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Weekend Wag the Dog: 3/30/12

This week’s edition of Weekend Wag the Dog brings us, and Clifford, to the water’s edge.

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Weekend wag the dog: 3/23/12

Here is Clifford out enjoying the botanical gardens on campus. Yesterday’s high (84F) was 35 degrees above the historical average high. Even the low temperature yesterday was two degrees above the normal high. As one person on the radio put … Continue reading

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Weekend wag the dog: 3/17/12

In the spirit of acknowledging internet memes, I present the first weekly “weekend wag the dog” post, featuring pictures taken during the week’s many dog walks. For the inaugural post I have our new family dog, Clifford, just finishing his … Continue reading

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Australopithecine morphology song

While I was away, I also missed this awesome YouTube Australopithecus song: Australopithecus morphology song (H/T Daniel Lende, Neuroanthropology)

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Fantastic Mr. Fox

…spotted on campus this afternoon. Must be enjoying the end of classes for the semester. (click image to enlarge)

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Going to the dogs

I’m taking advantage of the sunny weather in New England to take the day off and go for a hike with my dog, Lola, who was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer. In the meantime, check out these wonderful links on … Continue reading

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Another slideshow attraction

The NY Times and BBC both have slideshows worth checking out. The one in the Times, part of their Lens photography blog, features photographs of natural history museum items in places other than their typical displays. The photo detail above … Continue reading

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My “wildest dreams”

The NY Times has a story this morning on Google’s top secret lab researching high-risk, long-term ideas. Without thinking too much about it, the two areas I would hope we could come up with new technology involve transportation and food. … Continue reading

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Nothing good happens after dark

The BBC has a story on a recent paper in Nature by Susanne Shultz and colleagues documenting major steps in the evolution of primates. One of them, not surprisingly (though it is nice to see it more clearly demonstrated), is … Continue reading

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Google Reader Rant

For the past several years I have used Google Reader as my go-to source for sifting through information on the web. I am subscribed to several dozen RSS feeds covering my various interests, largely scientific journals, baseball, food and politics. … Continue reading

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