On July 5, 1687, Isaac Newton published Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica. The date he invented the cat flap is not known, so let’s include that
Category: Geoscientist of the Week
Guest Videos: John Muir
The counterbalance to Gifford Pinchot. Featured image: Library of Congress via Wikimedia
Guest Video: Gifford Pinchot
Don’t worry–John Muir will have his say next Saturday! Featured image: US Department of Agriculture, public domain.
Guest Video: Pliny the Elder
Featured image, via Wikipedia. Yes, Pliny did describe all the characters mentioned at the start of this video, including dog-headed men.
Guest Videos: Friedrich Mohs
Although I love geoscience, I’m not a geologist, though I tried to become one. Mineralogy lab was tough – you had to identify rocks without
Guest Videos: Dinosaur Brains and Tilly Edinger
A “game-changing” early mammal fossil was reported in May 2018. To understand why paleontologists are excited about it, you first need to meet paleoneurologist Tilly
