London, England
grrlscientist | September 5, 2008Hi Science Girl, you've probably received tons of emails from other geologists, but your mystery object is an ammonite fossil, a nautiloid sea creature which lived between the Silurian/Devonian (ca. 400 million years ago) and became extinct with the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous (65 Ma). Definitely one of the more spectacular fossils! Nice photos and content on your site by the way.
Cheers,
Jacques
Geologist
grrlscientist | September 5, 2008tags: Blue-crowned Lorikeet, Vini australis, parrots, birds, images
The Blue-crowned Lorikeet, Vini australis, is a parrot found throughout the Samoa and Tonga islands and Lau archipelago. This individual was photographed in the Blackburn Pavilion, a large indoor tropical aviary at the London Zoo in England.
Image: GrrlScientist 3 September 2008 [larger view].
I wanted to share this image of an adult blue-crowned lory that I photographed at the London Zoo a couple days ago. More zoo bird images are coming as soon as I have a stable wifi connection.
grrlscientist | September 5, 2008tags: Natural History Museum, London, England, mystery object, travel
Mystery object at the Natural History Museum in London, England.
Image: GrrlScientist 3 September 2008 [larger view].
When racing through the Natural History Museum in London, I photographed this object and forgot to photograph the plaque that provided information about it. Besides showing this to you because it is beautiful and because I want to pique your interest in seeing the huge number of Natural History Museum images I will be posting soon, I would also be pleased if you could give me and my other readers more…
grrlscientist | September 5, 2008tags: Professor Steve Steve, London, England, Nature Network conference, science blog conference, Nature Network science blog conference, travel
Professor Steve Steve at the beginning of the famous Ale Trail pub crawls (there is more than one of these "Ale Trail" pub crawls in London) -- he convinced me to pursue this Quest through London. Bad Bear!
Image: GrrlScientist 4 September 2008 [larger view].
This is a picture of Professor Steve Steve during yesterday's lunch, when he was determined to convince me to pursue one of the Ale Trails pub crawls through a group of classic pubs in London…
grrlscientist | September 4, 2008tags: Professor Steve Steve, London, England, Nature Network conference, science blog conference, Nature Network science blog conference, travel
Whose is bigger?
Sales person, Mark (left), and Nature science blog writer, Bob O'Hara, compare their shortbreads at the famous Twinings Tea Shop in London.
Image: GrrlScientist 4 September 2008 [larger view].
I wandered London yesterday in search of all the local film sites for the Harry Potter films (more later about that, including images), but along the way, I saw the famous Twinings Tea Shop and had to get some images.
While inside, Bob…
grrlscientist | September 4, 2008
Octopus at the Natural History Museum in London, England.
Image: GrrlScientist 3 September 2008 [larger view].
As soon as I saw this sculpture on a pillar at the Natural History Museum in London, I thought of one person. Guess who that person was? You have three guesses and the first two don't count.
grrlscientist | September 3, 2008tags: Professor Steve Steve, London, England, Nature Network conference, science blog conference, Nature Network science blog conference, travel
Professor Steve Steve is viciously attacked by an unknown dinosar while visiting the Natural History Museum in London, England.
Image: Bob O'Hara 3 September 2008 [larger view].
In a truly shocking development, Professor Steve Steve barely survived an attack by a vicious but unidentified dinosaur while visiting the Natural History Museum in London, England. He was rescued by three nearby science blog writers who heard his cries for help.…
grrlscientist | September 2, 2008tags: London Zoo, Black-cheeked lovebirds, Agapornis nigrigenis, ornithology, birds, parrots, avian
Black-cheeked lovebirds, Agapornis nigrigenis, a native of the African nation of Zambia. Image taken at the London Zoo.
Image: GrrlScientist 2 September 2008 [larger view].
Yesterday, I went to the London Zoo with one of my blog colleagues and reader, Bob O'Hara. Despite the fact that I dragged him through all the aviaries on the grounds, and spent the entire day snapping pictures of birds, he still speaks to me (I did bring him to a pub afterwards, so perhaps he forgot his resenment?).…
grrlscientist | August 31, 2008
A man named Danny holds his own personal protest against walking through life half awake (or is it half asleep?). He seems like a "bloody nutter" (as the police descibed him when they showed up after I snapped these pics), but if you talk to him for a few minutes, you find that he is actually quite rational.
Image: GrrlScientist 31 August 2008 [larger view].
When I was in the Victoria Train Station, purchasing tickets to South Bromley, where Darwin's Down House is located, I ran into this man. I watched him for a few minutes and then decided that the Brits are truly strange if they pay a…
grrlscientist | August 31, 2008tags: European Science Blogging Conference, Nature Network Science Blogging Conference, London England
London's Royal Institution's Faraday Hall, the main laecture hall, where I was a speaker at Nature Network's European Science Blogging Conference 2008 (Notice who is sitting at the podium, facing the audience!).
Image: GrrlScientist 30 August 2008 [larger view].
The image above was taken from the front of the Faraday Lecture Hall at the Royal Institution where I was a speaker in the morning, immediately following the keynpote address which was delivered by Ben Goldacre.
