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ArtJames HerrmannStinkin' MammalsStinkin' MastodonsCiências da Terra e do AmbienteInglês
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We’re currently in open access week, and one of the things I’ve noticed has been a rash of tweets of the form “I support #OpenAccess because …”. Here is a random collection. We support #OpenAccess because #OpenScience needs good infrastructures. — @ZB_MED We support #OpenAccess because we believe that research results made possible by public funds should be accessible to everyone.

Nervous SystemStinkin' MammalsCiências da Terra e do AmbienteInglês
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As has been discussed here before, the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) does not only innervate the larynx, but also parts of the esophagus and trachea (see this post, and in particular this comment). You can see that in this cadaver photo, in which the RLN is sending nice big visible branches into both the esophagus […]

BadgerStinkin' HeadsT2M&DCiências da Terra e do AmbienteInglês
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Last week, while Fiona and I were out walking, we noticed a decaying roadkill badger a bit over half a mile from our house. Yesterday we were out walking again, and we saw that it had decayed to the point where there was not much to the flesh at all. I prodded it with my foot and found that the skull was about ready to come away.

3D ModelsCervicalGratuitously Awesome ImagesImage EditingThe ArchbishopCiências da Terra e do AmbienteInglês
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Everyone knows that the very first thing you should do to improve your specimen photography is to use a tripod: it eliminates hand-shake and gives you much crisper photos. In most respects, my photographs have got much, much better since I’ve been habitually using a tripod.

CervicalThe ArchbishopCiências da Terra e do AmbienteInglês
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Well, one reason is the utterly rancid “block editor” that WordPress has started imposing with increasing insistence on its poor users. If there is one thing that world really doesn’t need, it’s a completely new way of writing text. Seriously, WordPress, that was a solved problem in 1984.

PhotographyStinkin' Every Thing That's Not A SauropodStinkin' TurtlesCiências da Terra e do AmbienteInglês
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Credit Where It's DueEducationHeresyLook, This Isn't ComplicatedPeer ReviewCiências da Terra e do AmbienteInglês
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Here’s an odd thing. Over and over again, when a researcher is mistreated by a journal or publisher, we see them telling their story but redacting the name of the journal or publisher involved. Here are a couple of recent examples.

100% Totally RealArtDorsalFictional PeopleGiraffatitanCiências da Terra e do AmbienteInglês
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ArtGratuitously Awesome ImagesJohn ConwayMass EstimatesOpisthocoelicaudiaCiências da Terra e do AmbienteInglês
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