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Sunday, 05 April 2015

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I poteri nascosti delle pietre: Litomania 

Storia della Geologia [18:17:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (702 visits) info
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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 [...]

Founded This Day: The British Museum 

Palaeoblog [15:16:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (659 visits) info
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image 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

Why Big Museums Aren't Going to Save Us 

Prerogative of Harlots [18:55:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (274 visits) info
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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 [...]

Oklahoma Earthquake Easter Egg 

Ontario-geofish [02:48:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (228 visits) info
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Article 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, [...]

County geologic maps going online 

Arizona Geology [22:03:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (208 visits) info
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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 [...]

Jurassic Africa: una precuela de Jurassic World (Joaquín Zabalegui) 

Koprolitos [20:59:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (180 visits) info
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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 [...]

ေျမျပိဳမႈမ်ား (၁) Landslides (1) 

Tint Lwin Swe [10:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (174 visits) info
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စာေရးသူသည္ လြန္ခဲ့သည့္ ၁၀ႏွစ္ေက်ာ္ (၁၉၉၉ မွ ၂၀၀၃ထိ)က ပံုညာေတာင္ [...]

Fast and Furious OPP takedown 

Ontario-geofish [21:27:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (169 visits) info
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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 [...]

Happy B'Day Rajeev 

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★ Meeting Hydrarchos in Person(s) 

Hydrarchos [16:39:18]  recommend  recommend this post  (249 visits) info
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 [...]

Cape Horn, Wulaia Bay and Punta Arenas Chile 

Earthly Musings [20:47:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (217 visits) info
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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 [...]

Died This Day: Hermann Joseph Muller 

Palaeoblog [22:14:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (198 visits) info
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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 [...]

April 6, 2015 

Geology.com News [17:10:08]  recommend  recommend this post  (178 visits) info
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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 [...]

Born This Day: Alpheus Hyatt 

Palaeoblog [19:13:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (169 visits) info
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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 [...]

Scars, acne and others: circles on the ground 

Metageologist [13:20:50]  recommend  recommend this post  (151 visits) info
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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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