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The Strange Story of the Mojave Phone Booth

August 25, 2022 by Dave

Last week I was in San Diego for some meetings and took a day out to go visit Joshua Tree National Park. If you ever get a chance then I highly recommend going for a visit. If you do it, then invest at least a day into it so that you get the most out … Read more

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Opening a new Window into the past – Ancient eDNA

February 15, 2022February 15, 2022 by Dave
Genetic material found in permafrost sediments from the Yukon contains rich information about ancient ecosystems. Credit: Julius Csotonyi/Government of Yukon

eDNA, Environmental DNA, extracted from frozen permafrost opens a new window that allows us to explore past life … but permafrost is melting

Categories Natural History, news, science Tags eDNA, science Leave a comment

What caused largest ever mass extinction?

October 21, 2020 by Dave
extinction

New study provides comprehensive reconstruction of the Permian-Triassic extinction event that wiped out 96% of species 252 million years ago.

Categories Natural History, science, study Tags Extinction, study Leave a comment

What caused Mass Extinction 360 million years ago?

May 29, 2020 by Dave
extinction

360 million years ago at least 70% of all species went extinct. What happened? A newly published paper has revealed some fresh evidence.

Categories Natural History, science Tags cause, Devonian, Extinction, study, UV-B Leave a comment

Has Dinosaur DNA really been found?

May 9, 2020March 13, 2020 by Dave
Dinosaur DNA

There are very serious claims that Dinosaur DNA has been discovered in 75 million year old bones. There are also serious challenges to this.

Categories Natural History, news, science, Skepticism Tags cartilage, chromosomes, collagen II, dinosaur, Dinosaur DNA, DNA markers, nuclei Leave a comment

Climate warming disrupts tree seed production

February 14, 2020 by Dave
Beech Tree seed production

New study uses 39 year dataset to show that Climate change is disrupting masting (seed production) and its associated functions.

Categories Climate Change, environment, Natural History, news, science, study Tags climate, masting, seed production, study Leave a comment
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