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The true impact of Fiji bottled water–absoluetly staggering!: The production of one liter bottle of Fiji water uses 26 times more water than the bottle contains. Twenty-six! The production also consumes almost one kilogram of fossil fuel, and emits over one pound of CO2. Is now the time to feel guilty for needing to be … Continue reading The water I drink, and its impact on society
Here’s something to busy yourself with when you’re thinking of ways to get out of writing your Nanowrimo novel: From Boing Boing, How to view the transit of Mercury on November 8: Mark Frauenfelder: The Exploratorium has instructions for building a projector to view the transit of Mercury across the Sun, an event the occurs … Continue reading Something to busy yourself with
I’m working on cleaning up a tibia from a Diplodocus — a juvenile one, which of course does not mean that its tibia is smaller than mine. I gave it a good bath with plain water and a sponge (and a good bit of acetone to loosen the glue) after carving it out of its … Continue reading Me and my tibia
Today, I head to the Cincinnati Museum Center to learn how to clean the bones of the dinosaurs that I dug up this summer in Montana. Wish me luck. The stone I’ll be cleaning away from the bones seems to be much sturdier than the bones themselves. And it looks like rain here in our … Continue reading Cleaning the bones
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