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Systematics of Putative Euparkeriids from the Triassic of China
Sookias, R. B., Sullivan, C., Liu, J., and R. J. Butler. 2014. Systematics of putative euparkeriids (Diapsida: Archosauriformes) from the Triassic of China. PeerJ 2:e658...
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Produce bus for food deserts
There are places even in small cities where grocery stores are too far away for walking/biking access. This is especially important when it comes to fresh and sustainable produce. In urban areas with...
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Paul Schleyer: Among the last of the universalists
I was saddened to hear of the passing of Paul Schleyer, not exactly a household name among non-chemists but someone who was undoubtedly one of the most prolific and towering chemists of his time....
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When you think about spirits, do you see ghosts?
Humans are finely honed for spotting intentional agents in our environment. Meaning that if you hear a rustling, or see a branch move, you’re instantly on the alert in case it is another person (this...
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Black Friday - Who is not with the program?
The daily newspaper on Wednesday must have weighed 10 pounds. News-wise it was a fairly scanty day; it was all the advertising inserts. If you live in the USA, and read a daily newspaper, yours was...
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Wilt proof for winter protection
It's a bit warmer this weekend, so late season garden chores go to the top of the list. This weekend is also when the Phactors traditionally purchase a nice fir tree for holiday decorating. The reason...
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Scientific Advent Calendar
Wow! It's December Oneth! OK, having survived Thanksgiving and the obscene start to holiday shopping, here's a great little gift brought to our attention by PZ Myers, the Cosmic Genome Science Advent...
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CoE #77 on Carnival of Evolution
Carnival of Evolution #77 - the Phoenix edition is up at Carnival of Evolution.Where it is going to stay.It is also going to be up every month on the 1st.You can submit blog-posts about evolution as...
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U.S. Education Department helps bail out for-profit college that lured...
Talk about trying to fly under the radar: announcing a deal during Thanksgiving week is a sure sign that someone—in this case the U.S. Department of Education—doesn’t want you to notice.In the deal...
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A mystery tree to identify
Let's have some fun! You readers haven't had a challenge for awhile. Here's a photo, the only photo, that TPP got by email today. Can I identify this tree? What other information do we have? Well,...
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Well aged specimens
You never know what you'll find when poking around in the deep, dark seldom-visited corners of an herbarium. So TPP keeps getting surprises. So you find a slim folder hidden away beneath a pile of...
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The name's bond - reversible covalent bond.
Fifteen years ago most people would have laughed at you if you told them kinase inhibitors would become such a big deal: the received wisdom at that point was that anything that competed with ATP for...
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Why are all baby animals so cute?
One of the great side benefits of having done a lot of field work in Queensland Australia is that TPP has seen a lot of really unusual animals, but none is any more fun or any cuter than the platypus....
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December 2014 Desktop Calendar
Apologies for the blogging silence. October and November were busy months and finding time to blog has been a challenge. I was out in downtown Davis today and spotted this moss growing in between the...
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Hunter Balls: The Hydracha Water-Mites
Hydrachna sp., copyright J. C. Schou.Hydrachnae are among the most rapacious of living animals, bold, fierce and cruel, the natural and inveterate enemies of all their congenera; they are no less...
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Be thankful for cartoonists and comedians, and the truth they speak
Once again Tom Tomorrow gets it just about right, especially if you watch Phlox News. TPP finds this all very depressing. Something really ugly is going on.
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Do chromosomal proteins on 'donor' DNA affect transformation?
I've started polishing my not-quite-good-enough CIHR proposal for what's called the 'Transitional Open Operating Grant Program' competition. This is the last-chance-under-the-old-system competition;...
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Don't need no stinkin' science
Us residents of Lincolnland are pretty lucky. Yes, there are legislators here that deny science, but there are also legislators in the state senate like Bill McCann who can do science so fast and easy...
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When and why the coffee spills
http://t.co/fBhTs48KG4 the #physics of spilling and walking with #coffee How do we spill coffee?(a) Either by accelerating too much for a given coffee level (fluid statics)(b) Or, through more...
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What have we learned from the recent spate of incidents of police violence on...
What have we learned from recent spate of incidents of police violence on black victims? Tom Tomorrow has the answers, at least from one perspective. All of this seems to be symptoms of a much more...
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