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REVIEW – Evolution: The Story of Life on Earth via iFanboy

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Ryan

Sometimes I really love my life. This book was kind of a perfect convergence of the things that make comics and evolution awesome. I hope you dig my thoughts. Feel free to comment here or click-through the link and comment … Continue reading →

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Do Science With Patrick!

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Patrick

Addendum* Lots of traffic to this post and lots of emailed questions. I’ve put up a website specifically for this project  at http://www.hairproject.wheatleyempire.com so check that out if you think you might be able to contribute some found hair to … Continue reading →

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iFanboy REPOST: Weather Powers and Global Climate Change

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Ryan

Figured most people didn’t see this originally but I enjoyed writing it a lot so I wanted to share it again over on the Paleocave. If it seems a bit dumbed down that’s because it’s written for the comic fan … Continue reading →

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Living the Sci Life: Another Venture

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Ryan

Hello out there in Paleoland! I got kinda bored over the break, so I decided upon the encouragement of Ryan Penagos to give this tumblr blog thing a try. I’ve been having fun with it, it’s kind of like Twitter plus. All … Continue reading →

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The Accuracy of Cuteness

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Ryan

A few people linked me to the ultimate cute animal list over the holiday, it’s a list of 75 lists of photos of animals, pretty intense but I’ve been working my way through it (Yes, I even treat cute animals … Continue reading →

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Diagraming Evolution, or How to read a Cladogram

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Patrick

Remember the Linnaean system of classification you probably learned in grade school or high school (heck, maybe even college)? It went something like this… Kingdom -> Phylum -> Class -> Order -> Family -> Genus-> Species Linnaeus started using this classification … Continue reading →

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REVIEW (via iFanboy): Bone Sharps, Cowboys and Thunder Lizards

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Ryan

*Note* This is a cross post from my weekly column over at iFanboy. While I’m happy to have you read it here on the blog, I encourage you to go leave a comment at iFanboy. In the interest of full … Continue reading →

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Winter Solstice Suggestions! -or- A Conversation with a Non-Dutchmen

Posted on November 27, 2010 by Ryan

I take the Winter Solstice gift season very seriously. Maybe more seriously than you’ve ever heard me be if you only know me from the show. The season itself is inconsequential, I am focused with laser precision on finding the … Continue reading →

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Patrick’s Solstice Shopping Guide

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Patrick

What to buy for… Your friends that kind of like science, are scientists, or want to be scientists: 1) If you were following the Paleopals last year you probably remember me plugging Richard Feynman’s Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures … Continue reading →

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A List of Erroneous Pet Peeves (with Clarification)

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Ryan

Our show is about promoting a literacy of and excitement about all things SCIENCE! Well sometimes in the interest of not dampening the excitement we let some of the literacy fall by the wayside, but that defeats both purposes so … Continue reading →

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