I no longer find it amazing how much of a basis evolution forms in various bits, pieces, and even chunks of research projects; it is expected.
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When spiders are given drugs
Posted on August 20, 2010 by Michael
…crazy things happen.
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Most venomous spider in N. America
Posted on August 20, 2010 by Michael
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On Clair Patterson
Posted on August 20, 2010 by Michael
Name not withstanding, Clair Patterson was an Iowa farm boy by origin. He also happened to do some of the most important work in geology since Charles Lyell.
But who has ever heard of Clair Patterson?
~Bill Bryson
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University websites
Posted on August 19, 2010 by Michael
I’ve always found it ironic that some of the worst looking and most difficult to navigate websites are ones run by places that offer to train students in website design and the like.
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Thought of the day
Posted on August 18, 2010 by Michael
The only thing which can (and does) correctly explain all the dinosaur fossils of Utah and the rest of the world is evolution.
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Giraffe in Arusha
Posted on August 17, 2010 by Michael
While in Tanzania, Arusha National Park will be near where I’m staying when I’m not on Kilimanjaro. It’s a park known for a good deal of wildlife – the sort of wildlife stereotypical of Africa. (In fact, Tanzania is rife with beautiful wildlife stereotypes.) Unfortunately, I’m not forking over the two grand to take a safari through the area, so I may not see everything I hope to see. I will, however, be driving through Kilimanjaro National Park, so I hope to see all the big beasts of Africa there. Lions, tigers, and…uh, zebras, oh my. But if there’s only one wild animal I get to see, I hope it’s a giraffe.
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Cairo
Posted on August 16, 2010 by Michael
Shambling After has been having an awesome summer, I dare say more awesome than my Utah-Africa summer. Given that I am making this post so far in advance of my departure (it’s July 25 as I type this), I can only hope she has been delighting you all with her excellent writing. But if she hasn’t been posting, I can at least deliver some of what she has to offer the blogging world via this photograph from Cairo.
It’s awesome.
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Thought of the day
Posted on August 16, 2010 by Michael
I’m making this post several weeks in advance of my trip, but I’m confident I will not be retracting it at any point: Utah is beautiful.
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Centipede versus bat
Posted on August 15, 2010 by Michael
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For the Sake of Science 