On the art of being interesting: Archive

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Sep 9th

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Introducing: the new Scientific American blog... →

For those of you interested in reading more blogs and such, the Scientific American has just launched it’s new Blog Network! Click the above link to find a list of summary of what they’re all about. I’ve been a long term reader of some of these blogs and am sure they will continue to feature on this feed-blog.

Jul 10th

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Jul 6th

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Jul 6th

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Jul 5th

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Suit Seeks Redress for a Start-Up Package Gone... →

A female researcher is suing her university for failing to provide the promised start up package. She demands an apology while the university insists they’ve done nothing wrong. (main article behind paywall)

Jul 5th

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Early mammals were brainy and nosy →

The early Jurassic might be famous as the point in prehistory that dinosaurs began to grow into giants, but something else was growing larger at that time too: the brains of early mammal-like animals. That could be because smell and touch were vital for their survival during the age of the dinosaurs. In the 1980s, palaeontologist Timothy Rowe visited the fossil collection at Harvard University...

Jun 29th

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Watch

Excellent light hearted video about sifting through soil and sampling for insects (mostly it appears to be ants). (via Sifting – MYRMECOS - Insect Photography - Insect Pictures)

Jun 23rd

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Jun 22nd

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Sea Horses at Monterey Bay Aquarium. This aquarium doesn’t boast many large mammals, which I found to be quite a relieve, but it does have a stunning array of smaller fish. However, if you are ever in Monterey, there is not shortage of large marine mammals. It is a protected area and is rich in marine life. We did not have much time and just wandered the pier in the morning. There we saw...

Jun 22nd

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