A previous post detailed instructions for running the statistical program PAST within the Linux program Wine , which required turning on t...

Paleontological research generates data, and lots of it--photographs, measurements, CT scans, character matrices, etc. Data are the cornerst...

First, an assignment for all readers: Fill out a survey sponsored by NESCent (National Evolutionary Synthesis Center and the UNC Chapel Hil...

In a previous post , I lamented the fact that BioOne forced all of its article titles into all-capitals. This was a serious annoyance for an...

Most paleontologists do the sort of research that requires an occasional museum visit. On these visits, we take notes and photographs, and s...

ImageJ is probably one of the most universally-useful, open source programs available for scientists. This is a program designed for image ...

It's been a great week for open source software updates! The new version (2.4) of OpenOffice.org is now available for general download ...