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One Million Year Storage
Read more: One Million Year StorageInformative article about Yucca Mountain from Bldgblog: Abraham Van Luik is a geoscientist with the U.S. Department of Energy; he is currently based at the nuclear waste-entombment site proposed for Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Yucca Mountain, a massive landform created by an extinct supervolcano inside what is now Nellis Air Force Base’s Nevada Test and Training Range, 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, is the controversial site chosen by Congress for the storage of nuclear waste. Its political fate remains uncertain… Photo: Wikipedia
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Do You Know Dave’s Down to Earth Rock Shop?
Read more: Do You Know Dave’s Down to Earth Rock Shop?The Daily Northwestern has written an informative article on Dave’s Down To Earth Rock Shop: … “You crack open a rock, and you’re the first person in the world to see what’s inside,” he said. Douglass started the shop in 1970 at a smaller location on Chicago Avenue. He met his wife two years later, and in 1981 they moved the shop to its present location on Main Street. The shop may be brimming with gems and stones, but the most precious items are beneath it, where Douglass’s public museum touts fossils — many of which he unearthed himself —…
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Field Museum Talk Tonight, Tues. 11/3
Read more: Field Museum Talk Tonight, Tues. 11/3Hear about global health efforts w/NG photographer Karen Kasmauski on 11/3 7:30pm. Tix avail @ the door at the Field Museum.
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Burpee Museum in News
Read more: Burpee Museum in NewsFrom today’s Science News: …researchers from Northern Illinois University and the Burpee Museum of Natural History in Rockford report that adolescent tyrannosaurs got into some serious scraps with their peers…
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3 Dinosaurs Are One
Read more: 3 Dinosaurs Are OneVia Science News: …Three dinosaurs that were thought to belong to very different groups are actually kids, teens and adults of the same genus, researchers say. “I made a brand new dinosaur hall at the museum three years ago, and now I have to change it,” says Jack Horner of the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana, an author of the study. “We’ve named twice as many dinosaurs as there probably are.” Horner and his colleagues report the findings in the October 28 PLoS ONE… Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis, Stygimoloch spinifer, Dracorex hogwartsia
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Ancient Fly with 3 Eyed Horn
Read more: Ancient Fly with 3 Eyed HornFrom Science News via Wired Science:
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2009 Calendar for Reference
Read more: 2009 Calendar for ReferenceJanuary 2009 Friday, 1/9 General Meeting, 8:00 pm in Room 131 of Building K at the College of Dupage. Scot Williams, Burpee Museum Collections Manager, will present “Burpee Museum Discoveries”. Saturday,1/10 Mineralogy Meeting, 7:30 pm at College of DuPage Bldg. K, Rm 131. We will be watching a video about minerals. Saturday, 1/17 Paleontology Study Group, 7:30, College of Dupage Building K – Room 131 “The Cambrian Era by Tom Williams” Wed. 1/21 – 5/5 Introduction to Jewelry Making, Harper Community College. Friday, 1/23 Board Meeting, 7:30, COD K-131 Saturday, 1/24 Archaeology Study Group, 7:30, Cllege of Dupage Building…
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Continuing Development of GeoScience Teachers
Read more: Continuing Development of GeoScience TeachersA professional development site for geoscience faculty.
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Crowdsourcing Science
Read more: Crowdsourcing ScienceI’m fascinated by crowd sourcing in technology and science.The most well-known example of crowd sourcing is Wikipedia, which defines crowd sourcing as: … the act of taking tasks traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, and outsourcing it to a group (crowd) of people or community in the form of an open call.For example, the public may be invited to develop a new technology, carry out a design task (also known as community-based design[1] and distributed participatory design), refine or carry out the steps of an algorithm (see Human-based computation), or help capture, systematize or analyze large amounts of data…
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Today’s Gold Rush in California
Read more: Today’s Gold Rush in CaliforniaFrom SF Gate via geology.com: …A new gold rush is in full gallop all over California. Driven by the record-high gold prices – $1,056 an ounce on Friday, double that of just three years ago – and the lure of easy money, prospectors are flocking to the state’s 1849 Gold Rush fields with pans and sluice boxes. Some want to beat the punishing recession, some just want a quick buck for fun. Some are with big companies, some are lone folks in sedans…. SF Gate
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Powell’s Books Review A Day: The Link
Read more: Powell’s Books Review A Day: The LinkChris Beard, who is the Mary R. Dawson Chair of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, has written and posted a review of The Link by Colin Tudge.
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Dr. Grande and Anna Huntley of Field Museum discuss The Nature of Diamonds and Grainger Hall of Gems. Chicago Tonight: 7 pm Mon. Chnl 11
Read more: Dr. Grande and Anna Huntley of Field Museum discuss The Nature of Diamonds and Grainger Hall of Gems. Chicago Tonight: 7 pm Mon. Chnl 11Dr. Grande and Anna Huntley of Field Museum discuss The Nature of Diamonds and Grainger Hall of Gems. Chicago Tonight: 7 pm Mon. Chnl 11
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General Meeting, Sat. 11/13, Dr. David Malone, Manto-Style Deposits in Alaska
Read more: General Meeting, Sat. 11/13, Dr. David Malone, Manto-Style Deposits in AlaskaGeneral Meeting, 8:00 pm, COD, Rm K 131, Speaker: Dr. David Malone, who is Professor and Chair of the Department of Geography-Geology at Illinois State University (ISU). He has
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Darwinius More Lemur Than Monkey?
Read more: Darwinius More Lemur Than Monkey?“Our study results indicate that Darwinius and its now extinct relatives, including Afradapis, are not in the evolutionary lineage leading to monkeys, apes, and humans as has been debated,” he said. “Instead they are more closely related to the living lemurs and lorises.” says Erik Seiffert of New York’s Stony Brook University…. via phsyorg.com
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Illinois Fossil Fan Site
Read more: Illinois Fossil Fan SiteA hobbyist has packed in quite a bit of information and links about Illinois fossil hunting.
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Multicellularity Explained
Read more: Multicellularity ExplainedCreaturecast continues to produce informative and interesting videos on developmental biology, which helps to explain the evolution of species and the fossils (and the mysterious nitrogen) they have left behind.
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- ESCONI April 2026 Paleontology Meeting via Zoom and in-person – “Digging the Marl of the Lance Formation”
The April 2026 Paleontology Study Group Meeting will feature Keith Robitschek and his presentation “Digging the Marl of the Lance Formation”. You can attend in-person at the College of DuPage, TEC, Room 1038B (Map). The meeting will also be available via Zoom.
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| Friday, April 10th | General Meeting – 8:00 PM via Zoom. Jessica Hull will present “Life in the Devonian Period, The Age of Fishes.” |
| Saturday, April 11th | Junior Study Group Meeting – 2:00 PM, in person at the College of DuPage Technical Education Center (TEC) Building – Room 1038A (Map). Katherine Howard will present on Sand and Sediment Collecting. Specifics of this meeting are available from Scott Galloway, 630-670-2591, gallowayscottf@gmail.com. |
| Saturday, April 18th | Paleontology Study Group – 7:30 PM via Zoom and in person at the College of DuPage, TEC, Room 1038B (Map). Keith Robitschek will present “Digging the Marl of the Lance Formation.” |
| Friday, April 24th | MAPS Expo XLVII – Springfield, IL. |
| Saturday, April 25th | MAPS Expo XLVII – Springfield, IL. |
| Sunday, April 26th | MAPS Expo XLVII – Springfield, IL. |
| No meeting this month | Mineralogy Study Group |