Monthly Archives: July 2022

What I Read In July

Posted on 27 July 2022 by Henry Gee

Steve Brusatte: The Rise and Reign of the Mammals The ink hardly dry on his bestselling The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs (which I reviewed here) palaeontologist Steve Brusatte returns with what can only be the natural successor. It’s … Continue reading →

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High Noon, And I’d Sell My Soul For Water

Posted on 24 July 2022 by Henry Gee

July, 1998, and I am in the field near Lake Turkana in Kenya. The rains have been kind — but not so kind that the various rivers that drain into the lake aren’t dry, sandy highways. The lake water itself … Continue reading →

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Older

Posted on 13 July 2022 by Henry Gee

You have been very patient. Thank you – yes, both of you. And you there, at the back, yes you, no, sorry, I didn’t see you come in. It’s been more than a week now since I finished transitioning from … Continue reading →

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Galaxies in a Grain of Sand

Posted on 13 July 2022 by Henry Gee

Take a grain of sand and hold it up at the sky at arm’s length. That grain of sand covers a patch of sky equivalent to that captured by the spectacular new image from the NASA James Webb Space Telescope … Continue reading →

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