Via SciTechDaily – a trip through a library of mammalian biodiversity! This is a video tour through a ‘bone room’ & a ‘skins room’ belonging to the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California at Berkley. It looks like a fascinating place to visit (although the sight of the skins & furs was […]
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sometimes life just sucks
And this is one of those times. Because over the weekend I did what is probably the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do – I made the decision to end my beloved dog’s life.
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… and a VERY happy me. Not to mention the rest of our team. Because – – we won ‘Best Premier Feature Site 2009′ at Fieldays 🙂 And it’s been a very busy few days, hence my lack of anything substantial for you to really get your teeth into. But I promise, this will be rectified […]
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It’s Fieldays time again (my excuse for not writing something ‘solid’!). This time round the theme is ‘my land, our environment’. Many of my colleagues are doing work on issues directly related to this theme – & they have an international reputation for the excellence of what they do. Anyway, the challenge was to represent some […]
Continue readinga whole lot more on ‘ida’
I’ve written a couple of posts on ‘Ida’ (Darwinius massillae) – the 47-million-years-old fossil primate which has been the focus of so much media hoop-la. For those of you who would like to read more widely about this discovery, Laelaps has hosted a blog carnival where he’s brought together links to some great writing by […]
Continue readingwhy science outreach is important
I talk and write quite a bit about why science outreach is important, and it’s always nice to hear what someone else has to say on this issue. So I was really pleased to find this commentary by Lawrence Kraus (thank you to Laelaps). Lawrence’s post is on a rather cool new site called the […]
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says it all, really 🙂
Continue readinghow well do we teach critical thinking?
Here’s a really interesting quote from Ryan, commenting over on Orac’s blog: Sometime in the 60s, education in America started putting a greater emphasis on skepticism. For the first time, kids were encouraged to question what they were told. This is a good thing, or course. But I wonder – have we been encouraging people […]
Continue readingso true…
Well, I got a giggle from it 🙂 It is sort of true, though – there are an awful lot of blogs out there, & one thing that puts me off returning to some of them is a distinct lack of regular updates. The husband complained over the weekend that I take blogging far too […]
Continue readingwhat turns on zebra fish
Achievement Standard 90716 expects you to know something about a range of animal behaviours, including intraspecific relationships (territoriality, cooperative interactions, reproductive behaviours, hierarchical behaviour, competition for resources) – & the relationship between behaviour patterns & environmental factors. Quite a range of stuff there – although it’s worth remembering that these are not isolated, stand-alone categories. With […]
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