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New from Snet: Lithologs, a new tool to create lithological/sedimentological logs online..
Sunday, 05 April 2015
Storia della Geologia [18:17:00]
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"È una professione che rende milioni. E sarà sempre cosi perché c´è sempre tanta gente ansiosa di credere a quelle corbellerie.” Lamar Keene (1936-1996), che dopo una proficua carriera di medium scrisse un libro “La mafia parapsichica” in cui spiega i trucchi di questa “professione” I poteri curativi delle pietre e gemme sono conosciuti fin dall’antichità, e tuttora si trovano pietre semipreziose da comprare sia in farmacia che in fiere, anche se sembra che non [...]
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From Today in Science History:
In 1753, the British Museum was founded by an Act of Parliament. Since then, the museum has been collecting, conserving and studying millions of artifacts. The British Museum was among the first museums to recognize that in-house scientific expertise was essential, both for the care of its collections and for their proper interpretation. Its
Prerogative of Harlots [18:55:00]
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On April 3rd, the Chicago Tribune breathlessly reported the creation of a new group whose aim is improved management of natural history collections. In the words of the group's convener, Field Museum president [...]
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Find the Easter Egg right under your feet. It's an M5 earthquake disguised as an M4.2. The rest of the world calls it a 5, but some junior usgus seismologist, being forced to work the weekend, [...]
In 1959 and 1960, our predecessor, The Arizona Bureau of Mines -
University of Arizona, published the popular Arizona county geologic
map series. Until now, these important maps were only available in
[...]
Koprolitos [20:59:00]
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Luego de que InGen quedara en bancarrota tras el fracaso de Jurassic Park y el posterior incidente con el T-Rex en San Diego, Masrani pudo adquirir la compañía, así como los documentos que incluían los [...]
စာေရးသူသည္ လြန္ခဲ့သည့္ ၁၀ႏွစ္ေက်ာ္ (၁၉၉၉ မွ ၂၀၀၃ထိ)က ပံုညာေတာင္ [...]
Here's what I wrote on utube.
I hate when those movies comes out. Then all the hot-shots come out. I was actually speeding (10 klicks over), when this guy zooms by me at 120 in an 80 zone. You can here [...]
As you might have guessed from the title of this blog, I have a bit of a ‘thing’ going for Albert Koch’s Hydrarchos harlani. Last week, we were lucky enough to meet up with Hydrarchos (or [...]
Better late than never, right! Here a re few pictures from my latest Smithsonian Journey's trip which included a 4-day cruise from Cape Horn to Punta Arenas.Full moon setting over Cape HornA view of Cape Horn [...]
The father of radiation genetics, Muller (Dec. 21, 1890 – April 5, 1967) began his career with T.H. Morgan studying mutations in fruit flies. He was the first to increase the mutation rate using heat, later [...]
Blue Holes: A Descent into the World’s Hidden WatersAtlas Obscura The Great Blue Hole of BelizeUnited States Geological Survey New Tool Enables Citizens to Examine Asteroid VestaNASA Inventor of the [...]
From Today in Science History:
Hyatt (April 5, 1838 - Jan. 15, 1902) was a U.S. zoologist and paleontologist who studied invertebrate fossil records, the evolution of the cephalopods (a class of mollusks [...]
Looking is never just looking. When we gaze at something, we are not passive recipients of an image, instead our brain is constantly looking for patterns. If you are drifting over the earth, whether as an [...]
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