tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post5065565048356824862..comments2024-02-07T22:52:15.919-07:00Comments on Partial Ellipsis of the Sun: A Blog for Scientists who like Words and Writers who like Science: {Geologic!} Hotspot in Eastern Australia, Bass Strait, and TasmaniaWord Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-6336117131886946462016-02-04T18:08:05.282-07:002016-02-04T18:08:05.282-07:00New post titled "A Zebrafish Will Develop Its...New post titled "A Zebrafish Will Develop Its Nervous System in The Time You Are Awake Today (!)" is up. How has your past 17 hours been?!Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-50000437113151330952016-02-04T07:38:08.931-07:002016-02-04T07:38:08.931-07:00I am deep into a post on zebrafish this week but t...I am deep into a post on zebrafish this week but this research from Brown U about deep earthquakes at subduction zones is quite timely: <a href="https://news.brown.edu/articles/2016/02/earthquake" rel="nofollow">Deep Earthquakes in Subduction Zones, Lawsonite, and Dehydration Embrittlement</a><br /><br />Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-47787707435255490072016-02-03T15:24:00.374-07:002016-02-03T15:24:00.374-07:00I guess Australia and environs really is quite the...I guess Australia and environs really is quite the hotspot these days.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-62184201241979326042016-02-03T14:30:04.937-07:002016-02-03T14:30:04.937-07:00Hotspot in southwestern Australia.<a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-35467131" rel="nofollow">Hotspot in southwestern Australia.</a>janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-33375133698448437632016-02-02T12:07:55.078-07:002016-02-02T12:07:55.078-07:00That was one freaked-out black bird!
We are quite...That was one freaked-out black bird!<br /><br />We are quite white-blanketed here; 14 inches in my backyard.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-74957212498749120992016-02-02T11:54:17.535-07:002016-02-02T11:54:17.535-07:00As Denver gets buried in snow, be glad it's no...As Denver gets buried in snow, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY_3ggKg0Bc" rel="nofollow">be glad it's not ash.</a>janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-55383891978648851292016-02-01T19:06:00.003-07:002016-02-01T19:06:00.003-07:00Babylonian tablet charts path of Jupiter<a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/babylonians-tracked-jupiter-with-fancy-math-tablet-reveals/" rel="nofollow">Babylonian tablet charts path of Jupiter</a>Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-80337326571034739512016-02-01T08:30:37.611-07:002016-02-01T08:30:37.611-07:00Oh, Auntie Em, if I only had the courage to be emp...Oh, Auntie Em, if I only had the courage to be emphatic! Or the heart to be empathic! (Or a brain!)janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-44158672549188412482016-02-01T08:24:36.602-07:002016-02-01T08:24:36.602-07:00'Sup?
Merriam Webster says "You may also...'Sup?<br /><br />Merriam Webster says "You may also have spotted a similarity to "emphatic," but that turns out to be purely coincidence; "emphatic" traces back to a different Greek verb which means "to show.""Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-34864761914275352062016-02-01T08:24:01.931-07:002016-02-01T08:24:01.931-07:00'Sup?
Merriam Webster says "You may also...'Sup?<br /><br />Merriam Webster says "You may also have spotted a similarity to "emphatic," but that turns out to be purely coincidence; "emphatic" traces back to a different Greek verb which means "to show.""Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-47325625471973602742016-02-01T08:03:03.098-07:002016-02-01T08:03:03.098-07:00I've found more than one meaning for "pha...I've found more than one meaning for "phatic". Is there a relation to "emphatic"? Which can be anagrammed to "empathic"? (But not to any Middle Eastern countries or cities, as fas as I know.)janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-60171335639136888452016-02-01T06:47:03.003-07:002016-02-01T06:47:03.003-07:00How ya doing?
