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Early Triassic Ichnoassemblages of Wyoming
This new paper suggests the presence of dinosauromorph (cf. Rotodactylus) and turtle-like (cf. Chelonipus) trackmakers from the Lower Triassic of Wyoming. Lovelace, D. M., and S. D. Lovelace. 2012....
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Don Rosa's scientific wisdom
written by Piero Patteri and @ulaulaman about #DonRosa #physics #science #disney #comics I finally met again Piero Patteri at Comunicare Fisica, a workshop about the comunication of physics, and Piero...
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Thinking about your soul makes you want to eat junk food
Mind-body dualism is the belief that the mind and the body are separate - usually, that the mind can exist independently of the body. This kind of thinking is quite common among the religious, of...
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Biomechanical Analysis of Triassic Cynodonts from Madagascar
Ranivoharimanana, L. 2012. Analyse biomécanique masticatrice chez des traversodontidés eucynodontes du Trias de Madagascar. [Biomechanical analysis of the jaw apparatus in eucynodont traversodontids...
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The Anchisaurs: Near-lizards or Near-sauropods?
Reconstruction of Anchisaurus polyzelus by Brian Franczak. The 'prosauropods' are one group of dinosaurs that seemingly don't get no respect. While most other groups have their swarms of enthusiasts,...
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And the silliest fake-but-convincing prescriptive rule is...
Last week, I visited my grandmother in upstate New York. Mostly we talked about family or the books we were reading, but at one point she gave a fiery defense of prescriptive language rules. "Language...
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Weekend Fun!
Here were the main activities of the weekend for our household. 1. A virus, how annoying. Not TPP, his trusty PC. It has been a good long time since it has contracted an infection, and you get rather...
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PET plant imaging
This is pretty cool way to image plants. Positronic Emission Tomography, of course, and everyone knows what that is. Why you get your tomographer out probably every weekend unless you happen to be...
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Poll: Where do you get your science news?
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Findings: What do verbs have to do with pronouns?
A new paper, based on data collected through GamesWithWords.org, is now in press (click here for a pre-print). Below is an overview of this paper. Unlike a proper name (Jane Austen), a pronoun (she)...
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Woodward, and the importance of being born at the right time
Woodward as a freshman at MIT (Image: CHC) On his blog Derek has a contemplative post on the conditions necessary for seeing titans in particular fields, and whether these conditions can be replicated...
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Letter to LHC by Peter Higgs
posted by @ulaulaman via @marcodelmastro #LHC #PeterHiggs #boson #ATLAS #CMS From Observation of a new particle at LHC: Booklet / Journal issue via Marco Delmastro
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A New Short-horned Elasmus
Female Elasmus curticornis Gunawardene & Taylor 2012, newly out today! I can now officially claim not to be a one-trick pony: my first non-harvestman academic paper has just been published. The...
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World Food Day
Today, October 16th, is World Food Day, and TPP has a spectacularly inappropriate lecture and lab today: sugar. Sugar is not actually food. Sugar is not needed for a healthy diet, although some...
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A chestnut so old, it's started stinking
Both Derek and SeeArrOh have nicely weighed in on this Washington Post letter by a disgruntled parent who is demanding to know why his son should be "forced" to study chemistry in high school. He then...
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The Hazards of Being an Athletic Ape
This post first appeared at the Scientific American Guest Blog and is republished with permission. With a single bad step as he ran untouched across a field this September, one of the best cornerbacks...
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iPhone Zombies
Walking to and around a college campus can always be a bit challenging for about 15 mins each hour as classes change, but walking is made more difficult by the many iPhone zombies. These zombies are...
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Titles in evolution - and in creation?
Here w go again with the new articles on evolution. This is just a very small sample that I chose out of interest from the last couple of weeks - and just from a few journals that I get eToCs sent...
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Poll Results: How much do you revise your papers
In the last poll, I asked folks how much they revise their papers subsequent to first submission. A substantial majority said that they engaged in revisions that were "substantial" or "more than...
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DonorsChoose Science Blogger Challenge
This is my first year competing in the Science Blogger Challenge. The challenge: Compete against other science bloggers to raise money for science supplies for students. At DonorsChoose.org, teachers...
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