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Babirusas can get impaled by their own teeth: that most sought-after of objects does exist! (babirusas, part VIII)

Tetrapod Zoology [2010-03-08 22:15:00]   recommend this post  (1107 visits)

Yeah, things are still tough here at Tet Zoo Towers, and the time needed for blog-writing has yet to materialise. But the end is in sight, and things will be back to normal within the next few weeks. I hope. If you've been reading the series of [...]

Crazy dental pathology

Updates from the Vertebrate Paleontology Lab [2010-03-08 17:37:48]   recommend this post  (921 visits)

Next week I’m attending the Geological Society of America Northeastern/Southeastern Section meeting, and I’ll be posting daily updates on that conference. Prior to leaving for the conference, I’ll be taking most of this week off. I thought an [...]

Study of Co-Benefits of Efficiency and Renewables in Utah: Air Quality, Health, and Water Benefits

Utah Geological Survey - blog [2010-03-11 23:56:01]   recommend this post  (786 visits)

Synapse Energy Economics, Inc. (Synapse) was contracted by several Utah State agencies, including the Utah State Energy Program, the Division of Public Utilities, the Division of Air Quality, the Committee of Consumer Services, and the Governor’s [...]

INTCAL09 Radiocarbon Calibration Curve

Geology.com News [2010-03-10 06:05:26]   recommend this post  (739 visits)

Researchers at Queen’s University have refined a calibration curve used to date carbon-based materials. The curve, called INTCAL09, extends radiocarbon calibration and improves date determinations in the part of the curve that approaches 50,000 [...]

Analytical Software

The Open Dinosaur Project [2010-03-10 04:19:06]   recommend this post  (709 visits)

As the past two posts have attested, we are on the cusp of doing some actual, real-life analysis. If at all possible, I want to run the analyses using freely available, open source software. Fortunately, all of the major software packages for [...]

I-70 Glenwood Canyon Rock Slide Damages Road, Bridge

GeoPrac.net [2010-03-09 07:46:48]   recommend this post  (698 visits)

Colorado governor Bill Ritter declared a disaster emergency Monday after a slide in Glenwood Canyon struck near midnight Sunday. It was located near Hanging Lake Tunnel, spot of a 2004 rockfall event that damaged a portion of cut and cover tunnel [...]

Prehistoric DNA reveals the story of a Pleistocene survivor, the muskox

Laelaps [2010-03-10 23:41:50]   recommend this post  (674 visits)

A muskox (Ovibos moschatus), photographed in Alaska. From Flickr user drurydrama. Of all the mass extinctions that have occurred during earth's history, among the most hotly debated is the one which wiped out mammoths, saber-toothed cats, [...]

The Importance of Stupidity in Research

The Dynamic Earth [2010-03-10 16:17:00]   recommend this post  (673 visits)

Here's a brief essay by Martin Schwartz, published in the Journal of Cell Science. The title really says it all: The Importance of Stupidity in Scientific Research. There's not much more that I can say, except that I think Dr. Schwartz pretty much [...]

Chile Earthqake Occured In Zones Of Increased Stress

Mountain Cat Geology [2010-03-13 22:10:57]   recommend this post  (647 visits)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100301122340.htm

A Geological Ode To Charles Darwin

Reporting on a Revolution [2010-03-10 10:55:00]   1 recommendations  (524 visits)

And so really, it's just a scandal that the biologists have absconded with Darwin's memories.....He's ours. He's a geologist, and we're filing a class action suit.. Geophysicist Ross Stein of the USGS makes a good case in a discussion which turns [...]