Phatically yours, StephHow ya doing?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.wired.com/2016/01/clive-thompson-12/" rel="nofollow">Phatically yours, Steph</a>Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-20076034951470187782016-01-28T15:01:09.053-07:002016-01-28T15:01:09.053-07:00After what West Nile virus did to some bird popula...After what West Nile virus did to some bird populations, they might give me a pass as long as I favor exterminating skeeters.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-31243488763686972362016-01-28T14:57:30.233-07:002016-01-28T14:57:30.233-07:00I go along with getting rid of them.
You might be...I go along with getting rid of them.<br /><br />You might be bugging ornithologists though with that bird comment. . .Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-45588588003515788602016-01-28T08:39:20.661-07:002016-01-28T08:39:20.661-07:00... And this in spite of the fact that it's NJ...... And this in spite of the fact that it's NJ's official state bird!janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-3496883176318673002016-01-28T08:36:23.703-07:002016-01-28T08:36:23.703-07:00Was it wrong to eradicate the smallpox and rinderp...Was it wrong to eradicate the smallpox and rinderpest viruses? Even the <i>name</i> Anopheles means "useless"! I'd take my chances, but I don't like our odds. They'll almost certainly outlast us.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-35659180305459380132016-01-28T08:30:13.019-07:002016-01-28T08:30:13.019-07:00From the BBC: Would it be wrong to eradicate mosqu...From the BBC: <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35408835" rel="nofollow">Would it be wrong to eradicate mosquitoes?</a>Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-69775091225601564322016-01-27T10:49:32.875-07:002016-01-27T10:49:32.875-07:00Open to serendipity here; glad we live in the Boud...Open to serendipity here; glad we live in the Boudin Age of "gas foods."Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-10377249093011810232016-01-27T10:05:40.467-07:002016-01-27T10:05:40.467-07:00There's more than one kind of hot spot. We...There's more than one kind of hot spot. We've discussed boudinage before, and <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/01/27/us/ap-us-food-boudin-trail.html" rel="nofollow"> this just came over the AP wire.</a> The last line reminds me of Andrei Codrescu talking about "gas food" on NPR.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-27934777985464899742016-01-27T10:03:38.809-07:002016-01-27T10:03:38.809-07:00True. Some of those photos in the link above under...True. Some of those photos in the link above under SONAR BEAMS are pretty cool. . .Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-91656947850558549132016-01-27T10:01:53.193-07:002016-01-27T10:01:53.193-07:00
"Scientists recently realized that separate...<br />"Scientists recently realized that separate chains of volcanic activity in Australia were actually caused by a single <i>hotsput (sic) lurking</i> under the Earth's lithosphere:" from this article in <a href="http://m.livescience.com/52165-earths-largest-continental-volcanic-ring-discovered.html" rel="nofollow">Live Science</a>.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-8124961188851233862016-01-27T09:54:36.891-07:002016-01-27T09:54:36.891-07:00In Braille, too, sorta...<a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Braille_S_colored.svg" rel="nofollow">In Braille, too, sorta...</a>janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-84526514685027148142016-01-27T09:50:40.932-07:002016-01-27T09:50:40.932-07:00". . ." is "S" in Morse Code; ...". . ." is "S" in Morse Code; maybe that's why I like it, Lego ;-).Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-9585051057701110712016-01-27T09:50:33.846-07:002016-01-27T09:50:33.846-07:00Too bad RV Southern Surveyor was decommissioned th...Too bad RV Southern Surveyor was decommissioned the following year; it might have been useful in the search for MH370.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-56870607033479982182016-01-27T09:30:34.151-07:002016-01-27T09:30:34.151-07:00Ha! Perfect, jan!
I did find this study of the Ta...Ha! Perfect, jan!<br /><br />I did find this study of the <i>Tasmantid</i> seamounts (not Tasmanian) east of Australia. The researchers used <a href="http://www.deepreef.org/projects/149-seamounts.html" rel="nofollow">SONAR BEAMS</a> to map the seamounts along their 2000 kilometer length.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.com