The Increasing Intensities of Pleistocene Ice Ages
There have been 50 Ice Ages over the past 2.6 million years, and scientists refer to these Ice Ages as Glacials. Ice Ages alternate with warm climate phases known as Interglacials, like the one...
View ArticleStudying Acoustics
I’ve been practicing playing on a glockenspiel for 15 months almost every day for about 30 minutes. My wife complains that it gives her a headache, so I have to take it to a different room on the...
View ArticleClark Quarry is the Only Active Pleistocene Dig in Georgia (as far as I know)
I thought of a new idea for finding new material for my blog. I asked Google AI if there had been any new discoveries of Pleistocene fossil remains in Georgia since 2018. Google AI said “yes” and it...
View ArticleAnti-Drone Warfare
I see a considerable contrast between President Zelensky of Ukraine and Vice President J.D. Vance of the U.S. Zelensky is a strong heroic leader standing up to Russia and its despotic psychopathic...
View ArticleThe Whip Tail Sharks
Thresher sharks swim into schools of fish and whip their long tails around. The force of the water stuns some of the fish, and the sharks are able to feed upon them while the senseless fish are...
View ArticleArthropods Hunting Birds
Life is a horror story. Human beings are born in a bloody process, and there are a million miserable ways to die. Lucky people die suddenly after a long life with fewer of the horrifying events than...
View ArticleSumac Flea Beatles (Blaspherida rhois) Defoliated 2 Sumac Trees in my Yard
I noticed 2 defoliated sumac trees (Rhus sp.) in my yard, and I thought this would make an interesting topic for my blog. I was going to entitle it “What Defoliated 2 Sumac Trees in my Yard?” I...
View ArticleThe Nature of Roman Aqueducts
The ancient Romans were impressive engineers. The original water sources near Rome were considered unsafe–fetid swamp water and rivers polluted with human sewage. To supply the increasing population...
View Article3 New Specimens of Scimitar Tooth Cat (Homotherium latidens) Found in Siberia
The scimitar cat (Homotherium latidens) was a wide-ranging species that existed for over 20 million years. Fossil evidence of this species and its evolutionary ancestors dates to 12.5 million years...
View ArticleA 43,000 Year Old Piece of Ground Sloth Shit in Argentina
Scientists recently analyzed the oldest known piece of ground sloth shit. It is 43,000 years old and was found at the Cueva Cacao site in the mountains of Argentina. Scientists believe the coprolite...
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