Writing tagged: ‘science’
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The great Darwin fossil hunt
For my 50th birthday, a friend beyond compare organised a very special birthday present for the only self-confessed ‘Darwin groupie’ in her life.
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Sir Thomas Browne observes a murmuration of starlings
Quote from ‘Notes and Letters on the Natural History of Norfolk More Especially on the Birds and Fishes’.
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Eclipse
Photographing this morning’s partial solar eclipse.
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136 snail shells & a pint of shorts
As life events go, Shetland 1985 turned out to be right up there.
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My bat-shit crazy hypothesis about rooks
A ridiculous observation concerning rooks, which can’t possibly be right.
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Book review: ‘The Making of the Fittest’ by Sean B Carroll
DNA and the ultimate forensic record of evolution.
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Book review: ‘A Rough Ride to the Future’ by James Lovelock
A thought-provoking, sometimes infuriating book.
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The return of the delicate flapwort
On a second expedition I made in search of a rare plant. This time, I accompanied someone who knew what he was doing.
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In search of the delicate flapwort—and why we need tricorders
On an expedition I made in search for a rare plant, and the need for DNA-assisted species identification devices.
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… So Let’s All Be Scientists!
If Charles Darwin could do his bit for science from the comfort of his own home, perhaps we can too.