Friday 30 January 2009
The Moon and science
A bit of the mineral zircon has been found in a rock sample bought back from the moon by Apollo 17 astronauts. it has been dated at. 4.42 billion years old
Darwin's home nominated for possible world heritage status
Down House where Darwin wrote ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES is to be nominated by the government as a world heritage site, celebrating the 200 year anniversary of Darwin's birth.
He used the fields and woodlands etc as a laboratory for his ideas.
He used the fields and woodlands etc as a laboratory for his ideas.
Thursday 29 January 2009
New Zealand's palaeofauna,palaeoflora and palaeogeology etc
16 million years old rhynchocephalian reptile(related to the New Zealand tuatara) fossils have been found, suggesting that New Zealand was never fully underwater and that the ancestors of the tuatara have lived in New Zealand since the time of the dinosaurs.
Wednesday 14 January 2009
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