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Monday, 16 May 2016

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Penguins are not fans of opera? 

March of the Fossil Penguins [01:23:40]  recommend  recommend this post  (818 visits) info
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Mark Your Calendars for these events happening at HMNS 5/16-5/22 

BEYONDbones [03:00:04]  recommend  recommend this post  (745 visits) info
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Last week’s featured #HMNSBlockParty creation is by Charlie Bartley (age 8):  Want to get your engineering handwork featured? Drop by our Block Party interactive play area and try your own hand building a gravity-defying masterpiece. Tag your photos with #HMNSBlockParty. … Continue reading

Arizona mining scams "alive and in good standing" 

Arizona Geology [01:40:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (733 visits) info
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Fraudulent mining schemes are "alive and in good standing" according to an article, "Recent Arizona Mining Scams," by W. Scott Donaldson, in the May issue of Arizona Attorney magazine.   [...]

Wise Commencement Words: Ignorance is Not A Virtue 

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [01:16:56]  recommend  recommend this post  (233 visits) info
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 US
Some very wise words at the commencement today at Rutgers University, and while I suspect that a large majority of younger folks understand this, it’s worth sharing. “Facts. Evidence. Reason. [...]

New videos for Monday morning: an earth mover get caught in a landslide and a debris flow from the Himalayas 

The Landslide Blog [09:05:21]  recommend  recommend this post  (202 visits) info
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Two new videos have appeared on Youtube, one showing an earthmover destroyed by a landslide and the other a Himalayan debris

When evolution just gives up, part 4 

Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [21:10:24]  recommend  recommend this post  (191 visits) info
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Go home Eremotherium laurillardi, you are drunk.

The UK’s geological museums and collections 

Geological Society of London blog [18:12:36]  recommend  recommend this post  (170 visits) info
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Everyone has heard of the Natural History Museum - but did you know there are more than 250 geological collections across the UK? Continue reading

Imaggeo on Mondays: Half dome at sunset 

GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [13:03:27]  recommend  recommend this post  (166 visits) info
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 US,CN,
Yosemite’s Half Dome stands, majestic, over a granite dominated terrain in the Yosemite Valley area;  one of the most beautiful landscapes in northern America, and arguably, the world – it is also an [...]

Hottest April Ever- 3rd Month in A Row to Break The Record by Record Amount 

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [23:12:56]  recommend  recommend this post  (148 visits) info
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 US
April 2016 was the hottest April ever measured, and it broke the old record by a record amount. So did March, and so did February. Look at the image below, from the Twitter account of Dr. Stefan Rahmstorf at [...]

Neithea texanus pelecypod from the Duck Creek formation of Texas 

Views of the Mahantango [09:01:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (144 visits) info
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 Cretaceous; US,IE
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This is the pelecypod Neithea texanus from the Duck Creek formation of Texas. I found it in a creek in North Texas last fall. It looks very similar to a scallop but this particular specimen is missing the [...]

Era fiesta, pero aún así ya hemos empezado 

Investigación GeoPaleoBiológica en Somosaguas [23:55:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (107 visits) info
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 ES
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Parece que no podíamos aguantar más... Ya hacía un año que no excavábamos en Somosaguas, y nos sentíamos inquietos en nuestras vidas académicas por la falta de actividad excavdora. Y las dos semanas de [...]

Lightning strikes kill 65 people in four days 

Geology in Motion [19:02:43]  recommend  recommend this post  (269 visits) info
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 BD,US,
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Rickshaw drivers in rain in Dhaka. Image from CNN article referenced.   CNN reports that the number of people being killed by lightning strikes in Bangladesh has increased dramatically: last Thursday [...]

Open review vs open access. 

James’ Empty Blog [09:03:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (211 visits) info
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Now that Boris Johnson has finally Godwinated the EU referendum debate I don't need to discuss that, and can talk about this instead. Though actually, it's about at the same intellectual level as Johnson's [...]

A Slight Change In Plan 

Dinosaur Home - Blogs [16:03:04]  recommend  recommend this post  (196 visits) info
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Alright, so this involves Fight 4 of Season 1 in that I don’t like doing well known dinosaur fights (i.e. trike vs t-rex) so I am changing it to Kryptops palios (originally going to be Suchomimus [...]

Connecting the Dots with a Summer Placement in Lesotho 

State of the Planet [16:00:23]  recommend  recommend this post  (179 visits) info
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 LS
The Masters of Public Administration in Development Practice "offered a program that allowed me to explore potential paths in a career of development by having the flexibility to connect the dots with my [...]

Magnetic Earth and Toilet roll of time 

Earth Learning Idea [20:27:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (168 visits) info
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We have added a suggestion to our Magnetic Earth activity. This idea uses a sponge ball globe instead of Plasticine. Click here to see the original Earthlearningidea. We have also added some photos to the [...]

Trace fossils in the Massanutten Sandstone 

Mountain Beltway [12:27:38]  recommend  recommend this post  (163 visits) info
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 Silurian; US
Over the weekend, my wife and I took a walk with our son at the Storybrook Trail, an accessible trail with a fine overlook to the east over the Page Valley. There, the Massanutten Sandstone shows a bunch of [...]

New study maps rate of New Orleans sinking 

AGU Meetings [20:00:21]  recommend  recommend this post  (148 visits) info
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 US
New Orleans and surrounding areas continue to sink at highly variable rates due to a combination of natural geologic and human-induced processes, a new study finds. The observed rates of sinking, known as [...]

Behind the Scenes: Retablos Fit for an Icon 

BEYONDbones [19:37:47]  recommend  recommend this post  (142 visits) info
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 MX
When you walk into the museum store, you may notice the elaborate display wall at the entrance. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look with our Creative Merchandising Director on how it all comes together. This [...]
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