Author Archives: Chris Rowan

Blogrollery

It’s sometime around ‘Blogroll Amnesty Day’ (or close enough), which has prompted me to do something about my blogroll, which I’ve let get a bit moribund. Recently, whenever I’ve come across a new geoblog, I’ve added it to the ‘allgeo’ … Continue reading

Categories: bloggery, links

Learn about our planet – it’s the only one we’ve got

Whilst we’re on the subject of listening to what geology can teach us, Grrlscientist has uncovered a pretty cool video, entitled ‘Why Geology?’, from the American Geological Institute. There’s something that might be a magnetometer hidden in there somewhere – … Continue reading

Categories: bloggery, geology, links, public science

The rightful place of science: putting us in ours

Science doesn’t need to be placed anywhere, it just needs us to listen to what it tells us.
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Categories: deep time, environment, public science, ranting

Go bully for Brontosaurus

Is this: What’s Your Favorite Toy?Brickfish cuter than this? Of course it is. So help Amanda the Self-Designed Student fund her foray into full-time education by ensuring that her Brontosaurus is voted as the Internet’s Favorite Toy. It may be … Continue reading

Categories: bloggery, links

Scientific Unconferencing

What if you added a bit of unconference dust to the scientific meeting?
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Categories: academic life, conferences