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Technology, Culture, Economics, and Politics

State of the Planet [13:55:57]

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Technological change has been the largest stimulator of rapid cultural change over the past two centuries and will continue to be the major cause of social, economic, and political

Mordiscos asesinos

Koprolitos [10:00:00]

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Killing Bites es un manga que debutó en enero de 2014 en la revista Gekkan Hīrōzu (Héroes Mensual) de la filial de Shogakukan, Hīrōzu Co., Ltd. Obra del guionista Shinya Murata y el ilustrador Kazasa Sumita (1977), se trata de una serie de lucha que tiene la peculiaridad de que sus contendientes son híbridos de seres humanos y distintos animales, creados a través de la manipulación genética, como la chica-tejón Hitomi Uzaki o la chica-guepardo Eruza Nakanishi. En 2017 comenzó a [...]

Evidence for the Earth's core

Earth Learning Idea [13:23:00]

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Today's ELI is 'A core activity; piecing together evidence for the composition of the Earth’s core'.This Earthlearningidea asks pupils to examine and discuss the evidence for the composition of the Earth’s [...]

Amazon in Canada comes back to reality

Ontario-geofish [21:34:00]

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Ahhhh, you don't know how horrible your life becomes if you accidently order from a 3rd party in Canada. I needed a water filter wrench for the cottage, and they are difficult to size. I made a mistake [...]

Field Photos: Boudinage In Sandstone

Reporting on a Revolution [05:24:00]

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Boudinage is a structure that is developed when rock layers are being pulled and stretched. The term is derived from the French word for sausage. A rock layer is deformed by necking and is segmented into a [...]

Toronto housing decays with lots of empty speculator houses

Ontario-geofish [14:35:00]

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Toronto housing is in a pretty pickle. We have the central bank boosting interest rates, but a bleeding-heart fed gov't that doesn't want anyone to even have the thought of pain. And we have the monster [...]

Alaska Collaboration, Ongoing and Future Projects

Wooster Geologists [04:07:36]

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In addition to the summer work described by Lilly Hinkley and Tyrell Cooper, the Wooster Tree Ring Lab is collaborating projects with (1) The Tree Ring Lab of the Johannes Gutenberg-University in Mainz, [...]

NOAA presents the Great Elvis Nino - one night only

Ontario-geofish [16:54:00]

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I was thinking about a flop, but Elvis has spiked the charts. If you just go by their useless charts, the Colonel can tout 'Hottest July Ever', even though that is just a spike. However, this will [...]

US natgas prices remain a mystery

Ontario-geofish [13:02:00]

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When we had the Oklahoma earthquakes, I was correlating with natgas prices, and then I tried to predict gas prices based on the upcoming weather. I failed miserably at everything. But I keep trying..We [...]

The Alaska Legislature’s Push-Pull on Taxes

Mineral Law Blog [23:43:27]

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In my latest column for State Tax Notes, I discuss several tax-related bills that were introduced during the most recent Alaska legislative session, which ended on May 17. Of the session, I noted that [...]