The American Clean Energy Resources Trust (ACERT) is promoting the "multiple benefits of clean, affordable nuclear energy and the consequent need for continued domestic uranium exploration, mining and processing." [right, unnamed reclaimed uranium mine site from the ACERT site]The [...]
The AZ Dept. of Water Resources new Water Development Commission is intended to address the state's "abandonment of rural Arizona, when it comes to unmet water demand" says Verde Independent writer Steve Ayers in a story published today.Steve writes that the newly formed commission [...]
The UA-run Phoenix Mars Lander found evidence that the isotopic composition of atmospheric carbon dioxide is "pointing to an atmosphere rejuvenated by volcanic outpourings, possibly up to the very recent geologic past..." and "the atmosphere may have been chemically interacting with [...]
I had been preparing a comprehensive tutorial on how to plot in R (The R Project) with different groups differentiated in different colours, but Blogger stupidly erased my post and decided to automatically save my empty draft at that precise moment. Since I cannot reproduce the original post, I [...]
Sept. 9, 1823 - April 30, 1891 From The Academy of Natural Sciences:Leidy is known as the "Father of American Vertebrate Paleontology". He described the first relatively complete dinosaur skeleton, Hadrosaurus, and introduced many American and European scientists to the fossil riches of [...]
Caves pose specific problems to many forms of life. Caves are dark, and animals must develop their non-optic senses to survive. Many cave organisms have no pigment - what's the point of a pretty color pattern if no one can see it? On the right is a photo of a blind cave fish from the National Park [...]
Wie verpackt Wissenschaftsthemen in einer Comedy-Show? Wie baut man den perfekten Wissenschaftsbeitrag fürs TV? Und wie bindet man Grafiken in einem Fernsehbeitrag ein? Um diese und andere Fragen geht es in dem nächsten Weiterbildungsseminar der Initiative Wissenschaftsjournalismus. Das Seminar [...]
Infos zum Furchenstein, zum Krustenstein, dem Hirnstoa und Onkoiden am Bayrischen Meer [2010-09-08 14:23:08]
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Die Zone der Furchensteine/Krustensteine/Hirnstoaner im Litoral des Chiemsee.
Area of "Furchensteine/Krustensteine/Hirnstonaer" (limestone with structured surface) in the litoral of lake
Breve post che informa gli interessati su alcuni test effettuati con Megamatrice sulla plausibilità di ipotesi "eterodosse". Gli spunti derivano da Ville Sinkkonen e Mickey Mortimer.
Ricordate "Magnoviraptorosauria"? Bene, l'ipotesi colà definita risultò statisticamente improbabile. Tuttavia, [...]
El amigo aqui ilustrado es uno de mis marginocéfalos favoritos: Pachyrhinosaurus canadensis. Si, he dicho "marginocéfalo". Este término es quizás poco conocido por el público en general. Todos hemos oído hablar alguna vez de "ceratopsios", los dinosaurios con cuernos y [...]
Day 2 has been filled with safety demos and scientific presentations. I was reminded not to horseplay, how to read an MSDS, and how to wear a "gumby suit" which is a very warm floatable suit that will help me survive if the boat sinks! The lead scientist led us [...]
Detail of an island from the Latvian Reef, with coral by Dagnija Griezne. Photo by the IFF. From the Hyperoblic Reef Website.One of the great things about being "the starfish guy" is that people come to you with starfish questions that they don't think anyone else can answer. For the [...]
Un pequeño extracto de "We're back! A Dinosaur's story" ("Rex, un dinosaurio en Nueva York"), película de 1993 producida por Steven Spielberg. Si, del mismo año que Jurassic Park: pretendía ser una película para niños, mientras que JP estaba destinada a un público más [...]
A new article in the Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science by a team of Arizona geologists including AZGS's Brian Gootee, has documented the existence of an "older, higher terrace" that supports the idea that "the lower Salt River originated by lake overflow from an [...]
In Italia è proprio cattiva scienza.Ritorno, molto controvoglia, sull'argomento degli allarmi sismici, quando ci sarebbe da dire cose molto più interessanti. Nel post precedente, pubblicato solo giovedì scorso, al riguardo avevo scritto: Non dico di silenziare o censurare le notizie, ma [...]
"Just as our planet's organisms have begun dying off, the scientists who classify them have also begun to decline, and this could have dire implications."Writer Matthew Hart in the Globe and Mail looks at the problem created by the decreasing number of taxonomists in
Seventy years ago today, the London Blitz began – it would continue for eight months. Looking at map of the more than 800 recorded events of that first day and night, I find that an incendiary bomb landed in
Die von Herrn Sarrazin angestoßene Debatte dürfte wohl an kaum einem in Deutschland unbemerkt vorbeigegangen sein. Fast jeder fühlte sich berufen, etwas dazu zu sagen, und fast jede Meinung kam dabei auf den Tisch. Sa bedeutet natürlich, dass auch ich als ausgebuffter [...]
Until Friday, I had not heard the term "hydrophilanthropy" but after just a few minutes of listening to Dave Kreamer describe student and other volunteer efforts around the world, I got it.Dave is professor of hydrology at UN Las Vegas, and the one who coined the term hydrophilanthropy. [...]
Carol Hill and Victor Polyak passed along news that their paper on karst hydrology of the Grand Canyon has been published. They conclude that "The karst hydrology of Grand Canyon may be unique compared to other hypogene cave areas of the world." [right, Figure 13 from the paper: [...]
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