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Yes, that “Recent” in the title was a clue that these are not actually fossils, but the little beauties fit the spirit of our series. This is sand from an unknown island beach in southern Japan. The spotted star-shaped grains … Continue reading →

So, this past Wednesday was the Lancaster Women’s Football team’s first home game of the season against Keele University (I have never heard of Keele but apparently it is in the midlands). Keele is ranked number one in the league, … Continue reading →

In August 2010 I had a fantastic geologic field trip to the tunnels of Geulhemmmerberg, The Netherlands, to see an unusual exposure of the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. There I collected a fist-sized sample of the famous boundary clay, which is found … Continue reading →

Cheers! Hi everyone, sorry for the delay on the posts, but I have something great to write about today! Yesterday I spend the day in Edinburgh, Scotland, and had the most amazing time! It was by far the coolest city … Continue reading →

It is pretty obvious what made this excellent trace fossil: an asteroid echinoderm. (The term “asteroid” sounds odd here, but it is the technical term for a typical sea star.) The above is Asteriacites stelliformis Osgood, 1970, from the Chagrin … Continue reading →

The current exhibition at the Wooster art gallery focuses on work by LTL architects, some of which was designed to address a problem:  the rising sea levels projected to result from global climate change. Another exhibit is an installation of … Continue reading →

Hi, my name is Doug Code. I’m from Kalamazoo, Michigan and a freshman here in Wooster. As a prospective Computer Science/English major, I’m excited to work in the Web Communication department. I did a little programming in high school, and … Continue reading →

I’ve been collecting and studying fossils from the Upper Ordovician of the Cincinnati region for three decades now, but I’ve never seen another specimen like the one pictured above. An amateur collector, Howard Freeland, generously donated this rock to Wooster … Continue reading →

Ali Eteraz, “Children of Dust” Tuesday, September 21, 2010 (McGaw at 7:30 p.m.) Ali Eteraz was born in Lahore, Pakistan, and was raised in the Dominican Republic, Pakistan and United States. He is a graduate of Emory University (High Honors … Continue reading →

Citing the high cost of Elsevier journals and the fact that they contribute content only to be forced to “purchase” it back to read it, scientists across the world have started a petition to boycott Elsevier journals.  Read more at … Continue reading →