Update! See You at Enceladus has the 51st Skeptics Circle posted, and I have two entries there, including one about the Grand Canyon. That story is still unfolding, and I will have more about that very soon. Stay Tuned.
The Philosophia Naturalis science blog circle has been posted at Highly Allochthonous, a blog whose title is harder to pronounce than "Pharyngula".
Anyway, my entry on the length of the year is there, as well as lots of other cool science geeky readable thingies.
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January 4th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
I have to say, the Length-of-Year entry was your best one this year!
January 4th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
Dr. Plait, I don’t know if you saw this, but I was just taking a look at the Grand Canyon’s web site. Their introductory text isn’t great: “The Grand Canyon is more than a great chasm carved over millennia through the rocks of the Colorado Plateau†but at least their FAQ is unambiguous: “That’s a tricky question. Although rocks exposed in the walls of the canyon are geologically quite old, the Canyon itself is a fairly young feature. The oldest rocks at the canyon bottom are close to 2000 million years old. The Canyon itself – an erosional feature – has formed only in the past five or six million years. Geologically speaking, Grand Canyon is very young.â€
January 5th, 2007 at 1:28 am
Highly Allochthonous, a blog whose title is harder to pronounce than “Pharyngula”.
Now there’s a compliment!