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Birds "fed" snails for the afterlife

The image above shows a mummified ibis from ancient Egypt that was packed with snails after death. Other mummified ibises were found packed full…

Three Days In Estonia

Spent Wednesday through Friday in Estonia at the kind invitation of Marge Konsa and the Institute of History and Archaeology in Tartu.

Shores of Ancient Sweden

The National Geological Survey of Sweden has put an interactive deglaciation and shoreline displacement model for the country on-line for free.…

The Origins of Small Number Representation

Earlier this week I wrote about the developmental and evolutionary origins of large number representation. A series of studies in human infants,…

Celebrating Role Models in Science & Engineering Achievement: Sonya Kovalevsky

Sonya Kovalevsky – Russian-born Mathematician One of the world's best mathematicians of her era; established first major result in general theor…

A conversation with a Rigvir flack

My skeptical analysis of Rigvir, a “Virotherapy” from Latvia being promoted by alternative medicine clinics as a cancer cure, caught the attenti…

Friday Cephalopod: Wonderporn!

Oooh, those glossy thick pages. The bright colors that pop. The action shots. The extreme closeups. I admit it: I have an addiction to aquarist…

Viral defenses are encoded in their genes, but not ours

Photo of sea sponges by Steve Rupp, National Science Foundation via Wikimedia Commons

The Original Donald Trump

From the early days of Trump: Trump: The response to my candidacy out here [in Los Angeles] has been incredible! Off the charts! The polls are u…