Partial Ellipsis of the Sun: A Blog for Scientists who like Words and Writers who like Science

Hello fellow scientists, writers, countrymen and countrywomen, lend me your years. . .years of experience of enjoyment of both science and writing. Both sides of your brain are . . .well, developed. :-)

Thursday, December 31, 2020

Beginning of Plate Tectonics Was More Recent and More Gradual Than Expected Based on Northwest Australian Rocks

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             Researchers from  Cologne University present important new constraints showing that plate tectonics started relatively slowly, ...
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Monday, November 30, 2020

Introducing Bruno!

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      This is a good day to introduce Bruno, a Denver Dumb Friends League pup, rescued from the same place as Maizie, the night before elect...
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Saturday, October 3, 2020

The Amazing Maizie 14 years, PEOTS 7 years

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      On this 7-year anniversary of Partial Ellipsis of the Sun and 14th-year anniversary of Maizie’s birth (in October), I am writing about...
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Saturday, May 2, 2020

Rudists, Nudists, and Buddhists

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      Although we have already discussed rudist (not rudest) clams here at PEOTS, new research about these reef builders of the Cretaceous...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Diatoms and Diatomaceous Earth: Beer Filtration for What Ales You

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      Diatomite is a generally light-colored sedimentary rock that is  composed mostly of the siliceous skeletons of diatoms. It is an ex...
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Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Many Grains of Truth: Sand Dunes "Communicating" with Each Other

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Although they are an inanimate  collection of objects, sand dunes can 'communicate' with each other. Researchers from the Unive...
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