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CervicalCollectionsOMNHPhotogrammetrySauroposeidonEarth and related Environmental Sciences
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Author Matt Wedel

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ApatosaurusBrontosaurusPublic GalleriesStinkin' HeadsYale Peabody MuseumEarth and related Environmental Sciences
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How can it be? {.aligncenter .size-full .wp-image-10065 loading=“lazy” attachment-id=“10065” permalink=“http://svpow.com/2014/04/15/horrible-sauropod-skulls-of-the-yale-peabody-museum-part-2-brontosaurus-and-no-i-do-not-mean-apatosaurus/img_0517/” orig-file=“https://svpow.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_0517.jpg” orig-size=“2000,1332” comments-opened=“1” image-meta=“{"aperture":"4","credit":"","camera":"Canon PowerShot

SoftwareEarth and related Environmental Sciences
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Five days ago, I released a program for drawing comparative figures of vertebral columns, such as this one from our neural-spine bifurcation paper. With my idiot computer-scientist hat on, I gave that program the startlingly unmemorable name vcd2svg — the reasoning being that it takes Vertebral Column Descriptions and translates them into Scalable Vector Graphics.

DIYNeural SpinePapers By SV-POW!sketeersSoftwareWhat Counts?Earth and related Environmental Sciences
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I think it’s fair to say that this “bifurcation heat-map”, from Wedel and Taylor (2013a: figure 9), has been one of the best-received illustrations that we’ve prepared: {.aligncenter .size-full .wp-image-8009 attachment-id=“8009” permalink=“http://svpow.com/papers-by-sv-powsketeers/wedel-and-taylor-2013-on-sauropod-neural-spine-bifurcation/wedel-and-taylor-2013-bifurcation-figure-9-bifurcatogram/”

Wedel 2014 Photography And Illustration TalkEarth and related Environmental Sciences
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Author Matt Wedel

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ApatosaurusBrachiosauridsCervicalDiplodocidsGiraffatitanEarth and related Environmental Sciences
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Author Matt Wedel

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ArtBrachiosauridsStinkin' TheropodsEarth and related Environmental Sciences
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Aitor Ederra drew my attention to this painting by Frederik Spindler: {.aligncenter .size-full .wp-image-10055 loading=“lazy” attachment-id=“10055” permalink=“http://svpow.com/2014/03/27/frederik-spindlers-wooly-brachiosaur/86e63b799a/” orig-file=“https://svpow.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/86e63b799a.jpg” orig-size=“722,542” comments-opened=“1”

MountsMuseumsTitanosaurEarth and related Environmental Sciences
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A simple picture post, courtesy of John Hutchinson’s tweets [first, second, third]: {.size-full .wp-image-10046 aria-describedby=“caption-attachment-10046” loading=“lazy” attachment-id=“10046” permalink=“http://svpow.com/2014/03/26/rearing-titanosaurs-of-the-egidio-feruglio-museum/bjqaynpcqaixaed/” orig-file=“https://svpow.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bjqaynpcqaixaed.jpg” orig-size=“1024,1540” comments-opened=“1”

Help SV-POW!Shiny Digital FutureEarth and related Environmental Sciences
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I just read this on Zen Faulkes’ NeuroDojo blog: How should scientists, and reporters, discuss work that has failed to replicate? The original Barr and colleagues article remains in the scientific literature; failed replication alone is not grounds for retraction.

CaudalChickenStinkin' HeadsStinkin' MammalsStinkin' TheropodsEarth and related Environmental Sciences
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Author Matt Wedel

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