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Coast to coast (almost) pt. 5: a visit to the Eocene
We drove into Colorado Springs last night (Friday). In the morning we had a superb breakfast, the best so far, at Smiley’s. Across the street from Smiley’s there is Poor Richard’s Bookstore, a used...
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What they really found in Niger
A big buzz over the discovery of a skeleton of an early Sauropod dinosaur in Niger. The finding looks amazing even to my paleontologically-ignorant eyes. It is beautifully intact and well-ordered, as...
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There is a little bit of Neanderthal in many of us
Big party at Science journal today, with the publication of a comprehensive draft Neanderthal genome. (Free access, nice going Science). Actually, it is a partially assembled draft of 60% of the total...
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The Oxygen Rush: late January, all of February and a Day in November
I have just returned from British Columbia in Canada. I have to admit that their license plate motto is quite accurate: BC is incredibly beautiful. Another thing that struck me is the provincial flag...
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Thursday Odds and Ends
A woman in Chesterfield, Ohio robbed a convenience store using her MRSA-infected arm as a weapon. Warning: graphic picture of MRSA infected arm. Or a zombie limb. You can never know in northwestern...
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DNA half life, and my dream of an Allosaurus Army
Let’s get this clear: Tyrannosaurus rex, the best selling figurine of class reptilia is not my favorite bad-ass top-of-the-food chain predator. Come on. Did you see its arms? I mean… As a kid, I...
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This commentary appeared in Nature recently. Title: Ancient Fungi Found in Deep Sea Mud. Quote: Researchers have found evidence of fungi thriving far below the floor of the Pacific Ocean, in...
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