Tag: science
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WHY DINOSAURS? Award-Winning Dinosaur Documentary!
The award winning documentary “Why Dinosaurs” is now available on Youtube! The documentary covers quite a bit of the history and the science of paleontology. Did I mention that ESCONI’s own Rob Sula has his own segment? Oh, there’s also a great website – whydinosaurs.com. The website has extended interviews and other extras! Check it…
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Happy Birthday, David Attenborough! 99 ways he has inspired us, by Barack Obama, Billie Eilish, Morgan Freeman – and many more
The Guardian has a tribute to David Attenborough for his 99th birthday on May 8th. The tribute is a series of 99 birthday wishes from famous people thanking him for his inspiration. Chris Packham, Presenter, nature activistIt’s all about truth. Ask yourself, “Has David ever knowingly lied to me?” No, never. He may have told…
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The Eclipse Was So Nice, They’re Doing It Twice
Unless you’ve been living under a rock or perhaps in a cave, you’re probably heard about the upcoming total solar eclipse on April 8th, 2024. The New York Times has a nice and informative story about the event. Here is the Chicagoland area, we are at around the 90% band. That’s pretty significant. Hopefully, the…
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How Marie Tharp Changed Geology Forever
Forbes has a story about Marie Tharp and her contributions to geology. During the International Geophysical Year 1857, Marie Tharp noticed a series of valleys and ridges in the middle Atlantic Ocean. These “lines” are essentially the mark of the sea floor spreading at the tectonic plate boundary, although at the time, the concept of…
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Letters From Gondwana: The Great Female Scientists of the Victorian Era
The blog Letters From Gondwana has a great post about the great female scientists of the Victorian Era. Of course, there’s Mary Anning and the Philpot sisters. Also included are Barbara Hastings, Etheldred Bennet, Mary Buckland née Morland, Charlotte Murchinson, Elizabeth Cobbold, Mary Buckland née Morland, Charlotte Murchinson, Mary Sommerville, Jane Marcet, Delvalle Lowry, and…
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Crowdsourcing Science
I’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…
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Science Friday Has 2 Earth Science Interviews
Science Friday, a weekly radio show about science, provided two interesting interviews this week for those interested in the earth sciences: University of Chicago paleontologist Paul Sereno talks about the new tiny T-Rex. Abstract available here. (Photo: Paul Serano via Science Friday.) Don Brownlee, Principal Investigator, NASA’s Stardust Mission and Professor, Department of Astronomy, University…
