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Aero Evo: August 2012
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Thursday, August 16, 2012. I will be resuming the Dragon series on Aero Evo soon. I am currently at the annual American Society of Biomechanics conference (ASB 2012). Some good talks this morning; I was particularly intrigued by the experiments of T. Gross from Washington University showing that the primary trigger of bone loss following muscle paralysis is not. The loss of mechanical loading. An endocrine or paracrine effect seems to be the primary influence. Very cool stuff. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Aero Evo: Mosquitoes in the Rain
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Friday, June 29, 2012. Mosquitoes in the Rain. A recent paper by Dickerson et al. in PNAS. Explains how mosquitoes are able to fly effectively in rainy conditions (remember: many of them hail from humid tropics), even though a single raindrop by weigh 50x what a mosquito weighs. If you cannot access the full paper, feel free to read this summary on BBC. It even inspired a comic. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Subscribe To Aero Evo. PLoS Biology: New Articles. UCL Museums and Collections Blog. So I c...
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Mesozoic Musings at Jurassic Forest: November 2013
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Mesozoic Musings at Jurassic Forest. Your stop for Mesozoic creatures, and more. Sunday, 24 November 2013. Two new theropods in November! November's not quite done yet, and we've seen two important new theropod dinosaurs named this month alone. Both of these are scientifically significant, and both come from Utah, but they lived at different times and are from different groups. Here, I will briefly introduce you to these two new dinosaurs, Lythronax. First up is Siats meekororum. From the Late Cretaceous.
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Aero Evo: Aquaflyers Again: Skates and Rays
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012. Aquaflyers Again: Skates and Rays. Previously I wrote a bit about the wonders of aquaflying in penguins. This time, I thought it would be fun to write briefly on some of the interesting details of aquaflying in skates and rays. Not all rays are aquaflyers in the sense I am using here. Many rays propel themselves by moving a series of waves down either pectoral complex like this. One thing that is. Advance Ratio = v/(f * d). For a flapping animal, we have to take into account the r...
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Aero Evo: Updates
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Thursday, October 11, 2012. Well, it's been months since I ran off to ASB and promised more blog posts, so it seems I should give an update. I have had to focus on two major tasks since moving to Los Angeles (other than making my apartment livable and such): teaching human gross anatomy and starting work on a new team project in collective behavior and swarming. All that said, I will. October 11, 2012 at 5:35 AM. From hawks to fish, eh? Thats quite a drastic change! October 11, 2012 at 6:36 AM. WE ARE PU...
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New Views on Old Bones: July 2014
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New Views on Old Bones. Ramblings on palaeontology, science policy and anything else that takes my fancy. Monday, 28 July 2014. Out with a bang! Dinosaur extinction has always excited the imagination – what forces could possibly account for the disappearance of such a dominant and charismatic group? 2010) However, dissenting voices (my own included) were quick to reply, noting that the longer-term effects of volcanism and environmental change might have been largely to blame (Archibald et al. Is unremark...
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New Views on Old Bones: Happy 90th Sir David
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New Views on Old Bones. Ramblings on palaeontology, science policy and anything else that takes my fancy. Sunday, 8 May 2016. Happy 90th Sir David. Today seems a good day to pen my first blog post in a while, in order to mark the 90th birthday of the most effective natural history communicator we've even seen: Sir David Attenborough. His work in the area, since the early Zoo Quest. Which showcased a different species in its natural environment each week, and Life on Earth. My copy of Life on Earth. So, t...
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New Views on Old Bones: February 2015
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New Views on Old Bones. Ramblings on palaeontology, science policy and anything else that takes my fancy. Sunday, 22 February 2015. The trade in fossils: a practical position. My colleague Martin Munt investigating one of the many stands at the Tucson Rock and Mineral Fair in February 2015. 3) It is scientifically significant? 4) Does it add something else useful to our collection (does a fossil represent a taxon or locality our collections don’t currently include)? In this case I think the subject would...
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New Views on Old Bones: The shape of things to come...
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New Views on Old Bones. Ramblings on palaeontology, science policy and anything else that takes my fancy. Sunday, 17 January 2016. The shape of things to come. So, what's changing? While the gallery is closed it's still possible to see dinosaurs in other parts of the museum - most obviously Sophie the Stegosaurus. In our Earth Hall, but also the original Archaeopteryx. 21 January 2016 at 21:48. Please leave your comments below. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. 8216;Full fatho...
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New Views on Old Bones: November 2014
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New Views on Old Bones. Ramblings on palaeontology, science policy and anything else that takes my fancy. Saturday, 15 November 2014. Plates, spikes and a brain the size of a plum . Today, the embargo has come to an end, and I can now announce that the Natural History Museum has succeeded in acquiring a skeleton of the iconic Jurassic North American dinosaur Stegosaurus stenops. The most complete skeleton known for this species. Watch this space for more details. The specimen will be mounted in the E...
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