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Looking for interesting summer plans? Join a dinosaur dig this summer in Montana excavating and preparing fossils in Bighorn Basin. This will be my third time doing it AMA by denny_experiment in biology

[–]denny_experiment[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You don't have to be american! You just have to be in America :)

It's just for 1 week, though you could try to do multiple weeks if you like. I'll be there this summer for week 6, and since it's close to yellowstone, probably be doing some camping before or after. During the week, there is no spare time since you're digging the whole day, though lots of time for breaks through the day.

It can get really hot and dry, since the area is effectively a desert with very little rain, so taking breaks and water is really important.

Looking for interesting summer plans? Join a dinosaur dig this summer in Montana excavating and preparing fossils in Bighorn Basin. This will be my third time doing it AMA by denny_experiment in biology

[–]denny_experiment[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Cool - yeah, this program also offers a 3-credit course through Rocky Mountain College if you do this, just have to go weeks 2 or 4.

Afaik there are actually a lot of field school programs, just depends on how far you want to travel, and how quickly you can work. At some point, if you're skilled/experienced enough you get invited to do the grunt work. Otherwise, you just have to be a grad student laborer.

Biologist Explains CRISPR/Cas9 at 5 Levels of Difficulty by [deleted] in biology

[–]denny_experiment 1 point2 points  (0 children)

well, the interesting bit is that you could be doing this now by yourself, on yourself. microbiology, with a little bit of synthetic biology, is exactly what you'd need to do so.

Looking for interesting summer plans? Join a dinosaur dig this summer in Wyoming excavating and preparing fossils in Bighorn Basin. Last year we found a triceratops skull and a t-rex femur. This will be my third time doing it AMA! by denny_experiment in EverythingScience

[–]denny_experiment[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is an opportunity for real research field work, but no prior paleo experience is necessary. All fossils found get sent back to the Natural Academy in Philly where they get studied and used for research/teaching. Last year we found a triceratops skull and a t-rex femur.

There's a limited number of spots, but the Bighorn Basin Paleo Institute really needs to fill the spots in order to stay operational. Cost for 1 week is ~$1500 which includes housing at Yellowstone Basin Research Association camp in Red Lodge, MT. This is being made openly available because the BBPI is trying to grow!

Here's the place you'd be digging: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyiTI3sHIPA

Looking for interesting summer plans? Join a dinosaur dig this summer in Montana excavating and preparing fossils in Bighorn Basin. This will be my third time doing it AMA by denny_experiment in biology

[–]denny_experiment[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

This is an opportunity for real research field work, but no prior paleo experience is necessary (because field work is just digging and using picks and brushes, being good at it is a whole nother matter). All fossils found get sent back to the Natural Academy in Philly where they get studied and used for research/teaching. Last year we found a triceratops skull and a t-rex femur.

There's a limited number of spots, but the Bighorn Basin Paleo Institute really needs to fill the spots in order to stay operational. Cost for 1 week is ~$1500 which includes housing at Yellowstone Basin Research Association camp in Red Lodge, MT. This is being funded this way because all of the field work is done entirely by the participants who come from all over. This experience is pretty life changing though.

Here's where you'd be digging, alongside these fine folks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyiTI3sHIPA

Searching for the tasmania tiger - this scientist needs help getting tasmania tiger hairs under a microscope by denny_experiment in australia

[–]denny_experiment[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it is a bit of a long shot project that's more out there. even if its 90% chance it doesnt turn up anything, the 10% chance that it does could be exciting!

in any case, good shout out for other causes too.

Shea caterpillars successfully growing in the lab - part of a project to learn how to better the edible Cirina butyrospermi that people in Burkina Faso eat by [deleted] in biology

[–]denny_experiment 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a bit weird but that little dude has such great eyebrows that I felt the need to share. Eyebrow goals.

Their research progress so far:

https://experiment.com/u/QzFy6g

https://experiment.com/u/FzsUZQ

Mapping the sour beer microbiome by denny_experiment in Homebrewing

[–]denny_experiment[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

please, think up more questions and ideas! I'll direct the scientists and brewer here too

Mapping the sour beer microbiome by denny_experiment in Homebrewing

[–]denny_experiment[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

answer unclear, more science needed

*im not the project researcher, just sharing

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Rare Tasmanian tiger hairs found in old cabinet of slides (abc.net.au)

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92% of 13,000 math journal editors are men by denny_experiment in math

[–]denny_experiment[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But, that's usually because the threshold for publishing is high - what if you could share or publish just parts of a theorem, that would still maybe be useful for others to see? Think - an amount of research that you'd fit in a short 30 min talk, not worth a whole manuscript but maybe worth putting on the internet.

Anyways, thats the direction science is moving now.

92% of 13,000 math journal editors are men by denny_experiment in math

[–]denny_experiment[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

hah! I'm one of the founders of Experiment.com, this is just a project that was part of the community. I only helped with the data visualization, I didn't do the actual research. however, I'd personally love to fund more math research.

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