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Tuesday, 21 May 2013

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Pliensbachian–Toarcian Jurassic Extinction Was a Phased Event 

The Dragon’s Tales [02:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (15 visits) info
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The Pliensbachian–Toarcian (Early Jurassic) extinction, a global multi-phased event Authors: 1. Andrew H. Caruthers (a) 2. Paul L. Smith (a) 3. Darren R. Gröcke (b) Affiliations: a. Department of Earth Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Room 2020 Earth Sciences Building, 2207 Main Mall, Vancouver British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada b. Department

Oh, spam 

Accidental Remediation [01:55:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (13 visits) info
I need to apologize to my commentators. I only realized that I had a spam comment tab recently, and I found a bunch of great comments buried there - some from 2011! About half of the comments flagged as "spam" were legitimate, which is only slightly higher than the proportion of spammy comments that aren't flagged. I didn't see any trend, except that comments mentioning salary were flagged at

Damaging Ice on the Yukon River 

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Large slabs of ice pushed onto land along the Yukon River have pushed buildings from foundations and a fear of flooding has forced

Ancient African Coins and the History of Australia 

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Five copper coins about 1000 years old found on a beach by an Australian soldier during WWII may be strong evidence that ships from distant lands reached Australia hundreds of years earlier than what is [...]

Technical help needed for a script issue 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [00:47:55]  recommend  recommend this post  (12 visits) info
I need some technical help, for the reason that I am not a programmer and I never have. I guess that I never am going to be one, since I lack the talent of doing numerical math (I … Continue reading [...]

Biology of an Early Earth: RNA Capable of Catalyzing Electron Transfer With Iron Before Great Oxidation Event 

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A new study shows how complex biochemical transformations may have been possible under conditions that existed when life began on the early Earth. The study shows that RNA is capable of catalyzing electron [...]

Traffic Jams and Trash on Everest 

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An article on NationalGeographic.com explains how the popularity of “climbing Everest” has resulted in inexperienced climbers creating traffic jams on the mountain and littering the landscape. Ways [...]

Water Risk in Unexpected Places 

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A new report by the Columbia Water Center, produced in conjunction with Veolia Water and Growing Blue, could help expose the real nature of water risk in urban and rural areas throughout the country--even in [...]

"En busca del primer europeo", cine científico en la programación del Día Internacional de los Museos. 

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Esta semana continuamos el programa de actividades del Museo de Dinosaurios de Salas de los Infantes (Burgos) para el Día Internacional de los Museos con la proyección del documental "En busca del [...]
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