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Saturday, 04 July 2015

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My adventure in the world of Humanities 

Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [23:36:44]  recommend  recommend this post  (192 visits) info
I got back this lunchtime from something a bit different in my academic career. I attended Court and Spark: an International Symposium on Joni Mitchell, hosted by the university of Lincoln and organised by Ruth Charnock. I went mostly because I love Joni Mitchell’s music. But also partly because, as a scientist, I have a necessarily skewed

Rocce e Minerali: I Feldspati 

Storia della Geologia [19:09:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (189 visits) info
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I feldspati sono il gruppo di minerali più comuni in assoluto nella crosta terrestre, formandone da soli più della metà. I feldspati sono cristalli che formano una serie isomorfe tra I membri di un triangolo di miscibilità – i termini puri comprendono il feldspato di potassio (K), di sodio (Na), di calcio (Ca) e di bario (Ba), quest´ultimo, chiamato celsiana in onore del naturalista svedese A. Celsius é piuttosto raro. L´albite, feldspato di sodio (Na), deriva il nome dal greco albus [...]

Ever wonder how fireworks… work wonders? 

BEYONDbones [13:00:38]  recommend  recommend this post  (137 visits) info
The Fourth of July just isn’t the same without pyrotechnics. And while the inevitable giant fireball from Dad lighting up the grill may be exciting in the moment, I’m actually referring to the giant [...]

Phylogenetic and non-phylogenetic comparative analyses 

Raptor's Nest [01:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (163 visits) info
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Despite phylogenetic comparative methods being around for a few decades now (see Harvey and Pagel, 1991 for a good introduction), there is still a very strong tendency in comparative studies to report both the [...]

Driving Through the Most Dangerous Plate Boundary in the World: Exploring the Underside of the Volcano 

Geotripper [09:45:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (213 visits) info
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Quick, name the nation's oldest national park. I'll even give you a clue, it starts with 'y'. Did you guess Yellowstone? You are right. Did you guess Yosemite? You are also right, in a sense. Have you ever [...]
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