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The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. - Terry Pratchett
Laelaps is the blog of Brian Switek, a freelance science writer based in New Jersey. This blog frequently features his musings on paleontology, evolution, and the history of science. Switek also blogs for Smithsonian magazine's Dinosaur Tracking.
Switek's first book, Written in Stone, will be published next year by Bellevue Literary Press.
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April 30, 2008
Category: Communicating Science
This coming Friday will mark the beginning of the summer 2008 movie season, the first big-budget film to make an appearance being Iron Man. What does that mean for the unfunny and atrocious propaganda piece Expelled? If the theaters near...
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Category: Anthropology
The skull of Paranthropus boisei (AKA "Zinj," "Dear Boy," "Nutcracker Man," etc.). From Ungar et al. 2008. Ever since the discovery of the hominds we call Paranthropus robustus in 1938 and Paranthropus boisei in 1959, the dietary habits of...
Posted by Brian Switek at 9:42 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Photography
The Cape May lighthouse, photographed last year....
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April 29, 2008
Category: Creationism
A few thoughts on why I keep writing about evolution & creationism.
Posted by Brian Switek at 9:32 PM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Administrative
Today I've got a human osteology exam, so while I'm trying to make sure I know all my processes, foramina, and sutures things are going to be a bit light here. Still, I've got a few items of interest to...
Posted by Brian Switek at 9:36 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Mammals
A group of Patagonian maras (Dolichotis patagonum), photographed last year at the Cape May Zoo....
Posted by Brian Switek at 7:40 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 28, 2008
Category: Creationism
As I've said elsewhere, I think that the idea that creationists are master communicators is a myth; they are successful because they are tapping into a religious majority that is feeling antagonized and marginalized by secular culture. Even though most...
Posted by Brian Switek at 9:52 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Mammals
A spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus), photographed last year at the National Zoo in Washington D.C....
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April 27, 2008
Category: Dinosaurs
If ever there was a documentary that made me want to be a paleontologist when I grew up, it was the Christopher Reeve-hosted Dinosaur! The stop-motion animation by Phil Tippet still looks good, but even though things have changed a...
Posted by Brian Switek at 3:39 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Dinosaurs
After the success of The Lost World: Jurassic Park, the minds behind the franchise were in a bit of a fix. Tyrannosaurus and "Velociraptor"* had the run of the fictional islands for the past two movies; something new was needed...
Posted by Brian Switek at 1:12 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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