A Snippet o’ Subduction Zone Goodness for Ye
If I ever become ridiculously rich, I’m going to open up a geological theme park. Can you imagine the rides? Earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, and more – all very exciting...
Stories by Dana Hunter
It’s a Brand New Year! What Are We Gonna Do With It?
Hello, and welcome to 2015 at Rosetta Stones! Are you ready for incredible geological goodness? Yes? Excellent! I’ve got Plans for ye: We’ll continue our Creation Earth Science Education...
The Year in Rosetta Stones: 14 Posts for Your Reading Pleasure
What a year it’s been here at Rosetta Stones! We covered a lot of ground: just have a look at this selection of experiences from the last twelve months.
Just in Time for Christmas! All the Gargantuan Guides in One Place!
Do you still have gifts to buy? Don’t want to leave the comfort of your home or office? Are you dreading the very thought of stepping into a store?
A Short Georney with Doctor Evelyn, Complete With Geology-Themed Christmas Gift Ideas!
A few weeks ago, I put together a cornucopia of geoscience blogging for ye, but I saved Doctor Evelyn for her own post. She’s one of the first geologists I got to break rocks with, and the only person to date I’ve ever gone kayaking with...
Holiday Road Trip? Compelling Reasons to Stuff a Geologist in Your Car – But Do Your Own Driving
“‘If I’m going to drive safely, I can’t do geology.’” -Geologist quoted by John McPhee in Basin and Range There’s nothing like roadtripping with geologists...
Dana’s Super-Gargantuan Guide to Science Books Suitable for Gift-Giving II: Science for Kids!
Welcome to Part II of our Super-Gargantuan Guide! In this edition, we’ll be exploring the world of science books for kids. I attempted to cast my mind back to when I was a child, and also solicited the advice of child-possessing readers...
Dana’s Super-Gargantuan Guide to Science Books Suitable for Gift-Giving
It’s the gifting time o’ year! You’ve got science readers on your list, but you’re not sure what books to get them, right?
Geologists’ Manslaughter Verdict Overturned and Other Stories: A Cornucopia of Earth Science Links
Whilst I’ve been off designing geology-themed holiday cards and working on other time-devouring things, other folks in the geoblogosphere have been doing some fascinating writing.
Adventures in Creationist Earth Science Education I: In Which First Impressions Are Made
Welcome to the first installment of our down-to-earth analysis of young earth creationist earth science textbooks*, in which we learn what good Christians™ are teaching the kids these days...
Smilin’ Stone and a Super-Sweet Rip-Up Clast
Sorry I’ve been gone so long! My kidneys conspired with some bacteria in order to attempt murder upon me, probably because they’re tired of me threatening to donate the one that used to get all the kidney stones...
Adventures in ACE I: In Which Oddities Are Explored
I recently spent an instructive few months reading Jonny Scaramanga’s blog, where I learned just how screwed up Accelerated Christian Education is.
Bay Area Chance of a Lifetime: See Tanya Atwater at the Randall Museum!
This Thursday, Tanya Atwater will be speaking at San Francisco’s Randall Museum. For free! Her talk is about Living in the Plate Boundary, and it sounds awesomesauce: Superstar Geophysicist Tanya Atwater, will present an incredible and amazing series of images and ideas on the geologically active San Francisco area...
Six Snubbed Women in Science
Someone (if only I could remember who!) recently linked this 2013 NatGeo article: 6 Women Scientists Who Were Snubbed Due to Sexism. Rosalind Franklin is there, of course, but there are also women I’d never heard of: Esther Lederberg, Chien-Shiung Wu, and Nettie Stevens...
Readers’ Experiences with Creationist Education
Our preliminary foray into the world of creationist earth science education encouraged many of you to share your own stories. I want to make sure they don’t languish unread in the comments section...
STEM’s Harassment Problem Goes Well Beyond Field Work
D.N. Lee has a post up at her Scientific American blog that needs to be read right now. Here’s a pull quote, but read the entire thing.
Adventures in Creationist Earth Science Education: In the Beginning…
For a while, now, I’ve planned a series on the kind of creationists who like to run around calling themselves geologists and invade GSA meetings under false pretenses.
A Rather Important Anniversary
I’m terrible at remembering anniversaries and worse at communication, so this post commemorating an important anniversary is a day late.
Finally! The Perfect Book for Geology-Loving Comic Book Fans!
Have you dreamt of a richly-illustrated, geology-themed superhero comic for kids? One that not only gets the science right, but encourages great study habits, turns ordinary encounters into fantastical geologic adventures, models kindness and heart-warming family dynamics, and encourages creativity, all without talking down to kids for an instant?...
South Napa Earthquake: Which Fault’s at Fault?
What the [insert expletive of choice here] is happening? That’s pretty much the first question that traverses most of our minds when the formerly-solid ground starts rocking and rolling...
