The incoming Republican majority in the House of Representatives has selected the National Science Foundation (NSF) as the first target for a "YouCut Citizen Review", in which ordinary Americans are being asked to identify "wasteful spending that should be cut".
The next regular meeting of the BPS is Monday, December 6, 2010, 7-9 pm at the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama.
During September and early October, BPS members had several field trips to find fossils and help excavate in the Cretaceous gullies of Dallas County. Over a period of several days (September 19, 24, 26, October 1, 2, 3) a turtle and mosasaur were excavated. Also, a number of other fossils were found, including shark teeth, upper and lower Xiphactinus fish jaw with teeth, a variety of shells
The next regular meeting of the BPS is Monday, November 1, 2010,
7-9 pm
at
the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama.
UPDATE - The workshop will begin at 9AM instead of 8AM.
The next regular meeting of the BPS is Monday, October 4, 2010,
7-9 pm
at
the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama.
Free
parking; Enter the The McWane Science Center parking deck from 2nd Ave.
North, proceed to yellow level "C", enter the door marked "Special
Events" and bear to the left.
The next regular meeting of the BPS is Monday, September 13, 2010, 7-9 pm
at
the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama.
Our speaker will be Marsha Andrews, Geologist at Vulcan Materials.
Free
parking; Enter the The McWane Science Center parking deck from 2nd Ave.
North, proceed to yellow level "C", enter the door marked "Special
Events" and bear to the left.
An article titled "Whale Evolution" appears in the August 2010 National Geographic Society magazine. It covers research done by Dr. Philip Gingerich. Some of you may remember that an early whale bone found in South Alabama a few years ago by one of our members, Dr. Martha Ivey, is now being studied by Dr. Gingerich. Also, he spoke on his whale research at the University of Tuscaloosa back in April 2007.
BPS members defied the extreme heat and went to south Alabama to assist in collecting fossils and close down the dig site until the weather cools off some. A number of mosasaur bones were found, and a mosasaur jaw still containing a tooth. Other fossils found included shark teeth, shark vertebra, various varieties of fish, turtle bone, and enchodus jaw and teeth. The thermometer read 110
The next regular meeting of the BPS is Monday, August 2, 2010, 7-9 pm
at
the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama.
Free
parking; Enter the The McWane Science Center parking deck from 2nd Ave.
North, proceed to yellow level "C", enter the door marked "Special
Events" and bear to the left.
