, et al. v. EPA, Case 13-4079 oral arguments were held Tuesday (see previous post) and early indications suggest the Farm Bureau is fighting an uphill battle as it attempts to [...]Top concepts:
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