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Sunday, 25 January 2015

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The Sierra Beyond Yosemite: Donnell Vista and Sonora Pass 

Geotripper [05:22:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (660 visits) info
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It's gloomy and foggy, and I haven't seen the sun for days. It's a few more weeks before field season (Death Valley!), but I can't help exploring the sunnier places from warmer times. I'm looking back at the pics from our fall semester where we explored a lot of places in the Sierra Nevada that aren't Yosemite. That's the thing. Say "Sierra Nevada", and a lot of people will immediately

Relação entre poros de cascas de ovos e metabolismo dos dinossauros 

Lusodinos- Dinossauros de Portugal [18:19:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (205 visits) info
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O metabolismo e paleotemperatura corporal de animais extintos é um dos grandes mistérios na paleontologia. Fizeram-se muitas abordagem usando isótopos, histologia, anatomia comparada, etc. Numa nova abordagem mostra-se que o número, densidade e dimensão dos poros existentes nas cascas de ovos dos diferentes animais está correlacionado com o metabolismos.No último congresso SVP foi apresentado um trabalho que mostrava exactamente isso. O trabalho foi assinado por Max Stockdale, Mike [...]

Nova espécie de plesiossauro do Cretácico de Angola 

Lusodinos- Dinossauros de Portugal [16:37:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (191 visits) info
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 Cretaceous; ZA,US,AO,NL,UM,BR,IN,AR
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Cardiocorax mukulu é o nome da nova espécie de plesiossauro escavada pelo Projecto PaleoAngola no Namibe, no sul de Angola. O artigo que saiu agora no Netherlands Journal of Geosciences é o resultado da [...]

Porque é que os dinossauros eram tão grandes? 

Lusodinos- Dinossauros de Portugal [19:47:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (167 visits) info
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O Jornal i e a Ciência Viva têm uma colaboração diária com uma pergunta científica e respondida por investigadores nacionais. Desta vez foi "Porque é que os dinossauros eram tão grandes?" e [...]

How does 30,000 feet of drillpipe fit into one ship? 

JOIDES Resolution blogs [07:22:06]  recommend  recommend this post  (146 visits) info
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The JOIDES resolution is designed to perform deep sea drilling: even in water depths of 9000 meters (27,000 ft), the JR can drill 1000 meters (3000 [...]

East Coast Blizzard Brewing? 

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [09:05:26]  recommend  recommend this post  (189 visits) info
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 US
  There are increasing signs this early Sunday morning that the winter of 2015 is about to go into high gear. A major nor’easter is likely to develop Monday and move NE to off the New England coast [...]

Unmasking Everyday Superheroes with HMNS Outreach! 

BEYONDbones [00:41:06]  recommend  recommend this post  (152 visits) info
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Editor’s Note: This post was written by HMNS Outreach Presenter Sahil Patel. Up in the sky, look! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! Wait, no, it actually is a bird, flying faster than most cars. Superpowers, [...]

Sorry 

I think mining [17:49:02]  recommend  recommend this post  (107 visits) info
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In Edward O. Wilson’s new book The Meaning of Human Existence, he asks the following question: Are human beings intrinsically good but corruptible by the forces of evil, or the reverse, innately sinful yet [...]
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