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West 86th Street Subway Art 7

post from Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) on 18 May 2008 09:59:57 PM. © Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

tags: West 86th street subway art, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC

West 86th Street Subway tile mosaic art #7
as seen at NYC's West 86th Street stop at Broadway for the uptown 1 train.
(This piece was completed in 1989 and was mounted on 2 July 2006).

Artist: Nitza Tufino.

Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [larger view].

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Monty Python's Dead Parrot Discovered

post from Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) on 18 May 2008 07:53:43 PM. © Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

tags: bpr3.org/?p=52, Aves, Psittaciformes, Pseudasturidae, parrots, Palaeogene, Eocene, Denmark

An artist's impression of the parrot-like bird, Mopsitta tanta, dating back 55 million years. The fossils indicate that parrots once flew wild over what is now Norway and Denmark.

Image: David Waterhouse [larger view].

A team of researchers, including a former postdoctoral colleague of mine, recently described fossils from two Lower Eocene parrot-like birds that were discovered in Denmark. The analysis of the fossils reveals that one of the ancient parrots, named Mopsitta tanta, is the largest fossil parrot found so far and it has the most northerly distribution yet known. Further, it resembles modern parrots almost as closely as younger fossils found from the Miocene, making it the earliest modern parrot yet found.

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Dead Parrot of Monty Python Fame Discovered

post from Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) on 18 May 2008 07:53:43 PM. © Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

tags: bpr3.org/?p=52, Aves, Psittaciformes, Pseudasturidae, parrots, Palaeogene, Eocene, Denmark

An artist's impression of the parrot-like bird, Mopsitta tanta, dating back 55 million years. The fossils indicate that parrots once flew wild over what is now Norway and Denmark.

Image: David Waterhouse [larger view].

A team of researchers, including a former postdoctoral colleague of mine, recently described fossils from two Lower Eocene parrot-like birds that were discovered in Denmark. The analysis of the fossils reveals that one of the fossil parrots, named Mopsitta tanta, is the largest fossil parrot found so far and it has the most northerly distribution yet known. Further, it closely resembles modern parrots than the more ancient Paleogene psittaciforms, making it the earliest modern parrot yet found.

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Share the experience

post from Survival Blog for Scientists on 18 May 2008 06:08:56 PM. © Survival Blog for Scientists

In my previous post I described why I find a two-day course, an ineffective training for reducing PhD-supervisor miscommunications. In this post I like to present a suggestion, which I think may be more effective.By my critical essay I did not want to[...]

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Nazis, gays, and Bryan Fischer

post from Pharyngula on 18 May 2008 05:17:00 PM. © Pharyngula

Shorter Bryan Fischer: Because the Nazis really hated homosexuals, they are nothing like the Religious Right. Or maybe it's that because the Nazis were gay, they didn't hate homosexuality enough, as the Bible clearly says you should.

I don't know. It's a confused mess of butchered history, so who knows what this guy is trying to say. He sure seems fascinated with butch Nazis abusing effeminate beautiful boys, though.

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Bat wings and mouse feet

post from Pharyngula on 18 May 2008 05:02:11 PM. © Pharyngula

You may recall that a while back I mentioned how Jerry Coyne praised some work on bat evo-devo. I also said that I was going to have to write that paper up sometime. The bad news: I haven't written it up for the blog. The good news: I did write it up for a future Seed column. The better news: Stephen Matheson has a summary right now, so you don't have to wait for my column to come out.

You should still subscribe anyway. It's pretty on shiny paper.

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Anole King

post from Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) on 18 May 2008 03:59:59 PM. © Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

tags: Green Anole, Anolis carolinensis, reptiles, North Carolina, Image of the Day

"I am the Anole King, I can do anything."

Green Anole, Anolis carolinensis,
Carolina Beach, NC.

Image: Don Wirth [larger].

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All commenced out, and a lightning-fast Molly

It was commencement weekend here in lovely Morris, Minnesota, and I spent yesterday in a funny outfit posing for parents and going to commencement parties, and this morning was spent ferrying #2 Son to the Twin Cities for his long bus ride back to Madison. It's time to buckle down and finish my grading now.

But on a happy note, I think we can safely close the nominations for this month's Molly already: it's a landslide, and I don't think Kenny has a chance of catching up, and also we should celebrate the winner's birthday somehow. The Molly for May 2008 goes to Etha Williams.

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Live video chat today (May 18) at 3:00 MT

I’m doing a live video chat starting at 3:00 p.m. Mountain Time (21:00 UT) today, Sunday May 18. If you look below and see/hear me talking about doing astronomy or house-husband work, then you’re good. I urge you to go to the UStream page, though, so you can participate in the chat room (or find/use [...]

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