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Fossils are our passion, and a passion is not just a hobby. It is a kind of lifeline that gives you the opportunity to be who you are allowed to be. I let my passion run its course and it doesn't just stop with collecting. I also look at how I can use fossils practically. So I have now sawn a piece (collotia oxypticha, DeDeux-Sèvres France) which I use as a bookend. Beautiful and useful at the same time. At the same time I started to make a photo frame with fossils incorporated in it. Are there more people who use fossils practically and let their passion resound in the world around them? Let's share some ideas....
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Scientists Claim to Have Found The First Known Extraterrestrial Protein in a Meteorite
Spoons posted a topic in Fossil News
While not directly about fossils, I think this news might have some relevance to the field of paleontology as a whole. A big question I think we ask ourselves in our field is how life on earth began, and if it originated here, or elsewhere. This new paper could shed some light on the possibility that life could have originated elsewhere in our universe. Here’s a link to the paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.11688 Heres a link to a news article explaining the paper for all the laymen out there(myself included):https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-claim-to-have-found-the-first-known-extraterrestrial-protein-in-a-meteorite/amp -
found with clay Septarian nodules aka lightning stones. Transparent when wet. back show the tail end? plus a round something top center. front dry and moist. some kind of life form. S.W. Lake Michigan Fennville, Mich. base may be 50 mil, year old clay.
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Hi guys, I’ve been pretty quiet on here for a while, so thought I would drop in and say Hi, and I have missed the forum. Its been a stressful year or so with a lot going on workwise and with family health emergencies. Its been tough to keep the dream alive of a permanent job in science. I keep getting contract research jobs that mean I constantly need to be looking towards the horizon. I only get out collecting when Im back in New Zealand which I dream of when I’m not there. I think time to move back @6ix ? Anyway, popping back here is a nice reminder of the sense of community that can exist online. Looking back at how much this site helped me to rediscover my love of “hard rock” paleontology and seriously upskill on the prep front. Thanks guys - hope to be around more often!
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It is stupid topic.. maybe? Im enjoying this lovely tuesday evening/night by admiring my first geological hammer and chisels, which arrived yesterday. Also having couple glasses of red wine while sucking information about fossils and researching where I can go fossil hunting.. So excited!