Category Archives: general science

Expanding Earth “Philosophy”: Fail

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Chris Rowan

Or should that be FAIL?
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Categories: antiscience, general science, geology, tectonics

The best field areas are the ones that you haven’t seen yet

Posted on December 5, 2008 by Chris Rowan

A scarily long time ago, now, I spent a summer walking around a small area in North Wales, just south of Snowdon. This was the field area for my undergraduate mapping project, which was a big turning point in my … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life, fieldwork, general science

When the hell are we?

Posted on August 7, 2008 by Chris Rowan

Whenever you’re trying to talk about science to a broader audience, one of the major challenges is cutting out the jargon. Sometimes, though, the real difficulty is not so much in translating the jargon, as identifying it in the first … Continue reading →

Categories: deep time, general science, geology

Update: Aetogate

Posted on April 3, 2008 by Chris Rowan

It’s no surprise that neither Bill Parker nor Jeff Martz were particularly impressed with the inquiry that wasn’t, and they’ve both posted responses that should have been solicited anyway over at Mike Taylor’s site. It’s of particular interest to me … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life, general science

Bloggers and blogging in Nature Geoscience

Posted on April 2, 2008 by Chris Rowan

Given some of the other shenanigans that were percolating through the geoblogosphere yesterday, I was understandably a little bit cautious when I noticed a couple of familiar names popping up in the contents list for Nature Geoscience that arrived in … Continue reading →

Categories: general science, public science

Mountain musings 2: What’s God got to do with it?

Posted on March 23, 2008 by Chris Rowan

A meditation on different perspectives on, and responses to, natural grandeur.
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Categories: bloggery, general science

Mountain musings 1: The hard climb of science

Posted on March 22, 2008 by Chris Rowan

Making the philosophical best out of getting lost in the mountains
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Categories: academic life, general science

Uninquisitive

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Chris Rowan

I think that I’ve figured out the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs’ problem. When the Aetogate scandal whipped up enough fuss to force them to hold an official inquiry, they pulled ‘Inquiries 101′ off the shelf, only to discover … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life, general science