Monthly Archives: November 2010

Where on Google Earth #225

Find the mystery location, win the prize. Continue reading

Categories: by Anne, geopuzzling

Written in Stone: the interview

To accompany our review of Written in Stone, a couple of weeks ago Anne and I sat down with its author, our good friend and fellow blogger Brian Switek, for what turned into a fascinating discussion of his book, the … Continue reading

Categories: fossils, public science, reviews

Book Review: Written in Stone by Brian Switek

Palaeoblogger extraordinaire Brian Switek has often expressed frustration at the fact that many recent popularisers of evolution have a habit of downplaying the importance of the fossil record in studies of evolution. However, when reading the opening chapters of Written … Continue reading

Categories: deep time, fossils, public science, reviews

Final hours to win “Written in Stone” by giving to our DonorsChoose challenge

The challenge ends on Tuesday.
You can win a copy of Written in Stone before it hits bookstore shelves.
HP doubles all of your donations and lets you choose which projects to fund.
New donors get me to give $10 each.
Lots of great kids are still waiting for our help.
Let’s get to work. Continue reading

Categories: by Anne, science education

Chris’s brain gets drained

You may have noticed that I’ve been a bit quiet on the blogging front in recent weeks. The fact is, I’ve been a little busy in the real world. The funding for my project in Edinburgh ended at the end … Continue reading

Categories: academic life, ranting