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Tuesday, 08 January 2019

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Learning more about the Foucalt Pendulum at HMNS 

BEYONDbones [23:15:05]  recommend  recommend this post  (68 visits) info
This week we hung out with the Houston Museum of Natural Science’s vice president of astronomy Dr. Carolyn Sumners and talked about the Foucalt Pendulum here at the museum. The occasion? January 8 is Earth’s Rotation Day, one of those wild not-a-real-holiday holidays that we only celebrate on the internet. VISITING THE STARS: Learn more

U.S. Senate Confirms Key Science Positions 

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By Laura M. Szymanski, GSA Science Policy Fellow On the last full day of the 115th Congress, 02 January 2019, the U.S. Senate voted to approve several White House nominations. The individuals approved are Dr. Kelvin K. Droegemeier to be director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), Daniel Simmons to

Linux - new 5.0rc1 - major regression with Ryzen5 

Ontario-geofish [19:44:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (470 visits) info
Blah.  Two steps forward, one step back.  The new kernel hangs up when I tried to do this blog, saying it all worked.  Well, it didn't work, and I went back to 4.20 rc7.  4.20 doesn't work at all. My [...]

EGU 2019 abstract deadline approaching 

paleoseismicity.org [14:42:19]  recommend  recommend this post  (488 visits) info
  As every year just after the holidays, the abstract deadline for the EGU General Assembly in Vienna (April 7-12, 2019)  is approaching.  This year, it is on Thursday, 10 January 2019, 13:00 Central [...]

Geology of the Galapagos Islands 

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Dozens of delectable geological images from the Galapagos Islands, showing fluid basalt flows and violent pyroclastic deposits along with many primary volcanic features (and a bit of sedimentology thrown in [...]

Geoscientist magazine cover competition! 

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We're excited to launch the first (as far as we know) cover competition for our popular monthly members magazine, Geoscientist! Continue reading →

PHYLLOCERAS VELLEDAE 

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Lovely defined sutures on this rather involute, high-whorled hoplitid ammonite from the middle part of the Lower Albian in the Mahajanga Province, northwestern Madagascar.The quarry is near the top of an [...]

The Truly Serious Side of Roadkill 

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A new film how India's fast-expanding road networks is fragmenting the few remaining refuges of many endangered creatures. The results are hard to

Scientists Work to Build Climate Change Resilience in Caribbean Coral Reef 

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A team from Columbia’s Earth Institute is helping to research and design adaptation strategies to help save the world’s second largest barrier

Massive Warm Water Bleed to the South -- The Ice Man Cometh 

Ontario-geofish [12:57:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (491 visits) info
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My ocean currents map is stuck at Christmas, thanks to trumpypants.  And they aren't throwing out new floaters for the temperature.  I find the Southern Hemisphere only seems to update once a month. But [...]

Unas cuantas ilustraciones dinosaurianas... (XXXI) 

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Jurassic Park (Tavo Montañez) La primera rondita de ilustraciones saurias del año viene variadita: terópodos, ceratópsidos, saurópodos... en diferentes estilos y desde distintos puntos del globo [...]

Are Emojis The Same As Hieroglyphs? 

BEYONDbones [01:55:35]  recommend  recommend this post  (172 visits) info
  The “back to hieroglyphs” meme, it’s one of those memes that won’t die. But is there any truth to it?  Today on Beyond Bones we’re going to find out! Although our increasingly complex and diverse [...]
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