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What's New on CILC

Rebecca Morrison wrote 23 hours ago: CILC sent out new videoconferences listed on their website, www.cilc.org, and programs include two f … more »

Tags: classroom technology, Collaborations, distance learning, Links, Tech PD, Videoconferencing, American West, Amon Carter Museum, aztec

Paleo vs. Neo Carbs (not Cons)

saij wrote 1 day ago: (cross-posted @ the Dojo) Dr. Lam has a post on the link between sugar and all the ills of humanit … more »

Tags: Ecology, Evolution, health, Science, bacteria, brontosaurus, carb, Cellulose, Diet

Were Dinosaurs Warm Blooded?

saij wrote 3 days ago: During the 1990’s there was a lot of discussion (yelling?) over the question of whether or no … more »

Tags: climate change, dinosaur, Environment, Evolution, Science, blooded, Bone, cold, ectothermic

Slime-Bag Dinosaur: What Science Is, What It Isn't1 comment

saij wrote 6 days ago: Carl Zimmer discusses his new piece in Science.  It’s about the 2005 discovery of potential … more »

Tags: dinosaur, Evolution, Science, bacteria

Scientists map out Vietnam’s palaeontology

Bao Viet Nam wrote 1 week ago: – A comprehensive atlas on the paleaontology of Vietnam is expected to be published next year. Th … more »

Tags: Scientists, Vietnam’s, map, OUT

Panspermia, Red Rain, and Falling Rocks

saij wrote 2 weeks ago: In an article in the International Journal of Astrobiology, P. McCafferty discusses the possibility … more »

Tags: History, Science, Evolution, Physics, Astrobiology, Red, rain, panspermia

The state of palaeontology survey

David Hone wrote 1 month ago: This post is a combination of several from the Mk.1 version of the musings. The theme of ‘the … more »

Tags: Mk.1 revisions, Science Communication, Academia, Science

Why palaeontology needs all the World's research funding

David Hone wrote 1 month ago: I do like the odd thought experiment and this is one that cropped up in my mind a while back and I t … more »

Tags: Mk.1 revisions, Practical Palaeontology, Fossils, Funding, Research

Should we name fragments?

David Hone wrote 1 month ago: The title of this was goign to be about names, but after the last two, I thought that no-one might b … more »

Tags: Mk.1 revisions, Practical Palaeontology, Dinosaurs, Taxonomy

What will Yemen's dinosaur trackways tell us?

erlaurie wrote 1 month ago: Dinosaur trackways have been found in Yeman on the Arabian peninsula, where evidence of dinosaur act … more »

Dinosaur Road Trip Planned! Evaluate the Evolution/Creation Controversy?2 comments

Dr. Jim wrote 1 month ago: SHUFFLer Natasha has planned a road trip from Lethbridge to the world famous Royal Tyrrell Museum in … more »

Tags: Creationism, educational matters, Creationism, Science, Evolution, Alberta, intelligent design, Genesis, Creation Science

Stanford gets Steven J. Gould Library

saij wrote 2 months ago: My Grandmother (who owns thousands of books herself) would love this about Steven J. Gould (one of t … more »

Tags: History, Science, Evolution, Steven, Gould, Library, Antique

Pinin' for the fjords5 comments

saesferd wrote 2 months ago: This is palaeontology, not archaeology, but quite an amusing piece: *City man finds oldest parrot … more »

Tags: Art, Painting, lucien freud, Monty Python, Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service, Norwegian Blue, Parrot, Pontarddulais, salt men

Xenoposeidon, another skeleton in the closet2 comments

monado wrote 2 months ago: Sauropod Vertebra of the Week: get a look at this beauty: Xenoposeidon proneukos, a new English dino … more »

Tags: Science, Dinosaurs, Fossils, Museums, vertebrates, tetrapods

Major landslip on south Dorset coast1 comment

erlaurie wrote 3 months ago: There has been a major landslip between Lyme Regis and CHarmouth on the Dorset “Jurassic Coast … more »

Tags: GEOTOURISM

Palaeos: recent updates1 comment

monado wrote 3 months ago: I just scorfed this off the front page of Palaeos to remind you all to visit for the latest about … more »

Tags: Science, Online Resources

The Dangerous Language Of Intelligent Designers

thedarwinreport wrote 3 months ago: A few weeks back Richard Dawkins and PZ Myers attempted to sneak into a screening of the creationist … more »

Tags: intelligent design, Biology, Evolution, Charles Darwin, McCain, Atheism, RIchard Dawkins, Sam Harris, william dembski

Did Elephants evolve from an aquatic ancestor?

erlaurie wrote 3 months ago: It has been suggested that elephants evolved from water-loving ancestors, similar in lifestyle to mo … more »

Is the Burgess Shale the most important fossil locality in the world?

erlaurie wrote 3 months ago: The Burgess Shale, in British Columbia, Canada, is famous for its preservation of soft bodied fossi … more »

Tags: stratigraphy


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