Author Archives: Chris Rowan

It’s Earth’s Official Birthday!

I say official, because, just like the Queen’s, the date does not actually mean much from a natal perspective. Nonetheless, the night preceding, or the morning of, October 23rd, 4004 BC is the date that Archbishop Ussher, after a bit … Continue reading

Categories: antiscience, geology, ranting

Now that’s what I call consistency

This week got off to a cheerful start, with the news that I’ve had my latest paper accepted for publication. This is the second paper that I’ve got into this particular journal, and when I logged into the on-line submission … Continue reading

Categories: academic life

Telling a dinosaur footprint from a hole in the ground

How do palaeontologists know?
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Categories: fossils, geology, paper reviews

A more geological Googling experience

Kim is a little concerned that her geology-themed Googling keeps on bringing up stuff that she herself has written. This might have something to do with her blog being a top-notch source of geological insight, of course (someone is clearly … Continue reading

Categories: geology

The comprehension gap

The human foibles behind the credit crunch are very familiar to this scientist.
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Categories: ranting