Monthly Archives: June 2007

Philosophia Naturalis #11: Powers of 11

Physical Science covers a variety of disciplinary sins: particle physicists, geologists, and astronomers all fall within its remit. So, in the course of seeking out worthy entries for this months edition of Philosophia Naturalis, I’d find myself quickly moving from … Continue reading

Categories: bloggery, links

I do spend most of my time in the office… just not at the moment

I seem to be attracting short-notice field trips at the moment. I’m off on a teaching trip to Barberton for a couple of weeks today – a fact that I wasn’t actually aware of until this weekend. It’s not that … Continue reading

Categories: Uncategorized

Am I missing something?

I’m naturally as pleased as the next geologist (or biologist, or philosopher) to see a strong anti-ID statement from the UK government. But didn’t we sort out this nonsense last year? Any updates from UK readers would be appreciated.

Categories: antiscience, public science

A paradigm nudge in paleontology

Apparently, if a handful of dinosaurs survive the KT extinction it ceases to be important.
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Categories: fossils, geology, palaeomagic

June Carnival of the Post-docs now available

Sciencewoman is hosting the latest edition of What’s Up Postdoc?, arranged around the theme of ‘Uniqueness’. It seems that yesterday’s musings from yours truly made it in just under the wire, a feat which gives them a certain meta-topicality given … Continue reading

Categories: academic life, links