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Laelaps is the blog of freelance science writer Brian Switek. This blog frequently features his musings on paleontology, evolution, and the history of science. Switek also blogs for Smithsonian magazine's Dinosaur Tracking, and he is a research associate at the New Jersey State Museum.
March 31, 2008
Category: Dinosaurs
Someone has been kind enough to upload "Dinosaurs!: A Fun-Filled Trip Back in Time!" to YouTube and it has definitely made me feel a bit nostalgic. Now the trouble is that I've got "Mesozoic Mind" stuck in my head......
Posted by Brian Switek at 1:11 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Dinosaurs
I love the concept of paleo-labs in museums where visitors can watch fossil preparators and paleontologists work on fossils brought in from the field (I've heard that the one at the Page Museum in L.A. is the best, although the...
Posted by Brian Switek at 9:29 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Paleontology
The skeleton of "Nichollsia" borealis. The left forelimb and scapula were accidentally destroyed during excavation, but otherwise the skeleton was kept intact. From Druckenmiller & Russell 2008. Last week I mentioned that a very well-preserved Early Cretaceous plesiosaur named...
Posted by Brian Switek at 9:06 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Cats
"George" the lion at the Bronx zoo....
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March 30, 2008
Category: Communicating Science
A number of science bloggers, myself included, often write about the current manifestation of creationism that is presently popular, but lately I've been starting to wonder why creationism is so well-received in the first place. Despite the fair amount of...
Posted by Brian Switek at 6:04 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Communicating Science
I was able to get a considerable amount of reading done this past week (I read Glorified Dinosaurs, Feathered Dragons, Fossils, and Major Transitions in Vertebrate Evolution cover-to-cover), but I ended up being greatly disappointed by one of the books...
Posted by Brian Switek at 4:17 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Inverts
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March 29, 2008
Category: Evolution
Sometimes textbook cardboard refuses to disintegrate. According to scientific lore, T.H. Huxley singlehandedly slew Samuel "Soapy Sam" Wilberforce during a debate at Oxford in the sweltering heat of an 1860 summer, causing a woman to faint and sending Robert Fitzroy,...
Posted by Brian Switek at 9:08 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Dinosaurs
"Leonardo," the mummy dinosaur. News of the well-preserved skeleton of the Edmontosaurus "Dakota" have been featured prominently in the news lately, but according to an announcement made this weekend, another exquisitely-preserved hadrosaur is going to be put on public...
Posted by Brian Switek at 8:25 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Administrative
Sometime in the night, Laelaps passed the 100,000 visit mark! Thank you all for helping to make this blog what it is now; it would be quite different without the support of so many readers and other writers. This blog...
Posted by Brian Switek at 3:04 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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