It has been an…
grrlscientist | August 28, 2008
Professor Steve Steve has a large appetite, especially for such a small bear! If he keeps eating like this, I am going to have to force him to give me a paying job! [larger view].
I have slept, finally and am ready to go to the Nature offices today for our scheduled day of frivolity (and photography).
I have LOTS more images to come (as soon as I can find wifi with an outlet so I can charge up my laptop while writing my blog), including images of one of my readers, Bob O'Hara (I know you all are dying to see what he looks like) and my other science blog colleagues here in London.
My…
grrlscientist | August 28, 2008I have been taking pictures to share with you but unfortunately, forgot the equipment necessary to download the images from my camera to my laptop, so we all will have to wait a little while longer. I am disappointed by this because London is so story-book magical and you all just have to see it!
I am absolutely exhausted though. The night before I was to leave, my NYC neighbors decided to blast their stereos through much of the night, so I didn't get much sleep (not that I could have slept anyway, really), and then, anticipating that I would not be able to sleep on the flight to London, I…
grrlscientist | August 26, 2008
William Smith's geological map of Britain published in 1815.
Image: R Cashman (Copyright expired because copyright laws applies to the United States, Canada, the European Union and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years [larger view].
The day before the Science Blogging meeting, a bunch of us are getting together to see some things, courtesy of the NATURE peeps, who are guiding this little touring event. Here's Friday's itinerary (29 August) for you to peruse;
10.30 am Tour of Nature's offices.
11.30 am Wellcome Collection - awesome museum of medical…
grrlscientist | August 25, 2008I leave on Wednesday afternoon for London for the European Science Blogging conference, sponsored by NATURE -- wow, I can hardly believe this day is almost here! To say that I am very stressed out is an understatement. The thing that bothers me most is the fact that I have no vacation planning experience, so I am learning as I go, and even though I have a steep learning curve, there are only so many hours in a day, which means that even though I am learning more about what I should be doing, I don't have the time to accomplish everything before I leave.
First and foremost: planning what I…
grrlscientist | August 24, 2008
Diagon Alley, London.
Image: Warner Bros. 2001.
Now that I am recovering from food poisoning, I have been making up for lost time by working extra long hours on my upcoming London trip -- thus, my blog has been rather .. quiet .. today. I have been planning my travel based on which sights I wish to see. I decided to limit myself to London since I wish to invest my time in seeing and experiencing as much as possible while I am visiting, and I am certain that there is plenty to keep me occupied for at least one year if I had the time and money to run around London to see everything. One of…
grrlscientist | August 22, 2008
Buckingham Palace Gate with coat of arms, London, May 2005.
Image: Dickbauch (Wikipedia).
I am a panelist at a one day conference being held in London, England. This conference focuses on the value of blogs to the public, to science and to scientists, and is being held at the Royal Institution of Great Britain on 30 August 2008. My fellow panelists are Jennifer Rohn, editor at LabLit.com and Anna Kushnir, who works for Nature Network Boston and writes the blog, Lab Life. The panel moderator is my friend and ScienceBlogs colleague who lives in London, Mo.
I need your help as I work on my…
grrlscientist | August 21, 2008
Horse Guards Parade building in London, April 2006.
Image: Gryffindor (Wikipedia).
I am a panelist at a one day conference being held in London, England. This conference focuses on the value of blogs to the public, to science and to scientists, and is being held at the Royal Institution of Great Britain on 30 August 2008. My fellow panelists are Jennifer Rohn, editor at LabLit.com and Anna Kushnir, who works for Nature Network Boston and writes the blog, Lab Life. The panel moderator is my friend and ScienceBlogs colleague who lives in London, Mo.
I need your help as I work on my…
grrlscientist | August 20, 2008
St Paul's Cathedral London, December 20, 2004.
Image: Peter Morgan from Beijing, China (Wikipedia).
I am a panelist at a one day conference being held in London, England. This conference focuses on the value of blogs to the public, to science and to scientists, and is being held at the Royal Institution of Great Britain on 30 August 2008. My fellow panelists are Jennifer Rohn, editor at LabLit.com and Anna Kushnir, who works for Nature Network Boston and writes the blog, Lab Life. The panel moderator is my friend and ScienceBlogs colleague who lives in London, Mo.
I need your help as I…
grrlscientist | August 19, 2008
The National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London, 21 December 2006.
Image: Genvessel (Wikipedia).
I am a panelist at a one day conference being held in London, England. This conference focuses on the value of blogs to the public, to science and to scientists, and is being held at the Royal Institution of Great Britain on 30 August 2008. My fellow panelists are two amazing women whom I've admired for several years; Jennifer Rohn, editor at LabLit.com and Anna Kushnir, who works for Nature Network Boston and writes the blog, Lab Life, and the panel moderator is my friend and ScienceBlogs…
grrlscientist | August 2, 2008
I am going to be visiting London for ten days and need to know if I should exchange some of my crappy American dollars for either British pounds or for Euros? My bank, which apparently hires complete morons, doesn't even know where I should go to exchange some cash, so I assume they are completely incapable of providing advice regarding which cash system I should be exchanging my money for. Additionally, I was wondering if I could rely on a credit card (VISA) for my spending needs while in London, or is cash my only friend there? (NYC is a credit card city, although our street venders are…