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Happy Pi Day!
It's 3-14! Here's some helpful advice for those who'd like to remember pi:Sometimes, only sometimes, I do love math.
Rosetta Stones
Adventures in the good science of rock-breaking.
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Living (and Sometimes Dying) with Karst
The earth opened up and swallowed Jeff Bush last week. Normally, I wouldn't use that phrase: people say it all the time when the earth has done no such thing.
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Paricut n: "Save Me From the Dangers in Which I am About to Die"
Dionisio Pulido suddenly found himself having a very bad day.A few moments before, he had been living an ordinary life, clearing brush from his land while his helper plowed and his wife and son watched the sheep graze...
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Robot Geologist on Mars Makes History
One small scoop full of powdered rock, one giant step forward for exogeology. Lovers of the good science of rock-breaking will find their breath catching at this image:That's the first, folks...
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Par cutin: "Here Is Something New and Strange"
Imagine a pastoral scene, seventy years ago in Mexico. On a sunny February day, a woman and her son watch over their flock of sheep from the shade of oaks; her husband strides across his fields toward a pile of branches that need burning, while his helper completes a furrow...
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Interlude: What Vehicles Say About Temperatures Within a Volcanic Blast
In our previous installment regarding the effects of the May 18th, 1980 Mount St. Helens directed blast on vehicles, we learned a valuable lesson. I will call upon commenter Angusum from Boing Boing to sum up: "The main thing we learn from studying vehicles trapped in the path of a volcanic eruption is that you should try very hard not to get trapped in the path of a volcanic eruption." Indeed...
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Darwin: Geologist First and Last
(Happy Darwin Day! I figured today of all days would be a good one for reposting this from ETEV. It's been slightly updated and modified from the original, in case you already knew Charles Darwin was a geologist (because you've read David Bressan's post, right?...
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Interlude: When Vehicles Become Part of the Geologic Record
The conversation might have gone something like this:Geologists: "Hey, boss person, we need to order vehicle parts and then destroy them. For science!
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A Survivor's Tale: "Half the mountain exploding over our heads"
One thing I love about blogging is hearing from readers, especially readers who have intriguing tales to tell. A bit ago, Timo5150 left a tantalizing clue that one such tale might prove extra-intriguing: I was living just outside Randle Washington when it erupted, 20.2 miles from it...
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The Cataclysm: "I Was Just Instantly Buried"
A falling tent heralded catastrophe.Until the summer dry season comes, things in the Pacific Northwest are perpetually wet. Edward Smith and his companions, camped 18 kilometers (11 miles) north of Mount St...
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