Stars, Genes And Quarks

Personal musings on science, scientists and the public understanding of STEM by a New Zealand-based amateur astronomer and paleontologist.

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Showing posts with label kauri. Show all posts
Sunday, 15 July 2018

Minding the miniscule: the scale prejudice in everyday life

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I was recently weeding a vegetable bed in the garden when out of the corner of my eye I noticed a centipede frantically heading for cover af...
Tuesday, 13 February 2018

Back to nature: why saving other species could save mankind

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Humanity has come a long way from reliance on biologically-derived materials such as wood, bone, antler and fur. Yet this doesn't mean t...
Tuesday, 9 January 2018

Amphibian Armageddon and killed-off kauri: the worldwide battle against fighting fungi

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I recently wanted to visit the Ark in the Park, an open sanctuary in the Waitakere Ranges west of Auckland that uses constant predator contr...
Monday, 11 September 2017

Valuing the velvet worm: noticing the most inconspicuous of species

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Most of the recent television documentaries or books I've encountered that discuss extra-terrestrial life include some description of th...
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