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In a New York Times piece earlier this week, columnist Thomas Edsall interviewed conservative scholars to ask what they thought the left got “right”. (An earlier piece asked liberals what the right got right.)  A common theme was that liberals were … Continue reading →

This specimen was collected from the Boone Limestone (Lower Carboniferous) near Hiwasse, Arkansas. It is a species of Syringopora Goldfuss 1826, sometimes known as the organ-pipe coral (but not the real organ pipe coral!). Syringoporids are tabulate corals, a group … Continue reading →

Cheers. Lancaster University Study Abroad Program as well as the University Travel Association sponsor many day trips on Saturdays and Sundays throughout the term for students. Sunday we went to the historic city of Chester. When we got off the … Continue reading →

Biology professor Rick Lehtinen named two frog species last summer: http://www.wooster.edu/News-and-Events/News-Releases/2011/June/Lehtinen-Frogs Geology professor Mark Wilson has named several (though they are all extinct): http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/2011/04/03/ http://www.cleveland.com/science/index.ssf/2010/02/ancient_clams_discovered_by_co.html Putting aside the question of why we care about new species… What’s the big deal … Continue reading →

Happy New Year from the CDGE! As you prepare for your spring semester, please keep in mind the following programs at the CDGE. Please attend and also feel free to encourage community members to engage. If this list looks daunting, … Continue reading →

The first story about this iconic fossil is the trouble I went through to get the photograph above. Our specimen of Marrella splendens is preserved in the common Burgess Shale fashion as a thin dark film on a black piece … Continue reading →

Cheers. Hello everyone. So I am neraly all settled in here at Lancaster. After buying a UK phone, other necessities for the room, and finalized my class schedule, I made a trip to the grocery store today. That was overwhelming, … Continue reading →

Cheers. Upon arrival in Manchester airport, I went through passport control where the woman gave me a huge interogation, as if I’m really threatening looking as a person. After that, it was an easy walk to the bus and about … Continue reading →

One source of environmental stress that many people aren’t aware of comes from the water that runs across the ground during rainstorms.  That water does what water typically does, which is go down: either into the storm drains or absorbed … Continue reading →

We haven’t had a plant fossil in this place for awhile. Lepidodendron Sternberg 1820, pictured above, is one of the most common fossils brought to me in Wooster by amateur collectors. It is abundant in the Upper Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) sandstones, … Continue reading →