Odonata is the taxonomical order that is made up of Dragonflies and Damselflies. Complicating matters somewhat, all of Odonata is sometimes referred to as ‘Dragonflies,’ which is why I, at least, am going to differentiate in this post between Odonata, Damselflies, T. (for True) Dragonflies, and the ambiguous, plain Dragonflies, which includes (as you will [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Type Io’
22 Sep
The Paths of the Seas
“This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays.” Launched on the 10th of June this year the Argentine satellite SAC-D is better known as Aquarius after its main scientific instrument. Aquarius is built and run by NASA for studying ocean salinity, and is expected to operate for three of the satellites [...]
6 Sep
I Said I Wouldn’t Do This, But…
Ok, so the ICR did put out a DpSU for today in the end. While I did say only a few hours ago that I’d leave it until Thursday due to exams, there’s nothing like beating Dr Robbins to a funny Brian Thomas post… What’s this one called? Rare Supernova Recalls Missing Remnants Mystery. This [...]
18 Aug
Wood You Like Some Cellulose With That?
Brian Thomas’ latest article at the ICR is called Earliest Fossil Shows Wood Could Not Evolve despite said wood fossil showing nothing of the sort. Indeed, the majority of this article has nothing to do with the fossil, and could easily have been written without it. So what is his point?
3 Jun
Humans Were Made for Walking – Quick DpSU June 3
Brian Thomas – in an ungodly blend of Fine Tuning and Irreducible Complexity – claims that Humans are so good at walking that they must have been designed. New study that doesn’t really deal with the subject at hand: Check. Ten year old studies on the evolutionary side of things that could easily be obsolete [...]
