Statement from Jack Horner regarding Epstein

NSF is asking for comments from the community on the future of National Center for Atmospheric Research. The Administration currently intends to dismantle the organization, so this is a crucial moment to speak up. Link to comment: agu.quorum.us/campaign/154...

The three members of the Morrison Formation of Wyoming are now officially named.

This would be about as useful as simply reading the summary on the back of the book. AI CANNOT "summarize" a book or article because it cannot READ it. It does not not KNOW what it says. It only repeats what the author's abstracts and quotes already say.

So I guess Polar bears now qualify as “raptor” dinosaurs

This is cool! Congratulations to the authors. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Jack Horner stopped by, so we went to see the giant Coastal Redwoods

Embattled US scientific society names palaeontologist for top job Neil Shubin, a University of Chicago researcher known for co-discovering a ′missing link’ fossil fish, will lead the National Academy of Sciences if the decision is ratified by members. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

bsky.app/profile/chri... reminds me of discovering that the holotype Polycotylus latipinus was split between the AMNH and USNM collections

Had lunch with the great ornithopod/stegosaur/ankylosaur/ theropod/prosauropod worker Peter Galton (85!)

Part of John Bell Hatcher's letter to his boss, O.C. Marsh threatening to quit and complaining about Marsh ignoring what he writes. Aug. 1, 1890. He would continue to work for another three years.

We need to stand with our federal paleontology colleagues apnews.com/article/trum...

Earthquake now upgrade to mag. 7. Plate tectonics lives!

Well, that was interesting. Just had a 6 earthquake and now tsunami alert. Fortunately, we deliberately avoided low ground when we moved here.

Scientists rushing to Bluesky www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Nature presents preliminary results of how AI is being used in research. 81% of 1,043 researchers use some form. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Its a given that AI is becoming an important tool in research. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I guess this is how I will be remembered.

I've been in touch with Peter Galton. His health is failing and he says his days of research are over. He wants to turn some stuff over to me. I will visit him in mid-April.

Finally published: "Geology and Paleontology of Jurassic National Monument" in "Geology of Utah's Parks and Monuments," Utah Geol Assoc. Pub. 28 (4th ed.)

Greetings all. I'm Ken, a retired vertebrate paleontologist and geologist. I graduated from the U. of Colorado in 1980 (BS) and 1996 (PhD). Better known for armored dinosaurs, my dissertation was on taphonomy and paleoecology of the marine Sharon Springs Member, Pierre Shale and plesiosaurs.