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Jacek Szczygieł is looking for a Postdoc (2 years) for his project “Enhancing Paleoseismological Records through Multi-Methods Cave Deformation Analysis Tested in Diverse Hellenides Tectonic Regimes.” The postdoc will be responsible for [...]
I really should be more interested in the mechanics of recharge. It's really very interesting, but I would need a full 3d image of wind currents. That's physics, so it is not happening. We'll just be happy, [...]
This picture is of a Capetus palustris (Steen, 1938) tetrapod jaw fossil. It existed during the Carboniferous period. The fossil was found in Nýřany, Tschechien, Czech Republic.
Fossil was on display at the Natural
History Museum Vienna [...]
ReferenceThey were out by a factor of 10. That is usual for leftie math. They are probably out by a much higher factor, since the probability of your black plastic spatula coming from a recycled black plastic tv is a [...]
One of the most interesting and enigmatic little critters we find at the seashore are barnacles. They cling to rocks deep in the sea and at the waters' edge, closed to our curiosity, their domed mounds like little closed beaks shut to the water and [...]
Ok, when the only grandson from tornado alley California is zooming in for a visit, the grandma goes nuts, and investigates all the garbage on garbage day. We have found lots of stuff in sad shape and have fixed it up. [...]
By the authority invested in me (Ha!), I declare an M9 cold blob coming down on us. It is also confirmed by the -12C night forecast for Toronto.You can see the smooth front and it covers the whole top of the continent. [...]
Dopo il successo del libro dell'anno scorso sulla astronomia al cui interno avevo parlato delle traiettorie termiche diverse di Venere, Terra e Marte, la strenna di Caffescienza di quest'anno sarà Bestie, Batteri e altre Banalità Biologiche, [...]
The 2025 Hokudan International Symposium on Active Faulting will be held online from 23-25 January, 2025. Abstracts are due December 25th, deadline for registration is January 15th. Please visit the meeting website for the circular and further [...]
This is a very rare event because the tips never hit California directly. Usually, they hit the upper coast, but this time they have been forced down by cold air, and the lack of heat energy. Of course, they [...]