Paleontology
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The Women in Science Reading List: The Twenty Best (And Four Not Best) Books To Read and Own
When I first started collecting biographies of female scientists, I thought the genre, thanks to the historical and systemic neglect…
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Natural History Science Theater: “Dinosaur”
Put your answer in the comments! Correct answers get my undying approval.
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Heritage and Challah
This past weekend was Rosh Hashana, which is the Jewish new year. Which is all well and good, but why…
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Art Inquisition: A Cure For What Ails You?
I’ve been sick this weekend and more than a little brain-fuzzy, but I still wanted to do A Thing. An…
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Unearthing the World Jurassic: Mary Anning and the Founding of Paleontology (Women In Science 28)
As the tide rolls out, a woman in a hardened bonnet and loose fitting clothes scrambles across the crumbling cliffs…
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Our Neighbor Australopithecus: The Anthropology of Mary Leakey
The 1960s and early 1970s were the Rock Star era of anthropology, when each year seemed to bring a stunning…
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Neil Shubin’s Your Inner Fish
If you haven’t seen any of Neil Shubin’s 3 part series, Your Inner Fish on PBS, start now! It can…
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The Great Canyon
Driving through Arizona, Briar accidentally kept referring to the Grand Canyon as the “Great” Canyon. Hearing the canyon’s majesty being…
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